Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Liked by Eric Smith (12 Lists)



John Adams by David McCulloughTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinWashington by Ron ChernowTruman by David McCulloughThe Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund Morris
Best Presidential Biographies (nonfiction)
467 books — 524 voters
The Killer Angels by Michael ShaaraGettysburg by Stephen W. SearsStars in Their Courses by Shelby FooteGettysburg by Allen C. GuelzoThe Gettysburg Campaign by Edwin B. Coddington
Battle of Gettysburg Books (nonfiction)
77 books — 67 voters

Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Killer Angels by Michael ShaaraCold Mountain by Charles FrazierTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinThe Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane
American Civil War Books (fiction and nonfiction)
450 books — 255 voters
General Sterling Price and the Civil War in the West by Albert E. CastelPea Ridge by William L. SheaWilson's Creek by William Garrett PistonBloody Bill Anderson by Albert E. CastelCivil War on the Missouri-Kansas Border by Donald L. Gilmore
Civil War in the West
23 books — 10 voters

I, Claudius by Robert GravesThe First Man in Rome by Colleen McCulloughClaudius the God and His Wife Messalina by Robert GravesThe Twelve Caesars by SuetoniusPompeii by Robert Harris
Best Books About Ancient Rome
738 books — 1,084 voters
Wolf Hall by Hilary MantelSheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master by K. RitzThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrTwo Twisted Crowns by Rachel Gillig
Literary Historical Fiction
1,132 books — 1,032 voters

The New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Books White People Need to Read
1,304 books — 1,559 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
2,123 books — 2,355 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
3,700 books — 3,732 voters
John Adams by David McCullough1776 by David McCulloughTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown
Best American History Books
2,120 books — 2,490 voters


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