Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Jared Mclain (16 Lists)



The Zombie Room by R.D. RonaldRequiem for a Dream by Hubert Selby Jr.Angels Fall by Nora RobertsA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessGone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,758 books — 120,824 voters
A Higher Loyalty by James B. ComeyWhat the Dog Saw and Other Adventures by Malcolm GladwellReasons to Stay Alive by Matt HaigSurviving Chaos by Author Harold PhiferI Am, I Am, I Am by Maggie O'Farrell
The Last 10 Nonfiction Books I Read
2,990 books — 1,154 voters

Dead Mountain by Donnie EicharThe Year of Magical Thinking by Joan DidionThink Like a Freak by Steven D. LevittThe Big Short by Michael LewisFour Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman
Best Books To Gift
10,046 books — 2,993 voters
The End of Your Life Book Club by Will SchwalbeShakespeare by Bill BrysonThey Called Us Enemy by George TakeiNot That Kind of Girl by Lena DunhamInfidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Best Books Ever
76,716 books — 285,153 voters

Think Like a Freak by Steven D. LevittThey Called Us Enemy by George TakeiEinstein by Walter IsaacsonWe Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown
Smart Summer Reads
12,919 books — 10,812 voters
They Called Us Enemy by George TakeiWhat the Dog Saw and Other Adventures by Malcolm GladwellThe Opposite of Loneliness by Marina KeeganI Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai
Books Every Human Being Should Read
2,994 books — 2,013 voters

Einstein by Walter IsaacsonReasons to Stay Alive by Matt HaigThe Invention of Nature by Andrea WulfThey Called Us Enemy by George TakeiCollapse by Jared Diamond
Books That Kept You Up At Night
6,717 books — 1,753 voters
The Total Money Makeover by Dave RamseyWhat the Dog Saw and Other Adventures by Malcolm GladwellThe Boys in the Boat by Daniel James BrownNot That Kind of Girl by Lena DunhamA Higher Loyalty by James B. Comey
Inspiring Books For All Ages
2,646 books — 1,412 voters

The Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownThey Called Us Enemy by George TakeiThe Opposite of Loneliness by Marina KeeganHood Feminism by Mikki Kendall
Books that Blew Me Away and that I Still Think About
14,638 books — 14,906 voters
Reasons to Stay Alive by Matt HaigInfidel by Ayaan Hirsi AliI Am, I Am, I Am by Maggie O'FarrellThe Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
Non-fiction - Something for Everyone
4,098 books — 1,498 voters

An Unquiet Mind by Kay Redfield JamisonAll Creatures Great and Small by James HerriotWe Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieFour Thousand Weeks by Oliver BurkemanBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown
Books You Must Read!
11,555 books — 7,485 voters
Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich NietzscheInfidel by Ayaan Hirsi AliNot That Kind of Girl by Lena DunhamThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsThe End of Your Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe
Books I Became So Obsessed With I Stopped Everything Else in My Life to Finish.
12,378 books — 10,105 voters

The Second Sex by Simone de BeauvoirA Higher Loyalty by James B. ComeyThe Boys in the Boat by Daniel James BrownCollapse by Jared DiamondThe Invention of Nature by Andrea Wulf
Books that Changed the Way You View Life
10,507 books — 5,814 voters
An Unquiet Mind by Kay Redfield JamisonThink Like a Freak by Steven D. LevittThe Library Book by Susan OrleanThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsWe Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Favorite Books You Recommend
6,768 books — 1,365 voters

SPQR by Mary BeardShakespeare by Bill BrysonAn Unquiet Mind by Kay Redfield JamisonThe Year of Magical Thinking by Joan DidionThe Right Hand of God by Ara C. Trembly
Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
14,975 books — 16,688 voters
In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel PhilbrickThink Like a Freak by Steven D. LevittThe Boys in the Boat by Daniel James BrownInfidel by Ayaan Hirsi AliEverybody Lies by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz
Books You Would Recommend to Strangers
12,653 books — 8,099 voters