Big Books of 2026

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The Remains of the Day by Kazuo IshiguroThe House at Riverton by Kate MortonBrideshead Revisited by Evelyn WaughHowards End by E.M. ForsterA Room with a View by E.M. Forster
Downton Abbey-esque Books
601 books — 999 voters
Retribution Falls by Chris WoodingSoulless by Gail CarrigerAnno Dracula by Kim NewmanAgatha H and the Airship City by Phil FoglioThe Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack by Mark Hodder
Favourite Steampunk/Alt. History Novels
174 books — 167 voters

Soulless by Gail CarrigerLeviathan by Scott WesterfeldBoneshaker by Cherie PriestPerdido Street Station by China MiévilleThe Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
Best Steampunk Books
1,246 books — 4,097 voters
Stiff by Mary RoachThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Poisoner's Handbook by Deborah BlumBonk by Mary RoachGulp by Mary Roach
Popular Science Books Written By Women
181 books — 71 voters

Wicked Gentlemen by Ginn HaleMongrel by K.Z. SnowLord of the White Hell, Book 1 by Ginn HaleThe Inventor's Companion by Ariel TachnaLord of the White Hell, Book 2 by Ginn Hale
Gay Steampunk
201 books — 190 voters
The Eyre Affair by Jasper FfordeFirst Among Sequels by Jasper FfordeEats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne TrussBored of the Rings by The Harvard LampoonWe'll Always Have Parrots by Donna Andrews
Titlemania I: Puns in Titles
444 books — 106 voters

Domination & Submission by Michael MakaiAnxiety by Danny WinterTWAS The Year 2020 by Karl WigginsThe Pendulum has Swung too far by Karl WigginsThe Mayonnaise Affair by Frank Linn
Good and Bad non-fiction books that spark memorable conversation(s).
19 books — 21 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
1,825 books — 2,212 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
368 books — 335 voters
Catherine the Great by Robert K. MassieNicholas and Alexandra by Robert K. MassieThe Wives of Henry VIII by Antonia FraserQueen Isabella by Alison WeirEleanor of Aquitaine by Alison Weir
Oh, Royalty...
380 books — 134 voters