Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Madly Jane (340 Lists)



Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëA Christmas Carol by Charles DickensThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasThe Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë
Best Books of the Decade: 1840s
280 books — 384 voters
Illuminations by Walter Benjamin
Works of Literary Criticism
463 books — 106 voters

Root Rot by Saskia Nislow
Creature Publishing
13 books — 7 voters
Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter by Heather Fawcett
2026 Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction
132 books — 51 voters

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellLord of the Flies by William GoldingI Am Legend and Other Stories by Richard Matheson
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,743 books — 25,980 voters
1968 in Europe by Martin KlimkeHow the Hippies Saved Physics by David Kaiser
The Counter-Culture of the 1960s (fiction and nonfiction)
417 books — 167 voters

Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor
Original Stories . . . a Breath of Fresh Air
12,068 books — 12,170 voters
The Sisters of the Winter Wood by Rena RossnerSpinning Silver by Naomi NovikThe Golem and the Jinni by Helene WeckerThe Wolf and the Woodsman by Ava ReidThe Familiar by Leigh Bardugo
Jewish Inspired SFF
194 books — 58 voters

Mothers and Sons by Adam HaslettPlayworld by Adam RossThe Other March Sisters by Linda EpsteinGood Girl by Aria Aber
Anticipated Literary Fiction 2025
325 books — 143 voters
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela CarterJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeBeauty by Robin McKinleyRose Daughter by Robin McKinleyPossession by A.S. Byatt
Endicott's Fairy Tales List
72 books — 64 voters

The Scholar and the Last Faerie Door by H.G. ParryThe Temptation of Magic by Megan ScottThe Atlas Complex by Olivie Blake
2024 Dark Academia Releases
65 books — 54 voters
After Life by Gayle FormanA Language of Dragons by S.F. Williamson
YA Releases January 2025
45 books — 33 voters

The Ballad of Falling Dragons by Sarah A. ParkerA Language of Dragons by S.F. WilliamsonOnyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros
2025 New Releases: Books Featuring Dragons
126 books — 31 voters
Stoner by John WilliamsA Month in the Country by J.L. CarrDead Souls by Nikolai GogolThe War of the Worlds by H.G. WellsLucky Jim by Kingsley Amis
New York Review Books - Classics
531 books — 891 voters

The Intellectual Life by Antonin SertillangesDaily Rituals by Mason CurreyThe Shallows by Nicholas CarrAnathem by Neal StephensonQuiet by Susan Cain
Bibliography from Deep Work
41 books — 8 voters
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickAlice's Adventures in Wonderland & Other Stories by Lewis CarrollAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton EllisThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Cult fiction
538 books — 466 voters

Bully by Penelope DouglasPunk 57 by Penelope Douglas
New girl (or boy) high school romance (mature content 17+) )
88 books — 81 voters
Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales by Heather FawcettWarrior Princess Assassin by Brigid KemmererThe Maiden and Her Monster by Maddie Martinez
2025 books coming soon
200 books — 152 voters

Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. SchwabThe Maiden and Her Monster by Maddie Martinez
2025 Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction
254 books — 190 voters
The Starlit Wood by Dominik ParisienThe Poison Eaters and Other Stories by Holly BlackAngela Carter's Book of Fairy Tales by Angela Carter
Best Fantasy Short Story Collections
527 books — 297 voters

The Oracle Glass by Judith Merkle RileyThe Nightshade God by Hannah F. WhittenThe Foxglove King by Hannah F. WhittenSerpent & Dove by Shelby MahurinBlood & Honey by Shelby Mahurin
Baroque Fantasy.
91 books — 7 voters
The Night Circus by Erin MorgensternStardust by Neil GaimanCoraline by Neil GaimanThe Book of Lost Things by John ConnollyThe Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela Carter
Fairy Tales for Grown Children
323 books — 282 voters

Beauty by Robin McKinleyLord of Scoundrels by Loretta ChaseWhen Beauty Tamed the Beast by Eloisa JamesA Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. MaasTo Beguile a Beast by Elizabeth Hoyt
Beauty and the Beast
701 books — 1,943 voters
Suddenly You by Lisa KleypasRavished by Amanda QuickDreaming of You by Lisa KleypasDevil in Winter by Lisa KleypasLord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase
AAR Top Romance 2010
100 books — 16 voters

Shadow and Bone by Leigh BardugoShatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
Love Triangles that you LOVE!
22 books — 6 voters
Wicked Lovely by Melissa MarrThrone of Glass by Sarah J. MaasAnna and the French Kiss by Stephanie PerkinsClockwork Prince by Cassandra ClareCity of Bones by Cassandra Clare
Good books with ANNOYING love triangles in them
28 books — 22 voters

Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas
The Best Love Triangles
124 books — 194 voters
On Fairy-Stories by J.R.R. TolkienPoetics by AristotleOn Stories by C.S. LewisThe Tough Guide to Fantasyland by Diana Wynne JonesThe Storytelling Animal by Jonathan Gottschall
The Science of Storytelling
92 books — 5 voters

Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. MaasClockwork Prince by Cassandra ClareA Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. MaasShadow and Bone by Leigh BardugoWe Were Liars by E. Lockhart
Best Guys in YA Book Romances
37 books — 28 voters
Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta ChaseWhitney, My Love by Judith McNaughtA Kingdom of Dreams by Judith McNaughtThe Flame and the Flower by Kathleen E. WoodiwissTo Have and To Hold by Patricia Gaffney
Historical Romance : Hero Jerk/Cad/abusive/nasty/mean /cruel to heroine
170 books — 262 voters


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