Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Kanita Carington-McDonald (52 Lists)



Just Mercy by Bryan StevensonThe N Word by Jabari AsimThe Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man by James Weldon JohnsonTwelve Years a Slave by Solomon NorthupMarch by John Lewis
Books White People Need to Read
1,303 books — 1,558 voters
The Girl on the Train by Paula HawkinsGone Girl by Gillian FlynnThe Silent Wife by A.S.A. HarrisonSharp Objects by Gillian FlynnDark Places by Gillian Flynn
The Girl on the Train Read A Likes
180 books — 233 voters

Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline WoodsonForty Acres by Dwayne Alexander SmithRuby by Cynthia Bond
However Long the Night, the Dawn Will Break: Forthcoming Books for 2014 by Authors of African Descent
79 books — 65 voters
The Bluest Eye by Toni MorrisonKindred by Octavia E. Butler32 Candles by Ernessa T. CarterThe Twelve Tribes of Hattie by Ayana MathisAddicted by Zane
100 Books by Black Women Everyone Must Read
116 books — 59 voters

Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
Civil Rights & Law: Then and Now (fiction and nonfiction)
155 books — 62 voters
Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson12 Years a Slave by Solomon Northup
Essential Non-Fiction Reading Re: Human Rights
622 books — 417 voters

Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
Best Children's Poetry Books
520 books — 375 voters
Kindred by Octavia E. ButlerThe Twelve Tribes of Hattie by Ayana MathisBrown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline WoodsonAya by Marguerite Abouet
WAM! recs for books by Women of Color
88 books — 23 voters

Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
Best Multicultural Books for Children
467 books — 343 voters
Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
A Patient Man Will Eat Ripe Fruit: Incoming MG & YA Books Written by Black Authors for 2014
36 books — 24 voters

Gem of the Ocean by August Wilson
Best of August Wilson
21 books — 2 voters
Gem of the Ocean by August Wilson
Plays and Dramas by African-Americans
101 books — 12 voters

Freeman by Leonard Pitts Jr.Gathering of Waters by Bernice L. McFaddenThe Cutting Season by Attica LockeHome by Toni Morrison
2012's Best Literary Fiction By People of Color
39 books — 117 voters
My Name Is Butterfly by Bernice L. McFaddenSugar by Bernice L. McFadden
Stories from the Soul
54 books — 74 voters

Incognegro by Mat JohnsonDark Rain by Mat JohnsonNat Turner by Kyle BakerMarch by John LewisThe Silence of Our Friends by Mark Long
African American Graphic Novels
144 books — 31 voters
Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom by Lynda Blackmon Lowery12 Years a Slave by Solomon Northup
African American Lives
457 books — 206 voters

The Giving Tree by Shel SilversteinSpeak by Laurie Halse AndersonThe Color Purple by Alice Walker
Best Banned, Censored, and Challenged Books
924 books — 2,381 voters
My America by Sharon Dennis Wyeth
My America series
21 books — 5 voters

With the Might of Angels by Andrea Davis PinkneyKindred by Octavia E. ButlerGlory Be by Augusta ScattergoodI Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly by Joyce Hansen
Historical Children's and YA with POC Leads
333 books — 50 voters
Look to the Hills by Patricia C. McKissackA Picture of Freedom by Patricia C. McKissackI Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly by Joyce HansenColor Me Dark by Patricia C. McKissackWith the Might of Angels by Andrea Davis Pinkney
Dear America Series
44 books — 228 voters

3rd Degree by James PattersonThe 6th Target by James Patterson4th of July by James Patterson
Favorite James Patterson Novels
120 books — 357 voters
1st to Die by James Patterson2nd Chance by James Patterson3rd Degree by James Patterson5th Horseman by James Patterson4th of July by James Patterson
Your Favorite James Patterson Books
71 books — 61 voters

Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear
Best Historical Mystery
2,068 books — 4,530 voters
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Best Literary Mysteries
2,550 books — 4,594 voters

1st to Die by James PattersonA Is for Alibi by Sue GraftonGone Girl by Gillian FlynnThe Secret of the Old Clock by Carolyn KeeneMaisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,306 books — 15,545 voters
Incognegro by Mat JohnsonMarch by John LewisThe Silence of Our Friends by Mark LongThe Harlem Hellfighters by Max BrooksNat Turner by Kyle Baker
History through graphic novels
617 books — 493 voters

Skipping Christmas by John Grisham
Short and Sweet Christmas Novels
116 books — 93 voters
32 Candles by Ernessa T. Carter
Best Black/African American Chicklit
432 books — 403 voters

Wench by Dolen Perkins-Valdez32 Candles by Ernessa T. CarterGlorious by Bernice L. McFadden
2010's Best African American Literature
21 books — 143 voters
Relish by Lucy Knisley
Recharge your optimism!
13 books — 24 voters


« previous 1