Big Books of 2026

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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootStiff by Mary RoachThe Great Influenza by John M. BarryThe Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha MukherjeeThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver Sacks
Medical Microhistories
96 books — 88 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

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes by Caitlin DoughtyStiff by Mary RoachDebt by David GraeberHidden Valley Road by Robert KolkerHoly Sh*t by Melissa Mohr
Clever Microhistories (and Sciences)
79 books — 12 voters
The Removable Root Cause of Cancers and other Chronic Diseases by Paul OlaThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootSay Nothing by Patrick Radden KeefeThe Library Book by Susan OrleanWhy We Sleep by Matthew Walker
Fascinating Non-Fiction
135 books — 26 voters

Upstairs at the White House by J.B. WestThe Residence by Kate Andersen BrowerSpeaking for Myself by Sarah Huckabee SandersAll the Presidents' Pastries by Roland MesnierInside the White House by Ronald Kessler
The Executive Mansion: Life and Work Inside the White House (nonfiction)
87 books — 22 voters
Blood River by Tim ButcherChasing the Devil by Tim ButcherThe Trigger by Tim ButcherThe Assassination of the Archduke by Greg KingThe Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
Microhistories: Microscopic Studies of Individual Events, People and Places
73 books — 57 voters

Library Lion by Michelle KnudsenThe Library by Sarah StewartThe Boy Who Was Raised By Librarians by Carla MorrisOtto the Book Bear by Katie CleminsonThe Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore by William Joyce
Children's Books about Libraries
110 books — 32 voters
Library Lion by Michelle KnudsenThe Library by Sarah StewartThe Boy Who Was Raised By Librarians by Carla MorrisThe Library Dragon by Carmen Agra DeedyLibrary Mouse by Daniel Kirk
Picture Books about the Library!
247 books — 188 voters