Big Books of 2026

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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteStiff by Mary RoachIn a Sunburned Country by Bill BrysonThe Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
Best Narrative Non-Fiction
163 books — 35 voters
Salt by Mark KurlanskyAt Home by Bill BrysonGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondThe Professor and the Madman by Simon WinchesterA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
Histories of the Everyday
370 books — 339 voters

The Prince by Niccolò MachiavelliThe Communist Manifesto by Karl MarxThe Republic by PlatoSocialism Is Dead! Long Live Socialism! by Todor BombovHonor and Polygamy by Omar Farhad
Politics
488 books — 459 voters
Sapiens by Yuval Noah HarariA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonQuiet by Susan CainThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootFreakonomics by Steven D. Levitt
Best 21st Century Non-Fiction
1,988 books — 1,307 voters

The Dark Side of the Felt by Tyler NalsDeath Raise by Christopher ParksThe Prodigal by Alexander J. AllisonThe Mu Rhythm Bluff by Jonathan MitchellBank Shot by Donald E. Westlake
Novels Featuring Poker
10 books — 17 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
1,830 books — 2,220 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,899 books — 49,789 voters
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver SacksOutliers by Malcolm GladwellBlink by Malcolm GladwellThe Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
Radiolab Suggested Readings
180 books — 240 voters