Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Olivia (61 Lists)



Franchise by Marcia Chatelain
Racial capitalism
167 books — 14 voters
The Fifth Season by N.K. JemisinThe Black Tides of Heaven by Neon YangThe Poppy War by R.F. KuangAn Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers SolomonTrail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse
SFF written by WOC and Non-Binary People of Color
269 books — 56 voters

Pet by Akwaeke Emezi
48 Books By Women and Nonbinary Authors of Color to Read in 2019
53 books — 56 voters
Deathless Divide by Justina Ireland
2020 Fantasy and Science Fiction Books by Black Authors
51 books — 61 voters

Deathless Divide by Justina Ireland
Upcoming 2020 SFF with female leads or co-leads
156 books — 77 voters
Your House Will Pay by Steph Cha
ATY 2020 - Books Related to News Stories
185 books — 72 voters

The Collected Schizophrenias by Esmé Weijun WangGood Talk by Mira JacobThe Yellow House by Sarah M. Broom
Reading Women Challenge 2020 #24 A Book from the 2019 Reading Women Award Shortlists and Honorable Mentions
19 books — 15 voters
Pleasure Activism by Adrienne Maree Brown
Reading Women Challenge 2020 #20 A Feel-Good or Happy Book
32 books — 18 voters

Life on Mars by Tracy K. SmithOn Being Ill by Virginia Woolf
Reading Women Challenge 2020 #18 A Book Under 100 Pages
41 books — 20 voters
The Old Drift by Namwali SerpellThe Fifth Season by N.K. JemisinThe Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel WilkersonPachinko by Min Jin LeeThe Poppy War by R.F. Kuang
Reading Women Challenge 2020 #17 A Book Over 500 Pages
114 books — 31 voters

The Collected Schizophrenias by Esmé Weijun Wang
Reading Women Challenge 2020 #16 A Book Featuring a Woman with a Disability
42 books — 28 voters
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootFlorynce "Flo" Kennedy by Sherie M. Randolph
Reading Women Challenge 2020 #15 A Biography
59 books — 24 voters

A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth OzekiConvenience Store Woman by Sayaka MurataCristallisation secrète by Yōko Ogawa
Reading Women Challenge 2020 #14 A Book Set in Japan or by a Japanese Author
35 books — 32 voters
Photographic by Isabel QuinteroOld in Art School by Nell Irvin Painter
Reading Women Challenge 2020 #10 A Book About a Woman Artist
127 books — 29 voters

Redemption in Indigo by Karen Lord
Reading Women Challenge 2020 #9 A Book Inspired by Folklore
27 books — 24 voters
The Fire This Time by Jesmyn WardA Thousand Beginnings and Endings by Ellen Oh
Reading Women Challenge 2020 #8 An Anthology by Multiple Authors
76 books — 28 voters

The Fifth Season by N.K. JemisinKindred by Octavia E. ButlerFledgling by Octavia E. ButlerAn Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon
Reading Women Challenge 2020 #7 A Book Featuring Afrofuturism or Africanfuturism
16 books — 20 voters
Home Fire by Kamila ShamsieOn Beauty by Zadie SmithAn American Marriage by Tayari Jones
Reading Women Challenge 2020 #5 A Winner of the Stella Prize or the Women’s Prize for Fiction
31 books — 21 voters

Staying Alive by Vandana Shiva
Reading Women Challenge 2020 #3 A Book about the Environment
38 books — 23 voters
Human Acts by Han KangConfessions by Kanae MinatoPenance by Kanae Minato 湊 かなえConvenience Store Woman by Sayaka MurataThe Vegetarian by Han Kang
Reading Women Challenge 2020 #2 A Book Translated from an Asian Language
38 books — 21 voters

The God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyClaire of the Sea Light by Edwidge DanticatGirls Burn Brighter by Shobha RaoHow to Love a Jamaican by Alexia ArthursThe Black Cathedral by Marcial Gala
Reading Women Challenge 2020 #1 A Book by an Author from the Caribbean or India
45 books — 38 voters
The Burning God by R.F. KuangThe City We Became by N.K. Jemisin
Adult Sci-Fi/Fantasy Releases of 2020
38 books — 46 voters

Deathless Divide by Justina Ireland
Upcoming 2020 SFF Books with Female Leads or Co-Leads
144 books — 69 voters
The Black God's Drums by P. Djèlí ClarkA Dead Djinn in Cairo by P. Djèlí ClarkBuffalo Soldier by Maurice Broaddus
Black Steampunk / Afro Futurism Books
39 books — 11 voters

The Burning God by R.F. KuangThe City We Became by N.K. JemisinDeathless Divide by Justina IrelandRiot Baby by Tochi Onyebuchi
Can't Wait Sci-Fi/Fantasy of 2020
516 books — 1,305 voters
The Poppy War by R.F. KuangAn Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers SolomonThe Sorcerer of the Wildeeps by Kai Ashante WilsonElysium by Jennifer Marie Brissett
New Speculative Fiction Stars 2010-2019
150 books — 45 voters

The Rape of Nanking by Iris ChangA History of India, Vol. 1 by Romila ThaparWomen, Race & Class by Angela Y. DavisThe New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderWayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments by Saidiya Hartman
Reading Women Challenge 2020 #6 A Nonfiction Title by a Woman Historian
77 books — 26 voters
On Beauty and Being Just by Elaine ScarryThe Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
Book Riot's 100 Must-Read Essay Collections
107 books — 56 voters

The Rosewater Insurrection by Tade ThompsonThe Haunting of Tram Car 015 by P. Djèlí ClarkThe Dragon Republic by R.F. Kuang
2019 Adult SFF by Authors of Color
60 books — 122 voters
The Haunting of Tram Car 015 by P. Djèlí ClarkThe Survival of Molly Southbourne by Tade Thompson
Hugo 2020 Eligible Novellas
54 books — 107 voters


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