Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Yvonne (10 Lists)



The Joy Luck Club by Amy TanPersepolis by Marjane SatrapiAmerican Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang
Immigrant Experience Literature
1,011 books — 1,454 voters
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesThe Hate U Give by Angie ThomasI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouSo You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma OluoHomegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Books White People Need to Read
1,327 books — 1,574 voters

I Am Malala by Malala YousafzaiTomboy by Liz PrinceWe Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieBad Feminist by Roxane Gay
Women & Gender Studies
1,462 books — 546 voters
The Power by Naomi AldermanThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood1984 by George OrwellFlowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Philosophical Science Fiction
428 books — 398 voters

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty SmithThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Tales of New York City
1,520 books — 1,228 voters
Word by Word by Kory StamperAll About Eggs by Rachel KhongJust My Type by Simon GarfieldSweet Spot by Amy Ettinger
Microhistory: Social Histories of Just One Thing
1,830 books — 2,220 voters

Homegoing by Yaa GyasiWe Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodNotorious RBG by Irin CarmonAll the Single Ladies by Rebecca Traister
'Call Your Girlfriend' Reading List
126 books — 36 voters
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin SloanSteve Jobs by Walter IsaacsonWhen Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
Santa Clara Valley Literature
25 books — 19 voters