Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Kara (15 Lists)



Defekt by Nino Cipri
Hugo 2022 Eligible Novellas
42 books — 53 voters
Arboreality by Rebecca Campbell
Hugo 2023 Eligible Novellas
37 books — 64 voters

The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School by Sonora ReyesAll My Rage by Sabaa TahirWhen We Were Sisters by Fatimah Asghar
2022 National Book Awards Longlist
50 books — 9 voters
Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John MandelThe Evening Hero by Marie Myung-Ok LeeTo Paradise by Hanya YanagiharaFour Treasures of the Sky by Jenny Tinghui ZhangPure Colour by Sheila Heti
Anticipated 2022 Literary Fiction
416 books — 387 voters

Peach Blossom Spring by Melissa Fu
Anticipated Literary Reads For Readers of Color 2022
226 books — 130 voters
Nobody's Princess by Erica RidleyHow the Wallflower was Won by Eva LeighHeartbreaker by Sarah MacLean
2022 Historical Romance (July - December)
114 books — 68 voters

You Were Made to Be Mine by Julie Anne Long
2022 Historical Romance (January - June)
222 books — 146 voters
Elatsoe by Darcie Little BadgerFirekeeper's Daughter by Angeline BoulleyFive Little Indians by Michelle GoodA Mind Spread Out on the Ground by Alicia Elliott
All Indigenous Peoples List 3
143 books — 15 voters

Devil in Disguise by Lisa KleypasThe Viscount Made Me Do It by Diana QuincyThe Duke Goes Down by Sophie Jordan
July 2021 - Historical Romance Releases
70 books — 9 voters
The Devil's Own Duke by Lenora BellThe Duchess Hunt by Lorraine HeathPortrait of a Scotsman by Evie Dunmore
September 2021 - Historical Romance Releases
80 books — 17 voters

West End Earl by Bethany BennettA Duke in Time by Janna MacGregorThe Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels by India HoltonThe Wrong Marquess by Vivienne LorretThe Importance of Being Wanton by Christi Caldwell
June 2021 - Historical Romance Releases
72 books — 36 voters
The Duke Goes Down by Sophie JordanA Scoundrel of Her Own by Stacy ReidThe Viscount Made Me Do It by Diana QuincyThe Duchess Hunt by Lorraine HeathBombshell by Sarah MacLean
2021 Historical Romance (July - December)
442 books — 155 voters

The Wrong Marquess by Vivienne Lorret
May 2021 - Historical Romance Releases
46 books — 18 voters
The Heiress Hunt by Joanna ShupeWaiting for a Scot Like You by Eva LeighWild Rain by Beverly Jenkins
2021 Historical Romance (January - June)
460 books — 223 voters

Felix Ever After by Kacen CallenderThe Black Flamingo by Dean AttaParachutes by Kelly YangIf I Had Your Face by Frances ChaThe Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré
2020 Books by Native Authors & Authors of Colour
137 books — 85 voters