Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Bailey (16 Lists)



The Firebird by Susanna KearsleyMariana by Susanna KearsleyThe Rose Garden by Susanna KearsleyThe Winter Sea by Susanna Kearsley
Dual Time Romances
261 books — 678 voters
Rilla of Ingleside by L.M. MontgomeryThe Haunting of Maddy Clare by Simone St. James
War/Romance novels
518 books — 675 voters

Winter by Marissa MeyerLady Midnight by Cassandra ClareA Thousand Pieces of You by Claudia GrayTheir Fractured Light by Amie Kaufman
Can't Wait Books of 2015 (official)
724 books — 1,922 voters
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth WeinThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Storyteller by Jodi PicoultA Distant Melody by Sarah SundinNumber the Stars by Lois Lowry
The best WWII Fiction
58 books — 49 voters

A Curious Beginning by Deanna RaybournA Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. MaasIlluminae by Amie KaufmanThe Conspiracy of Us by Maggie Hall
New Series (2015)
466 books — 1,182 voters
For Darkness Shows the Stars by Diana Peterfreund
Derivatives of Jane Austen's Persuasion
146 books — 76 voters

Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge
Best retellings of Beauty and the Beast
344 books — 1,126 voters
Remembrance by Meg Cabot
The "Can't Wait" Books of 2015
2,182 books — 11,528 voters

An Inquiry into Love and Death by Simone St. JamesThe Haunting of Maddy Clare by Simone St. JamesThe Firebird by Susanna KearsleyClockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare
Historical Paranormal Fiction
90 books — 71 voters
An Inquiry into Love and Death by Simone St. JamesThe Firebird by Susanna Kearsley
Historical Fiction 2013
386 books — 2,105 voters

Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool
Best Children's Historical Fiction
827 books — 829 voters
Out of the Dust by Karen HesseCode Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
Best YA Historical Fiction
126 books — 80 voters

Graceling by Kristin CashoreGrave Mercy by Robin LaFevers
Books With Heroes/Heroines Who Are Assassins
1,238 books — 4,622 voters
Scarlet by Marissa MeyerWater Song by Suzanne WeynBeauty Sleep by Cameron DokeyCastle in the Air by Diana Wynne JonesHouse of Many Ways by Diana Wynne Jones
The Best Fairytales and Retellings
2,797 books — 9,159 voters

Mariana by Susanna KearsleyThe Rose Garden by Susanna KearsleyThe Winter Sea by Susanna KearsleyThe Historian by Elizabeth KostovaHoles by Louis Sachar
Best Past-Present Books
377 books — 546 voters
Mortal Heart by Robin LaFeversLady Thief by A.C. GaughenVisions by Kelley Armstrong
Can't Wait Books of 2014
2,471 books — 15,151 voters