Big Books of 2026

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The Wager by David GrannDead in the Water by Matthew CampbellThe Outlaw Ocean by Ian UrbinaDead Wake by Erik LarsonThunderstruck by Erik Larson
Maritime true crime
86 books — 7 voters
Into Thin Air by Jon KrakauerInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerThe Perfect Storm by Sebastian JungerA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonIn the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick
Vicarious Thrills
388 books — 418 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankAngela’s Ashes by Frank McCourtThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsUnbroken by Laura HillenbrandAll Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot
Biography and Memoirs that are BETTER than Fiction
2,435 books — 2,956 voters
Bossypants by Tina FeyIs Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy KalingYes Please by Amy PoehlerLet's Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny LawsonAre You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea by Chelsea Handler
Funny Women Memoirs
455 books — 1,550 voters

The Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathGirl, Interrupted by Susanna KaysenThe Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories by Charlotte Perkins GilmanThe Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey EugenidesProzac Nation by Elizabeth Wurtzel
Women and Mental Illness (fiction and nonfiction)
1,154 books — 2,271 voters
The Martian by Andy WeirThe Three-Body Problem by Liu CixinWe Are Legion (We Are Bob) by Dennis E. TaylorThe Dark Forest by Liu CixinDeath's End by Liu Cixin
Best Hard Science Fiction of the 21st Century
193 books — 1,504 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyHow to Build a Girl by Caitlin MoranThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Stranger by Albert Camus
Audrey's Best Books of All Time
30 books — 3 voters
Stiff by Mary RoachThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootSalt by Mark KurlanskyEats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne TrussThe Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester
You Read a Book about What?
4,046 books — 2,104 voters

The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson by Emily DickinsonLeaves of Grass by Walt WhitmanShakespeare's Sonnets by William ShakespeareThe Waste Land and Other Poems by T.S. EliotAriel by Sylvia Plath
Best Poetry Books
2,981 books — 2,422 voters
Sapiens by Yuval Noah HarariHomo Deus by Yuval Noah HarariA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonThinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanQuiet by Susan Cain
Best of 21st Century Non-fiction
1,206 books — 951 voters

It by Stephen KingBoy's Life by Robert McCammonSomething Wicked This Way Comes by Ray BradburySummer of Night by Dan SimmonsThe Talisman by Stephen King
Best Coming-of-Age Horror Novels
133 books — 100 voters
In Cold Blood by Truman CapoteHelter Skelter by Vincent BugliosiThe Stranger Beside Me by Ann RuleThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonColumbine by Dave Cullen
Best True Crime
1,345 books — 1,886 voters


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