Big Books of 2026

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The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Illusionist's Apprentice by Kristy CambronBrideshead Revisited by Evelyn WaughTender Is the Night by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Portable Dorothy Parker by Dorothy Parker
I am '20s, hear me roar!
483 books — 251 voters
The Diviners by Libba BrayThese Violent Delights by Chloe GongBright Young Things by Anna GodbersenLair of Dreams by Libba BraySpeak Easy, Speak Love by McKelle George
YA Fiction set in the 1920s
90 books — 108 voters

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldBright Young Things by Anna GodbersenZ by Therese Anne FowlerSpeak Easy, Speak Love by McKelle GeorgeThe Paris Wife by Paula McLain
Jazz Age Historical Fiction
144 books — 105 voters
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Diviners by Libba BrayThe Snow Child by Eowyn IveyThe Painted Veil by W. Somerset MaughamThe Haunting of Maddy Clare by Simone St. James
Fiction Set in 1920s
164 books — 103 voters

Public Enemies by Bryan BurroughShadowed Loyalty by Roseanna M. WhiteJohn Dillinger by Dary MateraSpeak Easy by Melanie HarlowGo Down Together by Jeff Guinn
1920's & 30's Mobster, Mafia, Gangster America (fiction and nonfiction)
201 books — 95 voters
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldMary, Everything by Cassandra YorkeSpeak Easy, Anne by Brandy D. AndersonBitter Spirits by Jenn BennettRomancing the Rumrunner by Michelle McLean
1920s Romance
149 books — 69 voters

The Eye of Midnight by Andrew BrumbachAn Ocean Apart by Gillian ChanA Prairie as Wide as the Sea by Sarah EllisMonkey Town by Ronald KiddShip of Dolls by Shirley Parenteau
Middle Grade Fiction set in the 1920s
52 books — 25 voters
The Luxe by Anna GodbersenCinders & Sapphires by Leila RasheedRumors by Anna GodbersenEnvy by Anna GodbersenVixen by Jillian Larkin
Teen Historical Fiction: Soap Opera Style
68 books — 16 voters

Jazz by Toni MorrisonWild Women and the Blues by Denny S. BryceDarkness and the Devil Behind Me by Persia WalkerHarlem Redux by Persia WalkerBlack Orchid Blues by Persia Walker
Adult Historical Fiction Set In the 1920's By African-Americans
16 books — 10 voters
These Violent Delights by Chloe GongBright Ruined Things by Samantha CohoeBlack City Saint by Richard A. KnaakThe Diviners by Libba BraySpeak Easy by Catherynne M. Valente
Flappers & Fantasy: Fantasy set in the 1920s
33 books — 5 voters

Becoming Bonnie by Jenni L. WalshSee What I Have Done by Sarah SchmidtMy Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa MoshfeghBurial Rites by Hannah KentThe Girls by Emma Cline
Hysterics - Women making history
16 books — 3 voters
The Girls at the Kingfisher Club by Genevieve ValentineMoonlight over Paris by Jennifer RobsonThe Witch of Lime Street by David JaherThe Girls of Murder City by Douglas PerryBobbed Hair and Bathtub Gin by Marion Meade
Good Reads and Giggle Water
6 books — 1 voter

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