Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Lefa (11 Lists)



Too Much Lip by Melissa LucashenkoTerra Nullius by Claire G. ColemanSee What I Have Done by Sarah Schmidt
Australian Women Writers
441 books — 90 voters
Reckoning by Magda SzubanskiBoomer and Me by Jo CaseEggshell Skull by Bri LeeTalking to My Country by Stan GrantThe Hate Race by Maxine Beneba Clarke
Australian memoir and biography
234 books — 16 voters

Eggshell Skull by Bri LeeBad Feminist by Roxane GayFeminism Is for Everybody by bell hooksFeminist Theory by bell hooks
Women & Gender Studies
1,461 books — 546 voters
Things That Helped by Jessica FriedmannEggshell Skull by Bri LeeThe Arsonist by Chloe Hooper
Excellent Aussie Non-Fiction
127 books — 21 voters

Tall Man by Chloe HooperDark Emu by Bruce Pascoe
Best of Australian Non-Fiction
331 books — 55 voters
Resurrection Bay by Emma Viskic
Australian Crime Fiction
256 books — 166 voters

Obernewtyn by Isobelle CarmodyRaw Blue by Kirsty EagarPlaying Beatie Bow by Ruth ParkDeadly, Unna? by Phillip GwynneIda by Alison Evans
Best Australian Young Adult Books
241 books — 158 voters
Addition by Toni JordanGirl Defective by Simmone HowellGraffiti Moon by Cath CrowleyThe Greatest Blogger in the World by Andrew McDonaldThe Year It All Ended by Kirsty Murray
RMIT Professional Writing and Editing program
93 books — 8 voters

The Family Book by Todd ParrBuddha at Bedtime by Dharmachari NagarajaReading Makes You Feel Good by Todd ParrThe Feel Good Book by Todd ParrThe Firefighters by Sue Whiting
Best Progressive Childrens Books
150 books — 51 voters
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Books I Became So Obsessed With I Stopped Everything Else in My Life to Finish.
12,146 books — 9,899 voters

The Outsiders by S.E. HintonThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanLord of the Flies by William Golding
Best Young Adult Books
13,124 books — 80,175 voters