Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Liked by Scott Shields (9 Lists)



Fateful Destiny by Marshall AndersIn Defence of the Republic by Marcus Tullius CiceroMeditations by Marcus AureliusReflections on the Revolution in France by Edmund BurkeThe Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton
The Conservative Bookshelf
53 books — 8 voters
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le CarréThe Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John le CarréThe Bourne Identity by Robert LudlumThe Day of the Jackal by Frederick ForsythThe Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy
Best Spy Novels
1,292 books — 2,252 voters

1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellU.S. Constitution (Saddlewire) by Founding FathersAtlas Shrugged by Ayn RandThe Road to Serfdom by Friedrich A. Hayek
Best Books For Freedom Lovers
805 books — 489 voters
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinJ.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set by J.R.R. TolkienThe Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussThe Way of Kings by Brandon SandersonThe Eye of the World by Robert Jordan
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,208 books — 25,719 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
The Great American Novel
670 books — 1,090 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,807 books — 49,787 voters

Stiff by Mary RoachThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver SacksOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Medicine and Literature
1,845 books — 2,004 voters
America's Great Depression by Murray N. RothbardAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Ideological Origins of the American Revolution by Bernard BailynThe Real Lincoln by Thomas J. DiLorenzoThe March of Folly by Barbara W. Tuchman
Libertarian Guide to American History (fiction and nonfiction)
78 books — 39 voters

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonGone Girl by Gillian FlynnThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg LarssonA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboThe Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
Thrillers You Must Read!
4,719 books — 6,598 voters