Big Books of 2026

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Nice Girls by Catherine DangYou by Caroline KepnesThe Last House on Needless Street by Catriona WardI Hope This Finds You Well by Kate BaerAll Rise by Richard Conyngham
2022: What Women Born In The 1970s Read In 2022
6,696 books — 579 voters
Elsewhere by Gabrielle ZevinOutlawed by Anna NorthGLORY by Kahran BethencourtThe Grief Keeper by Alexandra VillasanteThe Project by Courtney Summers
2021: What Women Born In The 1970s Read In 2021
6,717 books — 695 voters

My Heart and Other Black Holes by Jasmine WargaParable of the Sower by Damian DuffyAre You Listening? by Tillie WaldenThe Darkest Corners by Kara ThomasSpace Boy Volume 1 by Stephen McCranie
2020: What Women Born In The 1970s Read In 2020
6,393 books — 848 voters
The Female of the Species by Mindy McGinnisAll the Rage by Courtney SummersMoxie by Jennifer MathieuSadie by Courtney Summers
#MeToo
215 books — 109 voters

Everything Grows by Aimee HermanA People's Future of the United States by Victor LaValleA Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo by Jill TwissThe Raven's Tale by Cat WintersMan-Eaters, Vol. 1 by Chelsea Cain
2019: What Women Born In The 1970s Read In 2019
6,620 books — 865 voters
The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen WangIncognegro by Mat JohnsonMy Boyfriend Is a Bear by Pamela Ribon
Best Comic Books and Graphic Novels of 2018
109 books — 89 voters

Fetch by Nicole J. GeorgesKindred by Damian DuffyBitch Planet, Vol. 2 by Kelly Sue DeConnickBig Mushy Happy Lump by Sarah Andersen
Great Graphic Novels (released in) 2017
349 books — 137 voters
The New Hunger by Isaac MarionWayward by Blake CrouchMy Friend Dahmer by Derf BackderfThe Last Town by Blake CrouchKim Reaper, Vol. 1 by Sarah Graley
2018: What Women Born In The 1970s Read In 2018
6,937 books — 980 voters

The Dark and Other Love Stories by Deborah WillisThe Impossible Fortress by Jason RekulakKinski by Gabriel HardmanWonder Woman, Volume 1 by Brian AzzarelloAmy Chelsea Stacie Dee by Mary G. Thompson
2017: What Women Born In The 1970s Read In 2017
5,978 books — 755 voters
Gemini by Sonya MukherjeeWith Malice by Eileen CookAsk Me How I Got Here by Christine Heppermann
Bechdel-Wallace-passing YA
82 books — 42 voters

The Gods of H.P. Lovecraft by Aaron J. FrenchCity of Blades by Robert Jackson BennettBurn Baby Burn by Meg MedinaIlluminae by Amie KaufmanThe Unfinished World and Other Stories by Amber Sparks
2016: What Women Born In The 1970s Read in 2016
6,060 books — 685 voters
Asking for It by Kate HardingThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodBig Driver by Stephen KingThe Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonTowelhead by Alicia Erian
Books About Rape and Rape Culture
423 books — 192 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Year of the Flood by Margaret AtwoodMaddAddam by Margaret AtwoodParable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
Best Science Fiction With a Female Protagonist
1,398 books — 2,827 voters
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. ButlerParable of the Talents by Octavia E. ButlerLilith's Brood by Octavia E. Butler
Non-Caucasian Protagonists in Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, and Paranormal Romance
2,517 books — 2,759 voters

Lilith's Brood by Octavia E. ButlerParable of the Sower by Octavia E. ButlerParable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler
Diversity in Fantasy and Science Fiction
1,145 books — 843 voters
Jacob, King of Portalia by Casey ClubbIce Massacre by Tiana Warner
Diversity in Young Adult and Middle Grade
1,917 books — 1,217 voters

Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. ButlerParable of the Talents by Octavia E. ButlerLilith's Brood by Octavia E. ButlerPrayers for the Stolen by Jennifer Clement
Books with a Non-Caucasian person as the/one of the lead characters.
1,519 books — 636 voters
Fist of the Spider Woman by Amber DawnA Murder of Crows by DeAnna KnipplingWinterspell by Claire LegrandPrayers for the Stolen by Jennifer ClementStitching Snow by R.C. Lewis
2015: What Women Born In The 1970s Read In 2015
6,238 books — 1,530 voters

The Golden Compass by Philip PullmanThe Subtle Knife by Philip PullmanThe Amber Spyglass by Philip PullmanLyra's Oxford by Philip Pullman
Best "Strong Female" Fantasy Novels
4,492 books — 18,296 voters
The Year of the Flood by Margaret AtwoodMaddAddam by Margaret AtwoodOryx and Crake by Margaret AtwoodThe Plague Dogs by Richard AdamsThe Ugly Princess by Henderson Smith
Novels for Vegans
63 books — 81 voters

Vegan for Her by Ginny MessinaThe China Study by T. Colin CampbellFast Food Nation by Eric SchlosserDiet for a New America by John RobbinsBecoming Vegan by Brenda Davis
A Nutrition Reading List
386 books — 417 voters
1984 by George OrwellCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
100 Books to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
15,438 books — 17,760 voters

Desperation by Stephen KingInvincible Summer by Nicole J. GeorgesFeed by Mira GrantThe Carvings Collection by Drake VaughnInto the Abyss by Courtenay Dodds
2014: What Women Born In The 1970s Read in 2014
4,495 books — 1,046 voters
March by John LewisThe Last Days of California by Mary MillerAllegiant by Veronica RothThe Illegal Rebirth of Billy the Kid by Rebecca OreEscape from Berlin by Irene N. Watts
2013: What Women Born In The 1970s Read In 2013
2,957 books — 684 voters

Vegan Italiano by Donna KleinAmerican Vegan Kitchen by Tamasin NoyesThe 30 minute Vegan's Taste of Europe by Mark ReinfeldVegan Brunch by Isa Chandra MoskowitzThe Cheesy Vegan by John Schlimm
Best Vegan Cookbooks
293 books — 389 voters
His Dark Materials by Philip PullmanOryx and Crake by Margaret AtwoodThe Year of the Flood by Margaret AtwoodMaddAddam by Margaret AtwoodThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Best Books Ever
76,704 books — 285,107 voters