Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Emma (9 Lists)



Redwall by Brian JacquesEmil and the Detectives by Erich KästnerClever Polly and the Stupid Wolf by Catherine StorrBeyond the Deepwoods by Paul StewartThe Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
Books for Quality Young Persons
128 books — 12 voters
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonMacbeth by William ShakespeareWe Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley JacksonMedea by EuripidesWhat Was She Thinking? by Zoë Heller
Anti-Heroines
374 books — 206 voters

The Murderer's Ape by Jakob WegeliusA Skinful of Shadows by Frances HardingeThe Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge
Speculative Fiction Where the Girl Doesn't End Up With Anyone
67 books — 6 voters
What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky by Lesley Nneka ArimahGingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi
Female-Authored Weird Fiction
464 books — 179 voters

Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi
Popsugar 2021 #28 - A Magical Realism Book
160 books — 218 voters
The Essential Calvin and Hobbes by Bill WattersonHoles by Louis SacharAre You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,499 books — 119,971 voters

The Looking Glass Wars by Frank BeddorShadowland by Jenny CarrollThe Secret History by Donna Tartt
Books That Should Be Made Into Movies
32,215 books — 68,197 voters
Coraline by Neil GaimanJunk by Melvin BurgessWonder by R.J. Palacio
Teen/Children must reads
419 books — 314 voters

Up on Cloud Nine by Anne FineForbidden by Tabitha SuzumaThe Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick NessThin by Grace Bowman
YA involving mental health issues (2000-present)
490 books — 1,041 voters