Big Books of 2026

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Wild by Cheryl StrayedHikertrash by Erin MillerThru-Hiking Will Break Your Heart by Carrot QuinnDances With Marmots - A Pacific Crest Trail Adventure by Spea... by George SpearingSkywalker by Bill Walker
Hiking the PCT
45 books — 36 voters
The Stand by Stephen KingThe Road by Cormac McCarthyThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins1984 by George OrwellWorld War Z by Max Brooks
Best Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
1,243 books — 3,410 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins1984 by George OrwellThe Giver by Lois LowryDivergent by Veronica RothBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,745 books — 25,983 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakMr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin SloanIf on a Winter’s Night a Traveler by Italo CalvinoReading Lolita in Tehran by Azar NafisiThe Polysyllabic Spree by Nick Hornby
Flavorwire's 10 Essential Books for Book Nerds
10 books — 212 voters

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak84, Charing Cross Road by Helene HanffThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónMr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
Books about Books and Libraries
819 books — 383 voters
Band of Brothers by Stephen E. AmbroseBlack Hawk Down by Mark BowdenUnbroken by Laura HillenbrandWe Were Soldiers Once... and Young by Harold G. MooreLone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell
Best Non-fiction War Books
2,121 books — 2,353 voters

The Fault in Our Stars by John GreenMockingjay by Suzanne CollinsDivergent by Veronica RothGone Girl by Gillian FlynnThe Martian by Andy Weir
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,686 books — 14,156 voters
Eight Girls Taking Pictures by Whitney OttoSixty Lights by Gail JonesL'Americain by John LaunoisThe Race for Paris by Meg Waite ClaytonGeneration Loss by Elizabeth Hand
Novels about Photography and Photographers
90 books — 42 voters

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardDune by Frank Herbert1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,348 books — 24,651 voters
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,835 books — 21,937 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,461 books — 119,792 voters
Vision in White by Nora RobertsHold Still by Nina LaCourThe Secret Garden of Yanagi Inn by Amber LoganThe Lotus Eaters by Tatjana SoliSecond Sight by Amanda Quick
Fictional Photographers
165 books — 59 voters