Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Emily (16 Lists)



A Marvellous Light by Freya MarskeThe Kingdoms by Natasha PulleyLight from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki
2021 Queer SFF
233 books — 527 voters
A Restless Truth by Freya MarskeDead Collections by Isaac Fellman
2022 Queer SFF
221 books — 413 voters

The Watchmaker of Filigree Street by Natasha PulleyThe Bedlam Stacks by Natasha PulleyThe Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea by Maggie Tokuda-Hall
The Best LGBTQAI+ Fantasy
696 books — 722 voters
No Straight Lines by Justin Hall
Queer Sequential Art
100 books — 7 voters

Patience & Esther by Sarah Winifred Searle
The Most Interesting Comic Books & Graphic Novels About Love & Sex
41 books — 21 voters
The Insiders by Mark Oshiro
LGBTQ+ Middle Grade Books
159 books — 118 voters

The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea by Maggie Tokuda-Hall
YA & Middle Grade Pirates
110 books — 51 voters
Tipping the Velvet by Sarah WatersA Home at the End of the World by Michael CunninghamMaurice by E.M. ForsterThe Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst
Best Gay Fiction
2,649 books — 3,865 voters

No Straight Lines by Justin HallThe Times I Knew I Was Gay by Eleanor Crewes
Best Lesbian Graphic Novels
249 books — 233 voters
No Straight Lines by Justin HallGender Queer by Maia KobabeThe Girl from the Sea by Molly Knox OstertagForward by Lisa MaasMooncakes by Suzanne Walker
Graphic Novels Featuring LGBTIQ+ Themes
1,060 books — 1,040 voters

The Last of the Greenwoods by Clare MorrallThe Language of Others by Clare MorrallCutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
Autism in Fiction
472 books — 511 voters
Astonishing Splashes of Colour by Clare Morrall
Non-Winners of the Man Booker
274 books — 244 voters

To Rise Again at a Decent Hour by Joshua FerrisThe Lighthouse by Alison MooreAstonishing Splashes of Colour by Clare MorrallJamrach's Menagerie by Carol Birch
Man Booker Shortlist
272 books — 80 voters
No Straight Lines by Justin HallThe Line of Beauty by Alan HollinghurstFun Home by Alison BechdelA Home at the End of the World by Michael Cunningham
Best LGBTQIA literature
1,761 books — 2,167 voters

The Cat's Table by Michael Ondaatje
Best South Asian Fiction
734 books — 1,894 voters
The History of Love by Nicole KraussFor the Relief of Unbearable Urges by Nathan EnglanderWherever You Go by Joan LeegantIn the Image by Dara HornThe Ladies Auxiliary by Tova Mirvis
Jewish Fiction And Literature
747 books — 262 voters