Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Cythia Forthman (8 Lists)



The Botany of Desire by Michael PollanThe Lost City of Z by David GrannThe Power of Habit by Charles DuhiggThe Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
Recommended Reads
3,702 books — 1,532 voters
Dad Is Fat by Jim GaffiganMan's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. FranklThe Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin FranklinWhy We Sleep by Matthew WalkerHe's Just Not That Into You by Greg Behrendt
Non-fiction - Something for Everyone
4,091 books — 1,488 voters

Committed by Elizabeth GilbertThe Things They Carried by Tim O'BrienMan's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. FranklHolidays on Ice by David SedarisHallucinations by Oliver Sacks
Must Read Non-Fiction
5,245 books — 4,407 voters
Committed by Elizabeth GilbertThe Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin FranklinThe Princess Diarist by Carrie FisherOrientalism by Edward W. SaidMusicophilia by Oliver Sacks
Books I Will Never Ever Forget (YA Fiction and Everything)
7,572 books — 2,220 voters

And the Band Played On by Randy ShiltsSteve Jobs by Walter IsaacsonHallucinations by Oliver SacksThe Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. ShirerSurviving Chaos by Author Harold Phifer
I Wish I Could Read it Again for the First Time
11,155 books — 7,269 voters
Scrappy Little Nobody by Anna KendrickThe Botany of Desire by Michael PollanThe Lost City of Z by David GrannDad Is Fat by Jim GaffiganHe's Just Not That Into You by Greg Behrendt
Books You Could Not Put Down
11,256 books — 7,467 voters

The Lost City of Z by David GrannHolidays on Ice by David SedarisAre You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea by Chelsea HandlerAnd the Band Played On by Randy Shilts
Books That I Could Read Over and Over Again
7,318 books — 1,674 voters
The Things They Carried by Tim O'BrienBorn to Run by Christopher McDougallHallucinations by Oliver SacksSteve Jobs by Walter IsaacsonHe's Just Not That Into You by Greg Behrendt
Re-Readable
7,650 books — 2,330 voters