Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Jess (21 Lists)



The Kingdoms by Natasha PulleyIron Widow by Xiran Jay ZhaoOne Last Stop by Casey McQuistonLight from Uncommon Stars by Ryka AokiA Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine
2021 Queer SFF
233 books — 527 voters
Siren Queen by Nghi VoNona the Ninth by Tamsyn MuirSeasonal Fears by Seanan McGuireThe Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi
Can't Wait Science Fiction/Fantasy of 2022
543 books — 1,410 voters

Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
2021 YA Books with LGBT Themes
203 books — 745 voters
Record of a Spaceborn Few by Becky ChambersSpace Opera by Catherynne M. ValenteCirce by Madeline MillerOnly Human by Sylvain NeuvelThe Only Harmless Great Thing by Brooke Bolander
Can't Wait Sci-Fi/Fantasy of 2018
511 books — 1,549 voters

Lies We Tell Ourselves by Robin Talley
Intersectional Queer Fiction
255 books — 50 voters
Station Eleven by Emily St. John MandelThe Dog Stars by Peter HellerBlindness by José SaramagoThe Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood
Very Best Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
331 books — 593 voters

The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
Best Alternate History Novels and Stories
768 books — 1,293 voters
Station Eleven by Emily St. John MandelWool by Hugh HoweyThe Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness
Best Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
1,245 books — 3,414 voters

Battle Royale by Koushun TakamiThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness
YA Dystopia Novels
1,790 books — 11,249 voters
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury1984 by George OrwellThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodBlindness by José SaramagoBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,748 books — 25,989 voters

Skippy Dies by Paul Murray
2011 Tournament of Books
16 books — 117 voters
Watership Down by Richard AdamsPeter Pan by J.M. BarrieThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryHarry Potter Series Box Set by J.K. RowlingMatilda by Roald Dahl
Children's Books I'll Re-Read No Matter How Old I Am
2,549 books — 3,722 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Non-Winners of the Man Booker
274 books — 244 voters
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael ChabonWatchmen by Alan Moore
Superhero Fiction
841 books — 1,226 voters

Feed by Mira Grant
Zombies!
1,664 books — 4,319 voters
Batman by Frank MillerWatchmen by Alan MooreThe Complete Maus by Art SpiegelmanFrank Miller's Complete Sin City Library by Frank MillerIdentity Crisis by Brad Meltzer
Required Reading Graphic Novels
1,173 books — 2,012 voters

1984 by George Orwell
Best Books of the Decade: 1940s
819 books — 1,144 voters
Middlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerOryx and Crake by Margaret AtwoodWhite Teeth by Zadie SmithA Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,189 books — 28,380 voters

Microserfs by Douglas Coupland
Talking 'Bout My Generation...
581 books — 444 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan AikenLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Girl Power Books
1,122 books — 1,042 voters

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyLolita by Vladimir NabokovMother Night by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Princess Bride by William Goldman
Best Books Ever
76,111 books — 282,792 voters