Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by David Rubenstein (48 Lists)



Railsea by China Miéville
Books That Should Be Made Into Movies
32,237 books — 68,762 voters
The China Study by T. Colin CampbellThe Starch Solution by John A. McDougall
A Nutrition Reading List
386 books — 417 voters

The Blank Slate by Steven Pinker
Mind-Blowing Books For Lovers Of Thought
24 books — 30 voters
Darwin's Ghosts by Rebecca Stott
Freethought History
68 books — 16 voters

A Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinA Clash of Kings by George R.R. MartinA Storm of Swords by George R.R. MartinThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
Best Fantasy World
1,649 books — 1,986 voters
1491 by Charles C. Mann
Best History Books
3,726 books — 3,764 voters

Gödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas R. Hofstadter
Best Books About Mathematics
449 books — 668 voters
Wonderful Life by Stephen Jay GouldThe Immense Journey by Loren EiseleyThe Flamingo's Smile by Stephen Jay Gould
SCIENCE & LITERATURE--Together at Last
245 books — 115 voters

The Discoverers by Daniel J. BoorstinSurely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman/What Do You Care What Other... by Richard P. FeynmanMen of Mathematics by Eric Temple Bell
Scientists and Philosophers
233 books — 157 voters
The Greatest Show on Earth by Richard Dawkins
Most Engaging Scientific Nonfiction
368 books — 285 voters

Predictably Irrational by Dan ArielyThe Stuff of Thought by Steven PinkerThe Blank Slate by Steven PinkerOutliers by Malcolm Gladwell
Greatest Psychology Books
794 books — 1,332 voters
Contact by Carl SaganHyperion by Dan Simmons
Best Science Fiction Books with Female Main Characters
896 books — 893 voters

The Time Machine by H.G. WellsHyperion by Dan Simmons
Best Time Travel Fiction
1,974 books — 5,258 voters
A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.The Sparrow by Mary Doria RussellContact by Carl SaganChildren of God by Mary Doria Russell
SF & Theology
241 books — 292 voters

The Foundation Trilogy by Isaac AsimovThe Hyperion Omnibus by Dan SimmonsThe Book of the New Sun by Gene WolfeTo Your Scattered Bodies Go by Philip José Farmer
Best Science Fiction Series
432 books — 1,098 voters
The Stand by Stephen KingA Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.Galápagos by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Shadow & Claw by Gene Wolfe
Best Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
1,242 books — 3,412 voters

Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde
Best Futuristic Books
85 books — 83 voters
Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde
New Fantasy Novels
42 books — 71 voters

Shadow & Claw by Gene WolfeSword & Citadel by Gene Wolfe
Best Literary Fiction
1,545 books — 1,333 voters
A Distant Mirror by Barbara W. Tuchman
Best Middle Ages Books
1,225 books — 1,709 voters

Enchantment by Orson Scott Card
Best Standalone Fantasy
381 books — 473 voters
Shadow & Claw by Gene WolfeSword & Citadel by Gene WolfeThe Shadow of the Torturer by Gene WolfeThe Claw of the Conciliator by Gene WolfeEnchantment by Orson Scott Card
Five Star Fantasy Books
1,815 books — 2,137 voters

The Greatest Show on Earth by Richard DawkinsThe Lives of a Cell by Lewis ThomasA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
Best General Science Books
583 books — 489 voters
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
Funniest Novels of All Time
1,422 books — 2,338 voters

NurtureShock by Po BronsonPredictably Irrational by Dan ArielySuperFreakonomics by Steven D. LevittOutliers by Malcolm Gladwell
Sociology Books
557 books — 416 voters
The Language Instinct by Steven PinkerAn Anthropologist on Mars by Oliver SacksThinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanHow the Mind Works by Steven PinkerThe Blank Slate by Steven Pinker
Best Cognitive Science Books
408 books — 492 voters

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainOf Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Best Books Ever
76,707 books — 285,112 voters
Music, The Brain, And Ecstasy by Robert Jourdain
Best Non Fiction About Music
1,446 books — 1,346 voters


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