Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Mariah (13 Lists)



Woman at Point Zero by Nawal El SaadawiTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonA Doll's House by Henrik IbsenPassing by Nella Larsen
Best Feminist Fiction
1,504 books — 2,673 voters
Blood & Beauty by Sarah DunantThe Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo
Historical Fiction 2013
387 books — 2,106 voters

Mademoiselle Boleyn by Robin MaxwellThe Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn by Robin MaxwellThe Lady in the Tower by Alison WeirThe Creation of Anne Boleyn by Susan Bordo
Best Books about Anne Boleyn
87 books — 185 voters
Mademoiselle Boleyn by Robin MaxwellLady of the English by Elizabeth ChadwickThe Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn by Robin MaxwellThe White Queen by Philippa GregoryInnocent Traitor by Alison Weir
Royal Fiction
525 books — 226 voters

The Lady in the Tower by Alison WeirThe Princes in the Tower by Alison WeirMarie Antoinette by Antonia FraserThe Plantagenets by Dan JonesMademoiselle Boleyn by Robin Maxwell
Of Kings and Queens
450 books — 197 voters
Outlander by Diana GabaldonThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Lady of the Rivers by Philippa GregoryMademoiselle Boleyn by Robin MaxwellThe White Queen by Philippa Gregory
Best Historical Fiction
7,396 books — 25,578 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanBeautiful Creatures by Kami GarciaThe Maze Runner by James Dashner
Best Young Adult Books
13,124 books — 80,174 voters
The Princes in the Tower by Alison WeirThe Lady in the Tower by Alison Weir
British History
786 books — 203 voters

Four Queens by Nancy GoldstoneThe Princes in the Tower by Alison WeirMarie Antoinette by Antonia FraserThe Plantagenets by Dan JonesThe Lady in the Tower by Alison Weir
Best History Books
3,701 books — 3,733 voters
The Lady of the Rivers by Philippa GregoryThe White Queen by Philippa GregoryThe Tudor Rose by Margaret Campbell Barnes
Historical fiction: The Wars of the Roses
87 books — 183 voters

Blood & Beauty by Sarah DunantThe Family by Mario PuzoSins of the House of Borgia by Sarah BowerThe Scarlet Contessa by Jeanne Kalogridis
Best Books about the Borgia Family
69 books — 170 voters
Lady of the English by Elizabeth ChadwickSins of the House of Borgia by Sarah BowerThe Lady of the Rivers by Philippa Gregory
Historical Fiction 2011
108 books — 573 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakSins of the House of Borgia by Sarah BowerThe Lady of the Rivers by Philippa GregoryThe White Queen by Philippa GregoryThe Scarlet Contessa by Jeanne Kalogridis
Recommended Historical Fiction
3,646 books — 3,588 voters