Big Books of 2026

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I, Claudius by Robert GravesThe King Must Die by Mary RenaultThe Praise Singer by Mary RenaultThe Bull from the Sea by Mary RenaultHomer's Daughter by Robert Graves
Classical Studies
59 books — 7 voters
SPQR by Mary BeardRubicon by Tom HollandThe Histories by HerodotusGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondGhost on the Throne by James Romm
Best Books About Ancient History
456 books — 136 voters

The Chronicle of Theophanes by Harry TurtledoveFourteen Byzantine Rulers by Michael PsellusThe Armenian History Attributed to Sebeos (Translated Texts f... by SebeosMaurice's Strategikon by MauriceGenesios, On the Reigns of the Emperors by Joseph Genesius
Byzantine / Medieval Roman Primary Sources in Translation
104 books — 9 voters
Night by Elie WieselAngela’s Ashes by Frank McCourtA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonRunning with Scissors by Augusten BurroughsMe Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
Memoirs by Men
1,714 books — 676 voters

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteAll the President’s Men by Carl BernsteinWe Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Ou... by Philip GourevitchBad Blood by John Carreyrou
Best Books by Journalists
287 books — 96 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsNight by Elie WieselAngela’s Ashes by Frank McCourtEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
5,861 books — 6,383 voters

Nicholas and Alexandra by Robert K. MassieThe Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynCatherine the Great by Robert K. MassiePeter the Great by Robert K. MassieGulag by Anne Applebaum
Best Russian History Books
550 books — 385 voters
The Histories by HerodotusA Distant Mirror by Barbara W. TuchmanJohn Adams by David McCulloughThe Trigger by Tim ButcherThe Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman
History as Literature
727 books — 535 voters

History of the Wars, Volume III by ProcopiusThe Ecclesiastical History of Sozomen by Hermias SozomenHistory of the Wars, Volume 5. Books 7.36-8. Gothic War by ProcopiusThe Life of the Blessed Emperor Constantine by Eusebius PamphilusHistory of the Wars, Volume I by Procopius
Best Roman / Byzantine Primary Sources
18 books — 2 voters
The Fall of the Roman Empire by Peter HeatherThe Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward GibbonThe Later Roman Empire by Ammianus MarcellinusEmpires and Barbarians by Peter HeatherHow Rome Fell by Adrian Goldsworthy
Books on the Later Roman Empire
166 books — 45 voters

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenRobinson Crusoe by Daniel DefoeLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottThe Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Classici
8 books — 6 voters
John Adams by David McCulloughThe Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer1776 by David McCulloughTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinThe Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman
Best History Books
3,727 books — 3,765 voters


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