Big Books of 2026

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In Cold Blood by Truman CapoteHelter Skelter by Vincent BugliosiThe Stranger Beside Me by Ann RuleThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
True Crime
731 books — 621 voters
Please Kill Me by Legs McNeilDeviant by Harold SchechterThe Spear of Destiny by Trevor RavenscroftPsychic Self-Defense by Dion FortuneThe Morning of the Magicians by Louis Pauwels
Last Podcast on the Left Reference Materials
30 books — 2 voters

Girls Weekend by C.M. NascostaHomeland by R.A. SalvatoreThe Grey Bastards by Jonathan FrenchOrcs by Stan NichollsThe Dawn of Evil by L.E. Parker
Orc,Goblin,Dark elves,troll,Dragons...
34 books — 9 voters
I Contain Multitudes by Ed YongThe Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs by Steve BrusatteBad Blood by John CarreyrouHeart by Sandeep JauharThe Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben
Sciencefriday's Best Science Books
137 books — 17 voters

Oliver Twist by Charles DickensBridget Jones’s Diary by Helen FieldingThe Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan DoyleA Christmas Carol by Charles DickensNeverwhere by Neil Gaiman
Books Set in London
788 books — 318 voters
Soulless by Gail CarrigerJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeEtiquette & Espionage by Gail CarrigerHis Majesty's Dragon by Naomi NovikSorcery & Cecelia by Patricia C. Wrede
Fantasy of Manners
295 books — 499 voters

Blood River by Tim ButcherThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverKing Leopold's Ghost by Adam HochschildNo Mercy by Redmond O'HanlonPeaceland by Severine Autesserre
Central Africa
113 books — 70 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)
6,239 books — 8,069 voters

A Brief History of Time by Stephen W. HawkingThe Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth KolbertWalden by Henry David ThoreauThe Origin of Species by Charles DarwinHiroshima by John Hersey
The Guardian 100 Best Nonfiction Books
100 books — 14 voters
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonA Brief History of Time by Stephen W. HawkingThe Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsCosmos by Carl SaganGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
Best General Science Books
583 books — 489 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
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


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