Big Books of 2026

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The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValleLovecraft Country by Matt RuffWelcome to Night Vale by Joseph FinkWinter Tide by Ruthanna EmrysA Study in Emerald by Neil Gaiman
Counter-Lovecraft
183 books — 131 voters
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John le CarréTinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le CarréThe Day of the Jackal by Frederick ForsythThe Bourne Identity by Robert LudlumThe Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy
Espionage
985 books — 1,020 voters

Wild Swans by Jung ChangBalzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai SijieLife and Death Are Wearing Me Out by Mo YanLife and Death in Shanghai by Nien ChengRed Scarf Girl by Ji-li Jiang
China's Cultural Revolution and its aftermath in fiction and memoir
100 books — 53 voters
The Ghost Bride by Yangsze ChooThe Merchant of Stories by Dipa SanataniThe Quiet American by Graham GreeneThe Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan EngThe Road of Lost Innocence by Somaly Mam
Enjoyable and Good Books of South East Asia
304 books — 160 voters

The Quiet American by Graham GreeneThe Things They Carried by Tim O'BrienFirst They Killed My Father by Loung UngMatterhorn by Karl MarlantesDispatches by Michael Herr
Cambodia and Vietnam
214 books — 161 voters