Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Chris (8 Lists)



The Godwulf Manuscript by Robert B. ParkerThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Black Echo by Michael ConnellyThe Narrows by Michael ConnellyThe Millennium Trilogy by Stieg Larsson
Best Detective/Mystery Series
2,203 books — 2,285 voters
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall SmithNeither Here nor There by Bill BrysonA Passage to India by E.M. ForsterParis to the Moon by Adam Gopnik
Foreign Lands
2,347 books — 2,191 voters

Animal Farm by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Books that make you think.
1,116 books — 1,047 voters
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownAin't I a Woman by bell hooksOn Liberty by John Stuart MillKing Leopold's Ghost by Adam Hochschild
Essential Non-Fiction Reading Re: Human Rights
622 books — 417 voters

The Moon's a Balloon by David NivenDon't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight by Alexandra FullerMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John BerendtMy Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell
Biography and Memoirs that are BETTER than Fiction
2,435 books — 2,956 voters
The Great Railway Bazaar by Paul TherouxDark Star Safari by Paul TherouxGhost Train to the Eastern Star by Paul TherouxThe Happy Isles of Oceania by Paul Theroux
Favorite Travel Books
2,021 books — 3,943 voters

Seven Pillars of Wisdom by T.E. LawrenceGreenmantle by John BuchanBiggles Learns to Fly by W.E. JohnsMemoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man by Siegfried Sassoon
The Great War
776 books — 599 voters
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverHenderson the Rain King by Saul BellowTwenty Chickens for a Saddle by Robyn Scott
Best books for an African Safari
475 books — 525 voters