Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Mel (6 Lists)



My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan BraithwaiteThere There by Tommy OrangeWashington Black by Esi EdugyanThe Mars Room by Rachel KushnerThe Parking Lot Attendant by Nafkote Tamirat
2019 Tournament of Books Shortlist
18 books — 130 voters
Educated by Tara WestoverMy Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa MoshfeghHeavy by Kiese LaymonYour Duck Is My Duck by Deborah EisenbergFeel Free by Zadie Smith
NYT 100 Notable Books of 2018
100 books — 82 voters

Feel Free by Zadie SmithEducated by Tara WestoverSo You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma OluoThis Will Be My Undoing by Morgan JerkinsAsk Me About My Uterus by Abby Norman
2018 Non-male Non-Fiction
304 books — 146 voters
Feel Free by Zadie SmithThe Immortalists by Chloe BenjaminAn American Marriage by Tayari JonesThis Will Be My Undoing by Morgan JerkinsThe House of Impossible Beauties by Joseph Cassara
The Millions' Most Anticipated: The Great 2018 Book Preview
100 books — 168 voters

Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn WardPachinko by Min Jin LeeManhattan Beach by Jennifer EganThe Leavers by Lisa KoThe Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
2017 National Book Awards Longlist
40 books — 56 voters
The Underground Railroad by Colson WhiteheadAutumn by Ali Smith4 3 2 1 by Paul AusterChristodora by Tim MurphyWhite Tears by Hari Kunzru
Man Booker Prize Eligible 2017
178 books — 240 voters