Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Sam Grace (21 Lists)



Tenzin's Deer by Barbara SorosMountains of Tibet, The by Mordicai GersteinAnh's Anger by Gail Silver
Picture Books with Buddhist Themes
23 books — 16 voters
Anh's Anger by Gail SilverTenzin's Deer by Barbara Soros
Buddhist Books for Chldren
15 books — 5 voters

God's Laboratory by Elizabeth F.S. RobertsAll Our Kin by Carol B. StackWriting Women's Worlds by Lila Abu-Lughod
Good Ethnography
140 books — 101 voters
Stormwitch by Susan Vaught
African American Science Fiction
263 books — 216 voters

Floating on Mama's Song by Laura LacamaraThe Bat Boy & His Violin by Gavin CurtisThe Lord's Prayer by Tim LadwigDoña Flor by Pat MoraCoolies by Yin
Chromatic Children's Literature
152 books — 37 voters
Joan of Arc by Josephine PooleSaint Ciaran by Gary D. SchmidtChristopher by Tomie dePaolaThe Book of Saints and Heroes by Leonora Blanche Alleyne LangSaints by Ruth Sanderson
Picture Books about Saints
139 books — 30 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsAlanna by Tamora PierceMoon Called by Patricia BriggsJack of Kinrowan by Charles de Lint
Kick-Butt Heroines
2,351 books — 2,426 voters
Floating on Mama's Song by Laura LacamaraThe Storyteller's Candle/La velita de los cuentos by Lucia M. GonzalezPrietita and the Ghost Woman/Prietita y la llorona by Gloria E. AnzaldúaGracias / Thanks by Pat MoraA Handful of Seeds by Monica Hughes
Children's Books with Hispanic Characters
229 books — 78 voters

The Donkey's Dream by Barbara Helen BergerThe Glorious Impossible by Madeleine L'EnglePetunia's Christmas by Roger DuvoisinThe Nativity by Julie VivasChristmas Present from a Friend by Yuriko Kimura
Favorite Christmas Books
1,515 books — 1,565 voters
Ruby, the Red Knight by Amy AitkenThe Forbidden Door by Marilee HeyerThe Maid of the North by Ethel Johnston PhelpsA Child's Guide to Freud by Louise Armstrong
Favorite Almost Unknown Books
228 books — 66 voters

The Rabbi's Cat by Joann SfarThe Arrival by Shaun Tan
Best Graphic Novels
3,450 books — 6,766 voters
This Bridge Called My Back by Cherríe L. MoragaFertile Matters by Elena R. Gutiérrez
Chicano Chicana Chicanx
161 books — 101 voters

The Hummingbird's Daughter by Luis Alberto Urrea
Re-focus: Fiction Written by People of Color
89 books — 47 voters
Global Sex Workers by Kamala Kempadoo
Social Justice: Books on Racism, Sexism, and Class
2,096 books — 1,534 voters

Alanna by Tamora PierceDealing with Dragons by Patricia C. WredeThe Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinleyJuniper by Monica FurlongThe Forbidden Door by Marilee Heyer
Best Heroine in a Fantasy Book
1,480 books — 1,783 voters
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
Latin American Fiction
863 books — 1,155 voters

Till We Have Faces by C.S. LewisElla Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
The Best of Mythic Fiction
683 books — 709 voters
Alanna by Tamora PierceDealing with Dragons by Patricia C. WredeThe Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinleySense Pass King by Katrin Hyman TchanaThe Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch
Best Kick-Ass Female Characters From YA and Children's Fantasy and Science Fiction
3,072 books — 8,674 voters

Classical Mythology by Stephen L. HarrisMetamorphoses by OvidD'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths by Ingri d'AulaireMythologies by Roland BarthesThe Complete Idiot's Guide to Classical Mythology by Kevin Osborn
Best Books About Mythology
1,395 books — 2,219 voters
Alanna by Tamora Pierce
Best Young Adult Books
13,123 books — 80,171 voters

The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick RothfussControlling Desires by Kirk OrmandBloodhound by Tamora PierceBone Crossed by Patricia BriggsCatching Fire by Suzanne Collins
Books for 2009
580 books — 2,397 voters