Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Liked by Brian Lassiter (9 Lists)



Storm Front by Jim ButcherDead Witch Walking by Kim HarrisonTHE ECHOING GUN by Yasmin ChinoyDeath Masks by Jim ButcherTurn Coat by Jim Butcher
Best Fantasy-Mystery/Detective
262 books — 330 voters
The Three Musketeers by Alexandre DumasThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanTreasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonThe Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy
Swashbucklers
559 books — 497 voters

Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleTreasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonMaster & Commander by Patrick O'BrianThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayThe Odyssey by Homer
Nautical Novels
431 books — 331 voters
Master & Commander by Patrick O'BrianPost Captain by Patrick O'BrianCourage by Robert CarterH.M.S. Surprise by Patrick O'BrianHornblower and the Hotspur by C.S. Forester
Historical Naval Fiction
164 books — 130 voters

Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryTrue Grit by Charles PortisBlood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthyAll the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthyNo Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
Best Westerns
1,375 books — 1,500 voters
The Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonFreakonomics by Steven D. LevittA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondOutliers by Malcolm Gladwell
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,227 books — 8,065 voters

Stiff by Mary RoachSalt by Mark KurlanskyThe Professor and the Madman by Simon WinchesterThe Ghost Map by Steven JohnsonLongitude by Dava Sobel
Microhistory: Social Histories of Just One Thing
1,825 books — 2,213 voters
The Last Kingdom by Bernard CornwellThe Pale Horseman by Bernard CornwellLords of the North by Bernard CornwellThe Burning Land by Bernard CornwellSword Song by Bernard Cornwell
Viking Historical Fiction
198 books — 283 voters

The Last Kingdom by Bernard CornwellThe Winter King by Bernard CornwellGates of Fire by Steven PressfieldGenghis by Conn IgguldenAgincourt by Bernard Cornwell
A&M Historical Fiction Group Recommended Reading
182 books — 485 voters