Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Amanda (10 Lists)



Shadow Divers by Robert Kurson
Vicarious Thrills
388 books — 418 voters
Nothing to Envy by Barbara Demick
Books on North Korea
137 books — 511 voters

Into Thin Air by Jon KrakauerUnder the Banner of Heaven by Jon KrakauerStiff by Mary RoachNight by Elie WieselFirst They Killed My Father by Loung Ung
Memoirs, Narrative Nonfiction and Other (Mostly) True Things
783 books — 425 voters
The Ghost Map by Steven Johnson
Best 21st Century Non-Fiction
1,990 books — 1,282 voters

Girl, Interrupted by Susanna KaysenThe Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Mental Illness and Disorders
174 books — 126 voters
Stiff by Mary Roach
Forensics: If It Doesn't Walk, We Bring Out the Chalk
160 books — 225 voters

Five Past Midnight in Bhopal by Dominique LapierreDeath at SeaWorld by David Kirby
Disasters, Tragedies, and Accidents
201 books — 77 voters
Five Past Midnight in Bhopal by Dominique Lapierre
Non-fiction Disaster Books
321 books — 327 voters

Into Thin Air by Jon KrakauerAlive by Piers Paul Read
Extreme Classics: National Geographic's 100 Greatest Adventure Books of All Time
101 books — 263 voters
Death of Innocence by Mamie Till-MobleyMedical Apartheid by Harriet A. WashingtonA Child Called "It" by Dave PelzerFirst They Killed My Father by Loung UngSpillover by David Quammen
Disturbing Truths
555 books — 355 voters