Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Sarah Vanhassel (57 Lists)



Because by Mo Willems
2020 Mock Caldecott List
109 books — 94 voters
Idaho by Emily Ruskovich
2018 Tournament of Books
19 books — 77 voters

The Antlered Ship by Dashka Slater
2018 Mock Caldecott
104 books — 151 voters
No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthyBlack River by S.M. Hulse
Literary Westerns
283 books — 386 voters

Annihilation by Jeff VandermeerThe Bees by Laline Paull
Book Riot's 100 Must-Read Strange and Unusual Novels
101 books — 107 voters
Saga, Volume 1 by Brian K. VaughanSaga, Volume 2 by Brian K. VaughanSaga, Volume 3 by Brian K. Vaughan
Graphic Novels that are Quality
1,103 books — 777 voters

Stuck in the Middle With You by Jennifer Finney Boylan
Transgender Memoirs and Biographies
120 books — 84 voters
Golden Boy by Abigail Tarttelin
Hermaphrodite & Intersex Main Characters
102 books — 110 voters

An Untamed State by Roxane Gay
2015 Tournament of Books Long List
72 books — 158 voters
The Martian by Andy Weir
Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
1,209 books — 8,953 voters

El Deafo by Cece Bell
Great Graphic Novels for Middle Grade Kids
50 books — 27 voters
The Arrival by Shaun Tan
Best Graphic Novels for Children
1,450 books — 1,798 voters

The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline KellyThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonTuck Everlasting by Natalie BabbittThe Giver by Lois LowryThe Magic of Reality by Richard Dawkins
Freethinkers/Skeptics/Agnostic YA Fiction
65 books — 97 voters
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes by Caitlin Doughty
SEPTEMBER 2014 LIBRARY READS
10 books — 22 voters

Not a Drop to Drink by Mindy McGinnis
September 2013 YA & Adult Book Releases to Obsess Over!
83 books — 239 voters
The Long Walk by Richard Bachman
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,191 books — 11,288 voters

A Constellation of Vital Phenomena by Anthony Marra
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2013 (fiction and nonfiction)
100 books — 818 voters
Vampires in the Lemon Grove by Karen Russell
NPR Best Books of 2013
138 books — 112 voters

Number the Stars by Lois LowryFever 1793 by Laurie Halse AndersonIsland of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
Teen Historical Fiction
1,387 books — 3,087 voters
14 Cows for America by Carmen Agra Deedy
Picture books for adults
205 books — 90 voters

The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,227 books — 8,064 voters
Allegiant by Veronica Roth
YA Novels of 2013
1,517 books — 10,491 voters

When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
Newbery 2010
109 books — 499 voters
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom RiggsThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
I Picked It Up Because of the Title
7,923 books — 2,077 voters

Divergent by Veronica RothThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsInsurgent by Veronica RothBlood Red Road by Moira Young
Best Young Adult Dystopian Novels
598 books — 2,649 voters
Blood Red Road by Moira YoungInsurgent by Veronica RothDivergent by Veronica RothThe City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
Best Dystopian Books for Teens
525 books — 2,129 voters

Looking for Alaska by John Green
Printz Award Winners and Honor Books
124 books — 967 voters
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
Children's Books on World War II
79 books — 37 voters

The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
Red Dot 2013: Younger Readers: LONG LIST
42 books — 28 voters
Reconstructing Amelia by Kimberly McCreightSplintered by A.G. HowardJoyland by Stephen KingThe Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker
Interesting Books of 2013
308 books — 930 voters


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