Big Books of 2026

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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
Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking by Anya von BremzenThe Cola Cookbook by Christina ToschFrench Women Don't Get Fat by Mireille GuilianoThe Creme Brulee Cookbook by Christina ToschThe Candy Cookbook by Christina Tosch
Unusual Cookbooks
578 books — 84 voters

Les Fiancés de l'hiver by Christelle DabosLes Disparus du Clairdelune by Christelle DabosD'un monde à l'autre by Pierre BotteroEllana by Pierre BotteroLa Forêt des captifs by Pierre Bottero
Les meilleurs livres d'origine française
240 books — 136 voters
The Guns of August by Barbara W. TuchmanBattle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPhersonThe Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. ShirerThe Art of War by Sun TzuGhost Soldiers by Hampton Sides
Ike Skelton's Military History reading list (nonfiction)
132 books — 76 voters

Journey to the West by Biao WangThe Blindspots Between Us by Gleb TsipurskyAdapt and Plan for the New Abnormal of the COVID-19 Coronavir... by Gleb TsipurskyPro Truth by Gleb TsipurskyMythologies by Roland Barthes
For Culture Watchers
203 books — 101 voters
Technological Slavery by Theodore John KaczynskiAnti-Tech Revolution by Theodore John KaczynskiIndustrial Society and Its Future by Theodore John KaczynskiIshmael by Daniel QuinnEndgame, Vol. 1 by Derrick Jensen
Critiques of civilization
184 books — 93 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
1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Shock Doctrine by Naomi KleinFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyA People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn
Disturbing Truths
555 books — 355 voters

Nothing to Envy by Barbara DemickEscape from Camp 14 by Blaine HardenThe Aquariums of Pyongyang by Kang Chol-HwanThe Orphan Master's Son by Adam JohnsonThe Girl with Seven Names by Hyeonseo Lee
Books on North Korea
137 books — 511 voters