Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Josh King (28 Lists)



The Dawn of Everything by David Graeber
Non-Fiction Published in Year: 2021
1,013 books — 202 voters
The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XHow the World Works by Noam Chomsky
Books Inclined To Stimulate Your Mind
104 books — 35 voters

The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. by Martin Luther King Jr.
Today's Revolution
87 books — 53 voters
The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
The Revolution Starts Here
136 books — 92 voters

Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi1491 by Charles C. MannThe Management of Savagery by Max BlumenthalEducated by Tara WestoverBad Samaritans by Ha-Joon Chang
Disturbing Truths
555 books — 355 voters
Collected Essays by James BaldwinAn Autobiography by Angela Y. DavisFrom #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation by Keeanga-Yamahtta TaylorFences and Windows by Naomi KleinDemanding the Impossible by Peter H. Marshall
Literature of the Left
39 books — 25 voters

Understanding Power by Noam ChomskyManufacturing Consent by Edward S. Herman
Best Left-Texts
669 books — 359 voters
Black Feminist Thought by Patricia Hill CollinsSister Outsider by Audre Lorde
An Idiosyncratic Introduction to Democratic Socialism (i.e. economic democracy)
128 books — 15 voters

Dark Money by Jane MayerUnderstanding Power by Noam Chomsky
TMBS Book Recommendations
151 books — 61 voters
The New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderIndivisible by Ezra Levin
Resist! Fighting the rise of the far right in the XXIth century
53 books — 6 voters

The Collected Schizophrenias by Esmé Weijun WangOn Intersectionality by Kimberlé Crenshaw
Anticipated Literary Reads For Readers of Color 2019
314 books — 246 voters
The Color of Money by Mehrsa BaradaranWith Liberty and Justice for Some by Glenn GreenwaldThe Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein
The Intercept
98 books — 12 voters

The New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderThis Changes Everything by Naomi KleinThe Shock Doctrine by Naomi KleinProfit Over People by Noam ChomskyDark Money by Jane Mayer
Corruption, Plutocracy, Oligarchy, Kleptocracy, Corporatocracy — The Problem (nonfiction)
711 books — 175 voters
The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
Best Progressive Reads
1,062 books — 709 voters

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Goodreads Picks for Tournament of Books 2017
511 books — 1,999 voters
Underground Airlines by Ben H. Winters
Anticipated Literary Reads For Readers of Color 2016
178 books — 156 voters

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Oooh Shiny! June 2016
19 books — 11 voters
Voyage of the Sable Venus and Other Poems by Robin Coste LewisBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesA Little Life by Hanya YanagiharaFortune Smiles by Adam Johnson
2015 National Book Awards Shortlist
20 books — 6 voters

Slow Lightning (Volume 106) by Eduardo C. CorralAtlantis by Mark DotyPlease by Jericho BrownMiddle Earth by Henri ColePowerless by Tim Dlugos
Best LGBT Poetry
166 books — 55 voters
The Complete Poems 1927-1979 by Elizabeth BishopThe Dream of a Common Language by Adrienne RichCrush by Richard SikenThe Fact of a Doorframe by Adrienne RichThe Collected Poems of Audre Lorde by Audre Lorde
Gay/Queer Poetry
285 books — 119 voters

Night Sky with Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong
New Poetry 2016
48 books — 20 voters
What Belongs to You by Garth GreenwellThe Narrow Door by Paul LisickyThe Rope Swing by Jonathan Corcoran
LGBT Reads 2016
41 books — 42 voters

Chelsea Girls by Eileen MylesThe Song of Achilles by Madeline MillerFun Home by Alison BechdelThe Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers
27 Must Have Queer Summer Reads
37 books — 25 voters
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
Goodreads Picks For Tournament of Books 2016
283 books — 1,364 voters

Tenth of December by George SaundersInterpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa LahiriDear Life by Alice MunroJesus’ Son by Denis Johnson
Contemporary Short Story Collections
551 books — 335 voters
Crush by Richard Siken
Reasons to Love Poetry
350 books — 218 voters

Fun Home by Alison BechdelThe Essential Dykes To Watch Out For by Alison BechdelThe Complete Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson
Best Graphic Novels
3,449 books — 6,767 voters
Fun Home by Alison Bechdel
Required Reading Graphic Novels
1,173 books — 2,011 voters