Big Books of 2026

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Children of Time by Adrian TchaikovskyThe Golem and the Djinni by Helene WeckerA Closed and Common Orbit by Becky ChambersBinti by Nnedi OkoraforLagoon by Nnedi Okorafor
Weird Biology: Xenofiction, speculative zoology and the science of magic
73 books — 17 voters
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerOutlander by Diana GabaldonThe Time Machine by H.G. Wells11/22/63 by Stephen KingA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Best Time Travel Fiction
1,957 books — 5,244 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 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

Blindsight by Peter WattsThe Colonel by Peter WattsEchopraxia by Peter WattsRevelation Space by Alastair ReynoldsLeviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey
Hard Science Fiction Space Horror
8 books — 3 voters
The Battle for Spain by Antony BeevorAt the Hands of Persons Unknown by Philip DrayEve's Herbs by John M. RiddleRace Against Time by Jerry MitchellFranchise by Marcia Chatelain
Revisionist History
133 books — 5 voters

Northanger Abbey by Jane AustenGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellA Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba BrayNorth and South by Elizabeth GaskellThe House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
Books that use and take clothes seriously
29 books — 12 voters
The Physician by Noah GordonThe Alienist by Caleb CarrOutlander by Diana GabaldonThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettCutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
Best Historical Medical Fiction
149 books — 124 voters

Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha ChristieChocolate Chip Cookie Murder by Joanne FlukeThe Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha ChristieThe Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan BradleyThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
Best Cozy Mystery Series
2,532 books — 2,677 voters