Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Ken (20 Lists)



Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanThe Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah HarariBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesGod Is Not Great by Christopher Hitchens
Best of 21st Century Non-fiction
1,205 books — 951 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,479 books — 119,907 voters

John Adams by David McCulloughA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownTruman by David McCulloughThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X
Best American History Books
2,120 books — 2,490 voters
The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael PollanThe Trouble with Physics by Lee Smolin
The Economist - Books of the Year 2006
45 books — 8 voters

Steppenwolf by Hermann HesseGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondThe Portable Atheist by Christopher Hitchens
Best Books To Further Your Education
221 books — 128 voters
Of Mice and Men by John SteinbeckThe Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas TalebA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonMan's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
The Joe Rogan Experience Podcast
64 books — 65 voters

The Inevitable by Kevin KellyGenghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack WeatherfordThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XDebt by David GraeberMan's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
Best Books Suggested on the Tim Ferriss Show Podcast
46 books — 8 voters
1984 by George OrwellThe Shock Doctrine by Naomi KleinA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnHegemony or Survival by Noam ChomskyDebt by David Graeber
Best Left-Texts
669 books — 359 voters

Black Looks by bell hooksMy Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick DouglassBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesThe Half Has Never Been Told by Edward E. BaptistA People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn
Books White People Need to Read
1,304 books — 1,559 voters
Altered Carbon by Richard K. MorganParable of the Sower by Octavia E. ButlerThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiThe Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
Hidden Gems of Science Fiction
479 books — 429 voters

John Adams by David McCulloughTruman by David McCulloughMaster of the Senate by Robert A. Caro
Pulitzer Winners: Biographies & Autobiographies
121 books — 203 voters
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn RandOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy TooleNaked Lunch by William S. BurroughsGödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas R. Hofstadter
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,605 books — 13,134 voters

Time and Again by Jack FinneyMarooned in Realtime by Vernor Vinge
The Best Time Travel Books of All Time
817 books — 1,688 voters
Reality TV by Susan MurrayThe Medium is the Massage by Marshall McLuhan
For Culture Watchers
203 books — 101 voters

The Shock Doctrine by Naomi KleinThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckThe Spirit Level by Richard G. WilkinsonNickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich
Best Progressive Reads
1,063 books — 710 voters
The Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsThe Trouble with Physics by Lee SmolinThe Invention of Nature by Andrea WulfThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver SacksThe Greatest Show on Earth by Richard Dawkins
Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
1,837 books — 3,600 voters

Easy Riders, Raging Bulls by Peter Biskind
Books ABOUT Movies
836 books — 273 voters
Life by Keith RichardsChronicles, Volume One by Bob DylanClapton by Eric ClaptonThe Real Frank Zappa Book by Frank Zappa
Best Books on Rock and Roll
891 books — 1,280 voters

The Stuff of Thought by Steven Pinker
Greatest Psychology Books
794 books — 1,332 voters
The Drunkard's Walk by Leonard MlodinowInnumeracy by John Allen PaulosGödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas R. HofstadterThe Man Who Loved Only Numbers by Paul Hoffman
Best Books About Mathematics
449 books — 667 voters