Big Books of 2026

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Brunelleschi's Dome by Ross KingThe Prince by Niccolò MachiavelliThe Life of Elizabeth I by Alison WeirThe Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison WeirThe House of Medici by Christopher Hibbert
Best Books on the Renaissance
187 books — 104 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

Mrs. Mike by Benedict FreedmanGreen Darkness by Anya SetonThe Winthrop Woman by Anya SetonThe Diary of Mattie Spenser by Sandra DallasDésirée by Annemarie Selinko
The Unknown, Hidden Gems of Historical Fiction
2,285 books — 1,259 voters
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
Best Historical Fiction
7,440 books — 25,629 voters

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Official Preppy Handbook by Lisa BirnbachA Separate Peace by John KnowlesThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldPrep by Curtis Sittenfeld
The Best of Prep
20 books — 46 voters