Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Tamara✨ (51 Lists)



Viscera by Gabrielle SquailiaNinefox Gambit by Yoon Ha LeeA Taste of Honey by Kai Ashante WilsonEverfair by Nisi Shawl
2016 adult SFF by QUILTBAG authors
37 books — 13 voters
Ministry of Moral Panic by Amanda Lee KoeThe Ayam Curtain by J.Y. YangSpectre by Verena TayLONTAR #1 by Jason Erik LundbergA Most Peculiar Malaysian Murder by Shamini Flint
Best Singapore Fiction
102 books — 64 voters

Daughter of Necessity by Marie BrennanVariations on an Apple by Yoon Ha Lee
The Short Fiction of tor.com
404 books — 239 voters
People of the Wolf by W. Michael GearThe Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel
Best Novels Set in Prehistory
78 books — 100 voters

Arrows of the Queen by Mercedes LackeyHis Majesty's Dragon by Naomi NovikThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanThe Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis
Animal Companion Fantasy Series
167 books — 107 voters
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela CarterUprooted by Naomi Novik
Best retellings of Beauty and the Beast
344 books — 1,126 voters

Three Parts Dead by Max GladstoneLarklight by Philip ReeveCinder by Marissa MeyerThe SEA Is Ours by Nghi VoThe Steampowered Globe by Rosemary Lim
Multicultural Steampunk
65 books — 39 voters
Cinder by Marissa MeyerStarglass by Phoebe North
Best YA Sci-Fi / Space Opera
201 books — 227 voters

The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells2001 by Arthur C. ClarkeLilith's Brood by Octavia E. ButlerThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
First Contact
260 books — 358 voters
Ascension by Jacqueline Koyanagi
Lesbian Science Fiction
92 books — 31 voters

The Joy Luck Club by Amy TanMonkey by Wu Cheng'enRed Sorghum by Mo YanThrone of Jade by Naomi NovikBoxers by Gene Luen Yang
Best Novels That Take Place in China
414 books — 1,096 voters
Pantomime by L.R. Lam
Trans Sword & Sorcery
80 books — 15 voters

Everything Leads to You by Nina LaCourAristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire SáenzHuntress by Malinda LoLies We Tell Ourselves by Robin TalleyAscension by Jacqueline Koyanagi
QPoC YA/NA
262 books — 150 voters
The Golem and the Jinni by Helene WeckerJoe Golem and the Drowning City by Mike Mignola
Best Golem Books
42 books — 19 voters

Olalla by Robert Louis StevensonWailing Ghosts by Pu SonglingMy Dearest Father by Wolfgang Amadeus MozartA Simple Heart by Gustave FlaubertCome Close by Sappho
Penguin Little Black Classics
127 books — 206 voters
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardReality is Broken by Jane McGonigalExtra Lives by Tom BissellRat Queens, Vol. 1 by Kurtis J. Wiebe
Books for Gamers
377 books — 137 voters

The Poetic Edda by UnknownThe Norse Myths by Kevin Crossley-HollandThe Prose Edda by Snorri SturlusonNorse Mythology by John Lindow
Norse Mythology
293 books — 409 voters
Beowulf by UnknownSir Gawain and the Green Knight by Unknown
Best of Epic Poetry
124 books — 202 voters

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldJosephine Baker by Jean-Claude BakerMan Ray by Man Ray
Midnight in Paris
66 books — 46 voters
Hawkeye, Volume 1 by Matt FractionThor by Jason AaronAll-New X-Men, Vol. 3 by Brian Michael BendisNova, Volume 1 by Jeph LoebA+X, Vol. 1 by Dan Slott
Marvel Now!
231 books — 312 voters

Enterprising Women by Camille Bacon-SmithTheorizing Fandom by Cheryl HarrisTextual Poachers by Henry Jenkins
Nonfiction Books About Science Fiction and Fandom
280 books — 56 voters
Books v. Cigarettes by George OrwellOn Natural Selection by Charles DarwinWhy I Write by George OrwellA Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary WollstonecraftThe Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln
Penguin Great Ideas
121 books — 101 voters

Magnetism by F. Scott FitzgeraldMary by Vladimir NabokovOf Mistresses, Tigresses and Other Conquests by Giacomo CasanovaEros Unbound by Anaïs Nin
Penguin Great Loves
21 books — 36 voters
Brassaï by BrassaïDog Dogs by Elliott ErwittVivian Maier by Vivian MaierBellocq by John SzarkowskiSwing Era New York by W. Royal Stokes
Exceptional Photography Books*
561 books — 196 voters

Zoo City by Lauren BeukesThe Horse and His Boy by C.S. LewisThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Shepherd's Tale by Joss Whedon
Non-Caucasian Protagonists in Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, and Paranormal Romance
2,514 books — 2,758 voters
Judy Moody Saves the World! by Megan McDonald
Favorite Judy Moody book
11 books — 61 voters

Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus by Barbara Park
Junie B. Jones
49 books — 18 voters
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson LevineBeauty by Robin McKinleyThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanThe Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales by Jon ScieszkaFables, Vol. 1 by Bill Willingham
The Best Fairytales and Retellings
2,797 books — 9,159 voters

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
Olympics Opening Ceremony Books
41 books — 265 voters
The Night Circus by Erin MorgensternThe Carnivorous Carnival by Lemony SnicketJohannes Cabal the Necromancer by Jonathan L. HowardThe Bad Beginning by Lemony SnicketTipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters
Circus/Carnival Books
700 books — 1,081 voters


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