The Big Books of Fall

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Paracosm (17 Lists)



Young Mungo by Douglas StuartYerba Buena by Nina LaCourJust by Looking at Him by Ryan O'ConnellOur Wives Under the Sea by Julia ArmfieldDemon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
Anticipated 2022 Literary Fiction
421 books — 400 voters
This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-MohtarGideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
Best Lesbian Fiction
2,162 books — 2,707 voters

This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-MohtarLittle Red Riding Hood by Julie ManninoGideon the Ninth by Tamsyn MuirIf We Were Villains by M.L. RioThese Violent Delights by Micah Nemerever
Adult Queer Books
496 books — 225 voters
Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn MuirThe Hunger of the Gods by John Gwynne
Can't Wait Science Fiction/Fantasy of 2022
551 books — 1,419 voters

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn MuirSummer Sons by Lee MandeloHarrow the Ninth by Tamsyn MuirThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeOur Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield
Queer Horror
700 books — 463 voters
Small Gods by Terry Pratchett
The Best of Discworld!
90 books — 997 voters

The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver SacksThe Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own M... by Catherynne M. Valente
"The {_______} Who " Titles
968 books — 131 voters
The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi DaréHurricane Season by Fernanda MelchorThe Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham JonesLeave the World Behind by Rumaan AlamLove in Colour by Bolu Babalola
Anticipated Literary Reads For Readers of Color 2020
205 books — 186 voters

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroThe Vegetarian by Han KangPachinko by Min Jin LeeThe Underground Railroad by Colson WhiteheadDemon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
NYT The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century
124 books — 294 voters
On Sundays She Picked Flowers by Yah-Yah ScholfieldThe Caretaker by Marcus Kliewer
Horror to Look Forward to in 2026
158 books — 117 voters

Dead Beat by Leigh BardugoThe Caretaker by Marcus KliewerHalf His Age by Jennette McCurdyHeartstopper by Alice OsemanThe Red Winter by Cameron Sullivan
Can't Wait Books of 2026
493 books — 326 voters
Watchmen by Alan MooreV for Vendetta by Alan MooreThe Complete Maus by Art SpiegelmanThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiAkira, Vol. 1 by Katsuhiro Otomo
Best Graphic Novels and Comic Books
910 books — 605 voters

The Vegetarian by Han KangPachinko by Min Jin LeeHuman Acts by Han Kang82년생 김지영 by Cho Nam-JooCursed Bunny by Bora Chung
Korean literature in English (fiction and nonfiction)
296 books — 218 voters
Half His Age by Jennette McCurdy
The 52 Book Club 2026: #52 - Published In 2026
312 books — 315 voters

Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton
Great Australian novels
339 books — 141 voters
Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga
Africa (fiction and nonfiction)
1,900 books — 1,798 voters

Stiff by Mary RoachMan's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. FranklThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver SacksEndurance by Alfred LansingThe Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,417 books — 8,204 voters