Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Trisha (41 Lists)



Grace Notes by Karen ComerA Hunger of Thorns by Lili WilkinsonWe Could Be Something by Will KostakisThe Quiet and the Loud by Helena FoxLet’s Never Speak of This Again by Megan Williams
#LoveOzYA 2023
44 books — 11 voters
Take a Bow, Noah Mitchell by Tobias MaddenThe Not So Chosen One by Kate EmeryUnnecessary Drama by Nina KenwoodCompletely Normal by Biffy JamesDancing Barefoot by Alice Boyle
#LoveOzYA 2022
64 books — 29 voters

Catch Me If I Fall by Barry JonsbergThe F Team by Rawah ArjaThe Left-Handed Booksellers of London by Garth NixBefore the Beginning by Anna MorganDeep Water by Sarah Epstein
CBCA Older Readers Notables for the 2021 Book of the Year Awards
15 books — 4 voters
None Shall Sleep by Ellie MarneyPlease Don't Hug Me by Kay KerrEuphoria Kids by Alison EvansDeep Water by Sarah EpsteinThe January Stars by Kate Constable
#LoveOzYA 2020
49 books — 29 voters

Yes No Maybe So by Becky AlbertalliClap When You Land by Elizabeth AcevedoMore Than Maybe by Erin HahnBy the Book by Amanda Sellet
YA Novels of 2020
825 books — 2,640 voters
You Don't Know Me but I Know You by Rebecca BarrowOnce and for All by Sarah DessenBeautiful Mess by Claire ChristianThick as Thieves by Megan Whalen TurnerNoteworthy by Riley Redgate
2017 YA Books with LGBT Themes
280 books — 887 voters

Introducing Teddy by Jessica WaltonMummy and Mumma Get Married by Roz HopkinsJust the Way We Are by Jessica ShirvingtonThe Gender Fairy by Jo HirstPromised Land by Adam Reynolds
Australian LGBTQIA Picture Books
5 books — 1 voter
This is My Song by Richard YaxleyThe Eleventh Hour by Skye Melki-WegnerThe Secret Science of Magic by Melissa KeilNight Swimming by Steph BoweBallad for a Mad Girl by Vikki Wakefield
#LoveOzYA 2017
61 books — 93 voters

If I Was Your Girl by Meredith RussoBeautiful Music for Ugly Children by Kirstin Cronn-MillsMelissa by Alex GinoThe Art of Being Normal by Lisa WilliamsonTwo Boys Kissing by David Levithan
Booklist for Trans Teens
386 books — 487 voters
The Sidekicks by Will KostakisThe Yearbook Committee by Sarah AyoubWords in Deep Blue by Cath CrowleyA Tangle of Gold by Jaclyn MoriartyOne Would Think the Deep by Claire Zorn
LoveOzYA 2016
72 books — 122 voters

Intruder by Christine BongersGirl Defective by Simmone HowellThe Dead I Know by Scot GardnerWildlife by Fiona Wood
LoveOzYA
492 books — 214 voters
The Minnow by Diana SweeneyOne True Thing by Nicole HayesThe Sultan's Eyes by Kelly GardinerThe First Third by Will KostakisLife in Outer Space by Melissa Keil
Best Australian LGBTQIA YA
201 books — 51 voters

Burn by Paula WestonThe Guy, the Girl, the Artist and His Ex by Gabrielle WilliamsThe Flywheel by Erin GoughYou're the Kind of Girl I Write Songs About by Daniel Herborn
2015 Aussie YA releases
30 books — 40 voters
Wildlife by Fiona Wood
Young Adult Fiction With Sex
900 books — 1,679 voters

Sacrifice by Brigid KemmererHeir of Fire by Sarah J. MaasI'll Give You the Sun by Jandy NelsonThe Infinite Sea by Rick YanceyFirebug by Lish McBride
New YA September 2014
120 books — 178 voters
The Cracks in the Kingdom by Jaclyn MoriartyAdmission by Barry JonsbergIntruder by Christine BongersShimmer by Paula WestonEvery Word by Ellie Marney
2014 Aussie YA Releases
54 books — 83 voters

Ignite Me by Tahereh MafiCity of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra ClareInto the Still Blue by Veronica RossiDreams of Gods & Monsters by Laini TaylorThe Iron Trial by Holly Black
YA Novels of 2014
1,506 books — 8,777 voters
Just One Day by Gayle Forman
2013 New Adult Releases
1,135 books — 2,988 voters

Confessions of an Almost-Girlfriend by Louise RozettOpenly Straight by Bill KonigsbergWhen You Were Here by Daisy WhitneyThe Moon and More by Sarah Dessen
Ya Books June 2013
66 books — 32 voters
Spirit by Brigid KemmererThousand Words by Jennifer BrownThe Book of Broken Hearts by Sarah OcklerThe Lucy Variations by Sara ZarrGolden by Jessi Kirby
New YA May 2013
68 books — 204 voters

Friday Brown by Vikki WakefieldThe Children of the King by Sonya HartnettPeggy by Anna WalkerHerman and Rosie by Gus GordonPortrait of Spain for Kids by Queensland Art Gallery
CBCA 2013 Short List
29 books — 13 voters
How to Keep a Boy from Kissing You by Tara EglingtonLife in Outer Space by Melissa KeilAll This Could End by Steph BoweFreia Lockhart's Summer of Awful by Aimee SaidGirl Defective by Simmone Howell
Aussie YA Releases 2013
50 books — 123 voters

Just One Day by Gayle FormanThe Moon and More by Sarah DessenPerfect Scoundrels by Ally CarterThings I Can't Forget by Miranda Kenneally
2013 Contemporary YA
202 books — 1,346 voters
The Lucy Variations by Sara ZarrThe Moon and More by Sarah DessenPerfect Scoundrels by Ally CarterThings I Can't Forget by Miranda Kenneally
2013 Young Adult Contemporary Books
40 books — 169 voters

Gone, Gone, Gone by Hannah MoskowitzIf I Lie by Corrine JacksonUnbreak My Heart by Melissa C. WalkerStealing Parker by Miranda KenneallySomething like Normal by Trish Doller
2012 YA Contemporaries
261 books — 2,469 voters
Elemental by Brigid KemmererFearless by Brigid KemmererHana by Lauren Oliver
YA Short Stories and Novellas
680 books — 1,180 voters

Ask the Passengers by A.S. KingStealing Parker by Miranda KenneallySpark by Brigid KemmererConfessions of an Angry Girl by Louise Rozett
October 2012
79 books — 277 voters
Gone, Gone, Gone by Hannah MoskowitzBlack Heart by Holly BlackTry Not to Breathe by Jennifer R. HubbardThe Disenchantments by Nina LaCourSomething like Normal by Trish Doller
YA Male POV 2012
95 books — 214 voters

Perfect Scoundrels by Ally CarterTeeth by Hannah MoskowitzInvisibility by Andrea CremerThis Is What Happy Looks Like by Jennifer E. SmithBoundless by Cynthia Hand
YA Novels of 2013
1,516 books — 10,492 voters
The Coming of the Whirlpool by Andrew McGahanThe Reluctant Hallelujah by Gabrielle WilliamsQueen of the Night by Leanne HallThe Outcasts by John FlanaganShift by Em Bailey
Gold Inkys Longlist 2012
10 books — 10 voters


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