Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by April Reader (20 Lists)



The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean VuongThe Dream Hotel by Laila Lalami
Booker Prize Eligible 2025
177 books — 173 voters
Martyr! by Kaveh AkbarChoice by Neel MukherjeeReal Americans by Rachel KhongJulia by Sandra NewmanThe Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
Booker Prize Eligible 2024
194 books — 178 voters

The Stand by Stephen KingThe Children of Men by P.D. JamesStation Eleven by Emily St. John MandelThe Chrysalids by John WyndhamThe Giver by Lois Lowry
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,749 books — 25,992 voters
Marriage Meltdown by Emma DarcyThe Unwanted Wife by Natasha AndersNot Quite a Husband by Sherry ThomasWhat I Did for Love by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Best Second Chance Romance
1,276 books — 1,988 voters

Heaven, Texas by Susan Elizabeth PhillipsLady Be Good by Susan Elizabeth PhillipsNobody's Baby But Mine by Susan Elizabeth PhillipsSee Jane Score by Rachel Gibson
Celebrity Encounters
234 books — 338 voters
Nobody's Baby But Mine by Susan Elizabeth PhillipsHeaven, Texas by Susan Elizabeth PhillipsThis Heart of Mine by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Touchdown: Romance and American Football
369 books — 477 voters

Heaven, Texas by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Virgin Heroines, Alpha Males
713 books — 677 voters
Dream a Little Dream by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Tear Jerker: Romance Novels that Jerked the Tears Right Out of Ya
345 books — 319 voters

Devil in Winter by Lisa KleypasRomancing Mister Bridgerton by Julia QuinnHeaven, Texas by Susan Elizabeth PhillipsNobody's Baby But Mine by Susan Elizabeth PhillipsDreaming of You by Lisa Kleypas
Plain Jane and Hot Stud Romance Novels
411 books — 606 voters
See Jane Score by Rachel GibsonA Week to be Wicked by Tessa DareNobody's Baby But Mine by Susan Elizabeth PhillipsThis Heart of Mine by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Love/Hate Relationships
807 books — 1,424 voters

Kiss an Angel by Susan Elizabeth PhillipsNobody's Baby But Mine by Susan Elizabeth PhillipsAny Man of Mine by Rachel GibsonThis Heart of Mine by Susan Elizabeth PhillipsFancy Pants by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Best Accidentally Pregnant in Romance Novels
1,111 books — 2,979 voters
See Jane Score by Rachel GibsonNobody's Baby But Mine by Susan Elizabeth PhillipsThis Heart of Mine by Susan Elizabeth PhillipsMatch Me If You Can by Susan Elizabeth PhillipsHeaven, Texas by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Sports Romances
1,271 books — 1,922 voters

The Billionaire and the Virgin by Jessica Clare
Romance Heroines Taller Than Their Heroes
19 books — 28 voters
Beauty and the Billionaire by Jessica Clare
The Groom Wore White: Contemporary Male Virgins of Romance
181 books — 193 voters

Beauty and the Billionaire by Jessica ClareOutlander by Diana Gabaldon
Books with Virgin Heroes
859 books — 1,256 voters
A Dom is Forever by Lexi Blake
Damsel In Distress (Erotic Romance)
80 books — 67 voters

A Dom is Forever by Lexi BlakeA Week to be Wicked by Tessa Dare
Insecure & Struggling Heroines
123 books — 40 voters
A Dom is Forever by Lexi BlakeHeaven, Texas by Susan Elizabeth PhillipsMatch Me If You Can by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Sweet Heroines
288 books — 164 voters

Their Virgin Princess by Shayla Black
Fav Menage
233 books — 109 voters
Their Virgin Princess by Shayla BlackTheir Virgin Hostage by Shayla Black
Ménage stories with virgin Heroine
70 books — 9 voters