Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Sasha (19 Lists)



Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
Fiction Books with Polyamorous Relationships
300 books — 188 voters
Shadow World by A.C. Crispin
Rep!
74 books — 31 voters

It Gets Bitter by Alok Vaid-Menon
Poetry collections by trans / nonbinary / genderqueer etc. non-cis authors
184 books — 65 voters
Full Fathom Five by Max GladstoneBone Dance by Emma Bull
Gender Non-Binary Fantasy & Science Fiction
171 books — 93 voters

Bone Dance by Emma BullMy Gender Workbook by Kate Bornstein
Best Gender-Bending Books
610 books — 457 voters
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. ButlerThe Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson by Emily DickinsonI Am Malala by Malala YousafzaiThe Narrative of Sojourner Truth by Sojourner TruthParable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler
Best Woman-Authored Books
8,214 books — 5,215 voters

Interstellar Cinderella by Deborah Underwood
2016 Mock Caldecott
94 books — 181 voters
The Holy Bible by AnonymousAtlas Shrugged by Ayn RandThe Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
Books I Have No Intention of Reading (Fiction)
650 books — 708 voters

Moon Called by Patricia Briggs
Diverse Genre Romances
278 books — 77 voters
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Freethinkers/Skeptics/Agnostic YA Fiction
65 books — 97 voters

Gender Born, Gender Made by Diane Ehrensaft
Parenting with Reason
99 books — 78 voters
A is for Activist by Innosanto NagaraWho Are You? by Brook Pessin-WhedbeeThe Story of Frog Belly Rat Bone by Timothy Basil EringWhere the Wild Things Are by Maurice SendakThe Monster at the End of this Book by Jon Stone
Best Books for a New Child's Library
422 books — 294 voters

Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. ButlerThe Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,747 books — 25,985 voters
Dragonlance Chronicles by Margaret Weis
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,206 books — 25,716 voters

Speak by Laurie Halse AndersonFrom the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg
Best Young Adult Books
13,123 books — 80,170 voters
More Than Two by Franklin VeauxOpening Up by Tristan Taormino
Polyamorous Reading Room
23 books — 8 voters

More Than Two by Franklin VeauxOpening Up by Tristan TaorminoStepping Off the Relationship Escalator by Amy Gahran
Best Books for Polyamory
120 books — 198 voters
Magic Bites by Ilona AndrewsMoon Called by Patricia BriggsHalfway to the Grave by Jeaniene FrostGuilty Pleasures by Laurell K. Hamilton
Best Paranormal/Urban Fantasy Books
1,897 books — 4,342 voters

Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
Best Kick-Ass Female Characters From YA and Children's Fantasy and Science Fiction
3,073 books — 8,673 voters