Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Jo Berliner (21 Lists)



Meanwhile, Elsewhere by Cat FitzpatrickI Wish You All the Best by Mason DeaverAn Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers SolomonNo Man of Woman Born by Ana MardollThe Red Threads of Fortune by Neon Yang
Trans Books by Trans Authors
585 books — 415 voters
An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers SolomonPaul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl by Andrea LawlorI Wish You All the Best by Mason DeaverRiver of Teeth by Sarah GaileyThe Black Tides of Heaven by Neon Yang
Novels by Trans Authors with Trans Protagonists
253 books — 134 voters

Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuireAll Systems Red by Martha WellsWitchmark by C.L. PolkRiver of Teeth by Sarah GaileyGideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
Tor.com Publishing Releases
154 books — 140 voters
Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
The Great Pacific Northwest
70 books — 54 voters

I Am Princess X by Cherie PriestWildwood by Colin MeloyWhere'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
Pacific Northwest Fiction
217 books — 147 voters
The Witch Boy by Molly Knox OstertagPower & Magic by Joamette GilMarch by John LewisOne Hundred Demons by Lynda BarryRoller Girl by Victoria Jamieson
Best Graphic Novels
3,450 books — 6,767 voters

Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiFun Home by Alison BechdelSaga, Volume 1 by Brian K. VaughanPersepolis 2 by Marjane Satrapi
Required Reading Graphic Novels
1,173 books — 2,012 voters
The Song of Achilles by Madeline MillerThe Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi LeeThe Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. DanforthFingersmith by Sarah Waters
best gay and lesbian historial fiction
58 books — 23 voters

Fun Home by Alison BechdelMs. Marvel, Vol. 1 by G. Willow WilsonThrough the Woods by E.M. CarrollLumberjanes, Vol. 1 by N.D. StevensonRoller Girl by Victoria Jamieson
Comics & Graphic Novels by Women
1,491 books — 1,361 voters
Megillat Esther by J.T. WaldmanThe Rabbi's Cat by Joann SfarThe Rabbi's Cat 2 by Joann SfarA Bintel Brief by Liana FinckThe Golem's Mighty Swing by James Sturm
Jewish Graphic Novels
207 books — 38 voters

Nimona by N.D. StevensonHotblood! by Toril Orlesky
Webcomics
572 books — 236 voters
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Giver by Lois LowryHoles by Louis SacharThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
Best Young Adult Books
13,123 books — 80,172 voters

We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley JacksonLet Me Tell You by Shirley JacksonSabriel by Garth NixWhere the Words End and My Body Begins by Amber DawnThe Book of Lost Things by John Connolly
Best Book Cover Art
12,381 books — 7,090 voters
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingWater for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,189 books — 28,380 voters

A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba BrayThe Graveyard Book by Neil GaimanUnwind by Neal Shusterman
Books That Should Be Made Into Movies
32,226 books — 68,026 voters
Linger by Maggie StiefvaterThe Replacement by Brenna YovanoffMatched by Ally CondieSisters Red by Jackson Pearce
Best Book Covers for 2010
359 books — 2,856 voters

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
Books That You Couldn't Stop Reading For a Second
914 books — 644 voters
The Worst Books of All Time
8,104 books — 19,875 voters

The Giver by Lois LowryFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie FlaggBeloved by Toni MorrisonDaytripper by Fábio MoonThe Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart
Books that Blew Me Away and that I Still Think About
14,364 books — 14,593 voters
Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green
YA Novels of 2010
568 books — 2,950 voters

Best Books Ever
76,035 books — 282,446 voters