Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Jdsmith43 (11 Lists)



One Shot at Forever by Chris BallardBeyond Glory by David Margolick
Top reads for sports fans
955 books — 769 voters
The Perfect Game by Frank FitzpatrickBradleyville Basketball, the Hicks from the Sticks by James L. CombsNobody's Fool by Richard RussoShane by Jack SchaeferBall Four by Jim Bouton
Books Dudes Should Read
71 books — 3 voters

Fletch by Gregory McDonaldThe Natural by Bernard MalamudForrest Gump by Winston Groom
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,133 books — 10,103 voters
The Plot to Kill Jackie Robinson by Donald Honig
Historical Fiction Worth Going Back In Time For
14 books — 2 voters

Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley
Best Books about African Americans
39 books — 18 voters
The Big Sleep by Raymond ChandlerThe Long Goodbye by Raymond ChandlerFarewell, My Lovely by Raymond ChandlerDevil in a Blue Dress by Walter MosleyThe Drowning Pool by Ross Macdonald
Detective Fiction
1,187 books — 1,082 voters

Country Dark by Chris Offutt
Man Booker Prize Eligible 2018
158 books — 236 voters
The Underground Man by Ross MacdonaldThe Ivory Grin by Ross MacdonaldThe Doomsters by Ross MacdonaldThe Instant Enemy by Ross MacdonaldThe Long Goodbye by Raymond Chandler
Best Hardboiled & Noir fiction
700 books — 878 voters

Baseball by Geoffrey C. WardThe Plot to Kill Jackie Robinson by Donald Honig
Baseball Books to Love
269 books — 126 voters
Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,835 books — 21,937 voters

The Long Goodbye by Raymond ChandlerThe Shipping News by Annie ProulxFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,807 books — 49,787 voters