Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by David (10 Lists)



Lolita by Vladimir NabokovThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Road by Cormac McCarthyRoom by Emma DonoghueShutter Island by Dennis Lehane
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,191 books — 11,287 voters
Postwar by Tony Judt
French History
289 books — 83 voters

Unbroken by Laura HillenbrandJohn Adams by David McCulloughTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinTruman by David McCulloughNo Ordinary Time by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Best Biographies
1,660 books — 2,941 voters
From the Ashes by Jesse Thistle
Canada Reads 2020 - Short List
5 books — 11 voters

John Adams by David McCulloughTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinTruman by David McCulloughNo Ordinary Time by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Best American History Books
2,119 books — 2,489 voters
John Adams by David McCulloughTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinTruman by David McCulloughNo Ordinary Time by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Best Presidential Biographies (nonfiction)
467 books — 524 voters

Brittle Innings by Michael Bishop
Best Baseball Novels of All Time
124 books — 186 voters
The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker
The Worst Books of All Time
8,104 books — 19,875 voters

The Dead Hand by David E. Hoffman
History of the Nuclear Age
230 books — 84 voters
Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinThe Looming Tower by Lawrence WrightLegacy of Ashes by Tim WeinerStalingrad by Antony BeevorNothing to Envy by Barbara Demick
Best History Books
3,700 books — 3,732 voters