Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Strand Book Store (14 Lists)



Detransition, Baby by Torrey PetersThe House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. KluneReal Life by Brandon TaylorGay Bar by Jeremy Atherton Lin100 Boyfriends by Brontez Purnell
Celebrating Pride 2021
38 books — 6 voters
Crossfire by Staceyann ChinPatsy by Nicole Y. Dennis-BennHere Comes the Sun by Nicole Y. Dennis-BennGingerbread by Helen OyeyemiThe Travelers by Regina Porter
Poetry and Advocacy: A PEN Out Loud Reading List
22 books — 2 voters

Savage Appetites by Rachel MonroeTouch Me Not by Hereward TiltonSmashed by Junji ItoThe Phantom Forest by Liz KerinWill My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? Big Questions from Tiny Mortals ... by Caitlin Doughty
Literary Horoscopes - October
12 books — 2 voters
Reasons to Stay Alive by Matt HaigNight Falls Fast by Kay Redfield JamisonTurtles All the Way Down by John GreenA Mother's Reckoning by Sue KleboldThe Upward Spiral by Alex Korb
You Are Not Alone: Books to Manage Your Mental Health
40 books — 21 voters

What Red Was by Rosie PriceHouse of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. CraigThe Downstairs Girl by Stacey LeeEmpress Cixtisis by Anne SimonMy Life as an Ice Cream Sandwich by Ibi Zoboi
Literary Horoscopes - September
12 books — 1 voter
The World Doesn't Require You by Rion Amilcar ScottInsurrections by Rion Amilcar ScottWhat Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker by Damon YoungGo Ahead in the Rain by Hanif AbdurraqibHeavy by Kiese Laymon
Memory and Modernity: A PEN Out Loud Reading List
17 books — 1 voter

From Far Away by Robert MunschHow Many Days to America? by Eve BuntingChildren in Our World by Ceri RobertsComing to America by Betsy MaestroDreamers by Yuyi Morales
How to Talk to Your Kids About Immigration
65 books — 9 voters
Quichotte by Salman RushdieDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraBlack Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon JamesAutobiography of Red by Anne CarsonLost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli
Real and Reimagined
16 books — 2 voters

History. A Mess. by Sigrún PálsdóttirTentacle by Rita IndianaThe Besieged City by Clarice LispectorToddler-Hunting & Other Stories by Taeko KōnoThe Life of Elves by Muriel Barbery
Must-Read Translated Books By Women Authors
183 books — 27 voters
Upheaval by Jared DiamondI Wanna Be Where You Are by Kristina ForestBad Gateway by Simon HanselmannSkip by Molly MendozaHow to Become a Federal Criminal by Mike Chase
Literary Horoscopes - August
12 books — 2 voters

Broke Millennial Takes On Investing by Erin LowryBroke Millennial by Erin LowryEssentialism by Greg McKeownAsk a Manager by Alison Green10% Happier by Dan Harris
Erin Lowry's Bedside Table
9 books — 2 voters
Mostly Dead Things by Kristen ArnettLot by Bryan WashingtonOrange World and Other Stories by Karen RussellLong Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls by T Kira MaddenThe Collected Schizophrenias by Esmé Weijun Wang
5 Books That Kristen Arnett Loves
6 books — 2 voters

No Shortcuts by Jane F. McAleveyThis Changes Everything by Naomi KleinCapitalism by Arundhati RoyCapitalism vs. Freedom by Rob LarsonThe Utopia of Rules by David Graeber
Anti-Capitalism Booklist
32 books — 5 voters
Crashing the A-List by Summer HeacockWhen Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya MenonThe Friend Zone by Abby JimenezThe Hating Game by Sally ThorneMeet Cute by Helena Hunting
9 Books To Read If You Love Rom-Coms
9 books — 7 voters