Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Ed (21 Lists)



The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Best Horror Books of the 21st Century
484 books — 1,246 voters
The Naked and the Dead by Norman Mailer
The Great American Novel
670 books — 1,091 voters

Carthage by Peter Huby
Carthage
41 books — 17 voters
The Price of Glory by Alistair Horne
Best Non-fiction War Books
2,121 books — 2,353 voters

Homicide by David Simon
Best True Crime
1,341 books — 1,883 voters
King Leopold's Ghost by Adam Hochschild
Africa - Nonfiction
392 books — 163 voters

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot DíazAmerican Pastoral by Philip Roth
Major Award-Winning Fiction Since 1990
252 books — 567 voters
Das Reich by Max Hastings
World War Two - Firsthand Accounts (nonfiction)
663 books — 454 voters

Master & Commander by Patrick O'Brian
Best Historical Fiction (Literary)
335 books — 109 voters
Homicide by David SimonMoneyball by Michael LewisThe Right Stuff by Tom WolfeThe Corner by David Simon
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,227 books — 8,065 voters

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot DíazGhost Wars by Steve CollThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
Pulitzer Books: 2000 to Present
42 books — 15 voters
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,835 books — 21,937 voters

The Road by Cormac McCarthyReady Player One by Ernest ClineCloud Atlas by David MitchellOryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
1,209 books — 8,953 voters
The Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckThe Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. ShirerA Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryCryptonomicon by Neal StephensonThe Shining by Stephen King
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,874 books — 7,001 voters

Friday Night Lights by H.G. BissingerThe Blind Side by Michael LewisThe Education of a Coach by David HalberstamNext Man Up by John Feinstein
Best (American) Football Books
229 books — 178 voters
March Violets by Philip KerrThe Fall of Berlin 1945 by Antony BeevorThe Forger by Cioma SchönhausThe Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer
best books about Nazi Germany
118 books — 51 voters

The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt
Best Contemporary Western Novels
120 books — 141 voters
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardChildhood’s End by Arthur C. ClarkeNeuromancer by William GibsonThe Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le GuinSnow Crash by Neal Stephenson
Best Science Fiction
3,651 books — 6,965 voters

Wizard and Glass by Stephen KingThe Golden Ocean by Patrick O'BrianThe Corner by David SimonLife and Fate by Vasily GrossmanWelcome to Hard Times by E.L. Doctorow
the best, IMHO, and in no particular order
20 books — 3 voters
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,350 books — 24,654 voters

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckCatch-22 by Joseph HellerAll Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,465 books — 119,812 voters