Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Abigail (18 Lists)



Ramona the Pest by Beverly ClearyHarriet the Spy by Louise FitzhughRedwall by Brian JacquesStrega Nona by Tomie dePaolaAbuela by Arthur Dorros
Perfect Books for Story Time
140 books — 11 voters
Black Boy by Richard WrightInvisible Man by Ralph EllisonThe New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderKing of the World by David RemnickThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X
#BlackLivesMatter Reading List
625 books — 292 voters

King of the World by David RemnickThe Art of Fielding by Chad HarbachHouse Made of Dawn by N. Scott MomadayOn Boxing by Joyce Carol Oates
Top reads for sports fans
955 books — 769 voters
Native Son by Richard WrightTwenty Years at Hull House by Jane AddamsBoss by Mike RoykoHumboldt's Gift by Saul BellowChicago Stories by John Miller
Books Set in Chicago
599 books — 329 voters

The Book of Night Women by Marlon JamesYes Please by Amy PoehlerPoint to Point Navigation by Gore VidalMe Talk Pretty One Day by David SedarisHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Better as an audio book
139 books — 52 voters
Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo AnayaBlack Boy by Richard WrightThree Day Road by Joseph BoydenHouse Made of Dawn by N. Scott MomadayThe Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
Great Coming-Of-Age Books
860 books — 632 voters

Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo AnayaHouse Made of Dawn by N. Scott MomadayBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownEmpire of the Summer Moon by S.C. GwynneSearch for the Navajo Code Talkers by Sally McClain
Books Set in New Mexico
626 books — 167 voters
El eterno femenino by Rosario CastellanosCiudad Real by Rosario Castellanos
Best Mexican Books
109 books — 43 voters

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,479 books — 119,929 voters
Invisible Man by Ralph EllisonTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodWatership Down by Richard AdamsIn Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,807 books — 49,789 voters

Invisible Man by Ralph EllisonJazz by Toni MorrisonAll the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthyFranny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
1,318 books — 5,837 voters
Three Day Road by Joseph BoydenThe Education of Little Tree by Forrest CarterThe Painted Drum by Louise ErdrichHouse Made of Dawn by N. Scott Momaday
Native American Fiction
837 books — 639 voters

The Urban Homestead by Kelly CoyneWorms Eat My Garbage by Mary AppelhofAffordable Passive Solar Homes by Richard L CrowtherBiking to Work by Rory McMullanVegetarian Cooking for Everyone by Deborah Madison
Being "Green"
390 books — 237 voters
All Dressed in White by Carol WallaceThe Green Bride Guide by Kate L. HarrisonThe Meaning of Wife by Anne KingstonThe Everything Green Wedding Book by Wenona NapolitanoThe DIY Bride by Khris Cochran
Wedding Books
105 books — 69 voters

El eterno femenino by Rosario CastellanosA Room of One's Own / Three Guineas by Virginia WoolfLoose Woman by Sandra CisnerosRules for Radicals by Saul D. AlinskyIdols Behind Altars by Anita Brenner
Chicano Chicana Chicanx
161 books — 101 voters
It Begins with Tears by Opal Palmer AdisaA Room of One's Own / Three Guineas by Virginia WoolfEl eterno femenino by Rosario CastellanosThe Women of Brewster Place by Gloria NaylorPostfeminist News by Mary Douglas Vavrus
Best Feminist Books
2,514 books — 3,516 voters

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondNickel and Dimed by Barbara EhrenreichNight by Elie Wiesel
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,227 books — 8,061 voters
Jazz by Toni MorrisonWinter in the Blood by James WelchWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëYour Face Tomorrow by Javier MaríasThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Couldn't Put The Book Down
16,777 books — 16,584 voters