Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Sidsel Pedersen (161 Lists)



A Memory Called Empire by Arkady MartineThis Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-MohtarTo Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers
2020 Hugo Awards
30 books — 8 voters
Merry Happy Valkyrie by Tansy Rayner RobertsNinth Step Station by Malka Ann OlderThe True Queen by Zen ChoFly by Night by Frances HardingeThe Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal
Åcon Recommendations 2019
50 books — 3 voters

Merry Happy Valkyrie by Tansy Rayner RobertsSnowspelled by Stephanie Burgis
Fantasy Christmas Books
135 books — 35 voters
A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le GuinThe Paper Magician by Charlie N. HolmbergFake Geek Girl by Tansy Rayner RobertsEqual Rites by Terry PratchettArmed & Magical by Lisa Shearin
Studying magic and magical schools
60 books — 35 voters

How to Be a Victorian by Ruth Goodman
Nonfiction Books on the Victorian Era
404 books — 108 voters
Beyond The Wall by Tanya Landman
Roman Britain
123 books — 60 voters

Beyond The Wall by Tanya Landman
Ancient Rome in YA & Middle Grade Fiction
43 books — 20 voters
Beyond The Wall by Tanya Landman
Roman Britain in YA & Middle Grade Fiction
36 books — 7 voters

Dark Queen by Faith Hunter
Best New Paranormal/UF Books 2018/2019
188 books — 448 voters
Hammered by Elizabeth BearThe Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own M... by Catherynne M. ValenteThe Goblin Emperor by Katherine AddisonFeed by Mira GrantShades of Milk and Honey by Mary Robinette Kowal
SF Squeecast
99 books — 9 voters

A Study in Scarlet Women by Sherry Thomas
Victorian/Regency Female Sleuths/Mysteries
217 books — 193 voters
Hammered by Elizabeth BearThe Warrior's Apprentice by Lois McMaster BujoldBorderline by Mishell Baker
Disabled Characters in Fantasy & Science Fiction
203 books — 78 voters

The Enchantment Emporium by Tanya HuffKushiel's Dart by Jacqueline Carey
Sex-Positive SFF at WisCon 39
12 books — 3 voters
Hammered by Elizabeth BearThe Lady Astronaut of Mars by Mary Robinette KowalGentleman Jole and the Red Queen by Lois McMaster BujoldCity of Stairs by Robert Jackson BennettThe Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe by Kij Johnson
Old(er) Women in SF/F
210 books — 108 voters

Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuirePhantom Pains by Mishell BakerBrother’s Ruin by Emma NewmanHome by Nnedi OkoraforThe Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter by Theodora Goss
Hugo 2018 Eligible Works
171 books — 308 voters
The Grace of Kings by Ken LiuOn a Red Station, Drifting by Aliette de Bodard
Asian Fantasy & Science Fiction
503 books — 306 voters

The Grace of Kings by Ken LiuOn a Red Station, Drifting by Aliette de Bodard
Asian Speculative Fiction by Asian Authors -- #ownvoices
348 books — 220 voters
Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuireA Taste of Honey by Kai Ashante WilsonToo Like the Lightning by Ada PalmerUncanny Magazine Issue 13 by Lynne M. ThomasAll the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders
2017 Hugo Award Finalists
29 books — 7 voters

Erik Menneskesøn by Lars-Henrik Olsen
Best Danish Books
316 books — 55 voters
Thirteenth Child by Patricia C. WredeKaren Memory by Elizabeth BearWake of Vultures by Lila Bowen
Weird Westerns
281 books — 267 voters

Etched in Bone by Anne BishopMagic for Nothing by Seanan McGuire
2017 Urban Fantasy (January - June)
31 books — 77 voters
The Medieval Cookbook by Maggie BlackThe Classical Cookbook by Andrew DalbyAn Early Meal - a Viking Age Cookbook & Culinary Odyssey by Daniel Serra
Historical Cookery
317 books — 79 voters

Borderline by Mishell BakerForest of Memory by Mary Robinette KowalTremontaine by Ellen Kushner
Hugo 2017 Eligible Works
213 books — 352 voters
Rosemary and Rue by Seanan McGuireWritten in Red by Anne BishopSkinwalker by Faith HunterStorm Front by Jim ButcherMagic Bites by Ilona Andrews
Best Urban Fantasy SERIES
630 books — 3,741 voters

Borderline by Mishell Baker
Anticipated Urban Fantasy of 2016
26 books — 26 voters
Blood of the Earth by Faith Hunter
2016 Paranormal Romance/Urban Fantasy (July - December)
45 books — 210 voters

Borderline by Mishell BakerMarked in Flesh by Anne BishopShadow Rites by Faith HunterChaos Choreography by Seanan McGuire
2016 Paranormal Romance/Urban Fantasy (January - June)
101 books — 580 voters
The Goblin Emperor by Katherine AddisonGraceling by Kristin CashorePoison Study by Maria V. SnyderCrown Duel by Sherwood SmithKushiel's Dart by Jacqueline Carey
Court Fantasy
148 books — 117 voters

Binti by Nnedi OkoraforEvery Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuireThe Shootout Solution by Michael R. Underwood
Tor.com Publishing 2015/2016 Novella Lineup
30 books — 31 voters
Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuireForest of Memory by Mary Robinette KowalBinti by Nnedi OkoraforThe Shootout Solution by Michael R. Underwood
Tor.com Publishing Releases
154 books — 140 voters


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