Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Cheri (33 Lists)



Killers of the Flower Moon by David GrannThe Poisoner's Handbook by Deborah BlumStamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. KendiZen Mind, Beginner's Mind by Shunryu SuzukiHow to Tame a Fox (and Build a Dog) by Lee Alan Dugatkin
[ATY 2021] - In The Beginning...
282 books — 80 voters
Bad Blood by John CarreyrouMy Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
[ATY 2021] - Female Villains or Criminals
147 books — 108 voters

Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
[ATY 2021] - On or Below of the Tropic of Cancer
216 books — 66 voters
The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yōko OgawaBad Blood by John Carreyrou
[ATY 2021] - Best Books of the Month (2020)
410 books — 87 voters

Like a Mule Bringing Ice Cream to the Sun by Sarah Ladipo Manyika
[ATY 2021] - YOU READ WHAT?!
252 books — 93 voters
Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson
[ATY 2021] - "My Favorite Things" from Sound of Music
523 books — 116 voters

The Moor's Account by Laila LalamiThe Butterfly Mosque by G. Willow WilsonHeretic by Ayaan Hirsi AliInfidel by Ayaan Hirsi AliZealot by Reza Aslan
[ATY 2021] - Muslim Character or Author
212 books — 129 voters
Ex Libris by Anne FadimanCitizen by Claudia RankineThe Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
[ATY 2021] - A Short Book
513 books — 89 voters

Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
[ATY 2021] - Magic!
315 books — 88 voters
The Index of Self-Destructive Acts by Christopher R. Beha
[ATY 2021] - Related to "The End"
401 books — 84 voters

It's What I Do by Lynsey Addario
[ATY 2021] - Travel
303 books — 88 voters
Sapiens by Yuval Noah HarariBless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya
[ATY 2021] - "U" in Author Name AND Title
736 books — 127 voters

The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
[ATY 2021] - More than 2 People on the Cover
516 books — 80 voters
Circe by Madeline Miller
[ATY 2021] - Set on an Island
257 books — 112 voters

The Last Painting of Sara de Vos by Dominic Smith
[ATY 2021] - Related to Past, Present, Future - MANY TIMELINES
65 books — 45 voters
Consider the Fork by Bee WilsonThe Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd
[ATY 2021] - Author's Name Doesn't Contain A, T, or Y
571 books — 98 voters

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootHow to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. KendiBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesThe Color of Law by Richard Rothstein
[ATY 2021] - About Racism and Race Relations
231 books — 124 voters
Chasing Aphrodite by Jason FelchPapyrus by John Gaudet
[ATY 2021] - Related to the Grand Egyptian Museum
150 books — 121 voters

The Unfolding of Language by Guy Deutscher
ATY 2020 - Silhouette on Cover
262 books — 75 voters
American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson
Books Set in Burkina Faso
20 books — 7 voters

Circe by Madeline Miller
POV: First person
51 books — 15 voters
The Riddle of the Labyrinth by Margalit Fox
ATY Group Members Recommendations
246 books — 88 voters

Sex and World Peace by Valerie M. Hudson
Text-Only Covers
403 books — 45 voters
The Riddle of the Labyrinth by Margalit Fox
Memoirs, Narrative Nonfiction and Other (Mostly) True Things
783 books — 425 voters

The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman
Medical Microhistories
96 books — 88 voters
Moonglow by Michael ChabonSweet Tooth by Ian McEwan
Books with Unreliable Narrators
501 books — 489 voters

Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin SloanAll the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane AndersSourdough by Robin Sloan
San Francisco Bay Area Fiction
445 books — 337 voters
Alif the Unseen by G. Willow Wilson
The Best Urban Fantasy
4,404 books — 12,551 voters

The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yōko Ogawa
Foreign Books Translated To English
837 books — 219 voters
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverEuphoria by Lily KingNotorious RBG by Irin CarmonThe Riddle of the Labyrinth by Margalit FoxThe Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
Top 10 for the Reading Challengers
5,968 books — 4,186 voters


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