Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Zoe (29 Lists)



The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Dark Academia
365 books — 1,498 voters
Hunger by Roxane Gay
Fat Acceptance and Fat Activism
88 books — 54 voters

Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Anticipated Literary Reads For Readers of Color 2019
314 books — 246 voters
The Vine That Ate the South by J.D. Wilkes
Two Dollar Radio
68 books — 45 voters

Difficult Women by Roxane Gay
Best Angry Woman Books
320 books — 117 voters
I Am Malala by Malala YousafzaiThe New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderBad Feminist by Roxane GayOn Tyranny by Timothy SnyderEveryday Sexism by Laura Bates
American Rage and Donald Trump's Presidency
57 books — 31 voters

Signs Preceding the End of the World by Yuri HerreraThe Adventure of the Busts of Eva Perón by Carlos Gamerro
And Other Stories Publishing
36 books — 19 voters
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Books White People Need to Read
1,326 books — 1,573 voters

The Accusation by BandiPachinko by Min Jin Lee
The Millions' Most Anticipated: The Great 2017 Book Preview
83 books — 165 voters
salt. by Nayyirah Waheed
Best World Literature/Diverse Literature Books
19 books — 6 voters

Fun Home by Alison BechdelThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiHyperbole and a Half by Allie BroshHonor Girl by Maggie Thrash
Best Memoir Graphic Novels
399 books — 440 voters
The Vegetarian by Han KangWhat Is Not Yours Is Not Yours by Helen Oyeyemi
Anticipated Literary Reads For Readers of Color 2016
178 books — 156 voters

SuperMutant Magic Academy by Jillian TamakiHyperbole and a Half by Allie BroshFun Home by Alison Bechdel
Comics & Graphic Novels by Women
1,494 books — 1,364 voters
Furiously Happy by Jenny LawsonBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Best Adult Non-Fiction Books of 2015
79 books — 45 voters

The Art of Fielding by Chad HarbachThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonMiddlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesThe Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
Book Riot's 100 Must-Read Books of the American Midwest
101 books — 29 voters
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroA Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer EganMiddlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesThe Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
Goodreads 21st Century Literature Group - Most Important Books of the 21st Century
202 books — 223 voters

Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay AsherLooking for Alaska by John GreenThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyThe Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Books Worth Reading on Depression (fiction and nonfiction)
466 books — 543 voters
In the Garden of Beasts by Erik LarsonNight by Elie WieselFarther Away by Jonathan Franzen
The Last 10 Nonfiction Books I Read
2,990 books — 1,154 voters

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran FoerThe Fault in Our Stars by John GreenThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerTolkien On Fairy-stories by J.R.R. TolkienThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,759 books — 120,848 voters
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
2012 YA Contemporary Challenge!
239 books — 1,169 voters

Bossypants by Tina Fey
Humorous Memoirs and Non-Fiction
942 books — 1,248 voters
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Best Books of 2012
3,522 books — 9,199 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakNight by Elie Wiesel
World War II/Holocaust Fiction & Non-fiction
957 books — 763 voters
The Casual Vacancy by J.K. RowlingThis Is How You Lose Her by Junot DíazBoth Flesh and Not by David Foster Wallace
flavorwire most anticipated books of fall 2012
15 books — 144 voters

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainLooking for Alaska by John GreenThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Best Banned, Censored, and Challenged Books
924 books — 2,376 voters
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
2012 YA Contemporaries
261 books — 2,467 voters

The Princess Bride by William GoldmanMe Talk Pretty One Day by David SedarisNaked by David SedarisDress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David SedarisWhen You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris
Books that Make you Laugh
3,501 books — 5,076 voters
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Well-Written Holocaust Books
893 books — 2,888 voters

Paper Towns by John Green
Young Adult Road Trip Novels
388 books — 1,937 voters