Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Andrew (27 Lists)



Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinJohn Adams by David McCulloughHis Excellency by Joseph J. EllisThe Last Founding Father by Harlow Giles UngerAmerican Lion by Jon Meacham
Best Presidential Biographies (nonfiction)
467 books — 524 voters
The Killer Angels by Michael ShaaraThe Sunne in Splendour by Sharon Kay PenmanTai-Pan by James ClavellShōgun by James ClavellThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
Best Historical Fiction
7,406 books — 25,587 voters

The Killer Angels by Michael ShaaraShōgun by James ClavellThe Sunne in Splendour by Sharon Kay Penman
Recommended Historical Fiction
3,649 books — 3,591 voters
The Two Koreas by Don OberdorferYour Republic Is Calling You by Young-ha KimI Have The Right To Destroy Myself by Young-ha Kim
Understanding Korea and Korean culture
47 books — 43 voters

The Killer Angels by Michael ShaaraLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
Pulitzer Winners: Fiction & Novels
99 books — 951 voters
Juliet, Naked by Nick Hornby
Best Books of 2009
1,766 books — 6,934 voters

The Jungle by Upton SinclairI Hope They Serve Beer in Hell by Tucker Max
The Worst Books of All Time
8,104 books — 19,873 voters
The Constitution of the United States of America by Founding FathersThe Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton
Best Books to Become an Informed Voter
935 books — 1,099 voters

Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónJohn Adams by David McCulloughKafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiThe Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,832 books — 21,953 voters
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy TooleThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsAmerica (The Book) by Jon StewartChoke by Chuck Palahniuk
Books that Make you Laugh
3,505 books — 5,033 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienWhere the Red Fern Grows by Wilson RawlsA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleCharlotte’s Web by E.B. White
What Book Got You Hooked?
3,847 books — 10,510 voters
Advise and Consent by Allen Drury
Political Thrillers
514 books — 551 voters

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,316 books — 15,557 voters
Fight Club by Chuck PalahniukDracula by Bram StokerHeart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,134 books — 10,099 voters

The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Bourne Identity by Robert LudlumOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckDune by Frank HerbertThe Bourne Supremacy by Robert Ludlum
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,561 books — 18,687 voters
The Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz ZafónJuliet, Naked by Nick Hornby
Books for 2009
580 books — 2,397 voters

Macbeth by William ShakespeareHamlet by William ShakespeareThe Lion in Winter by James GoldmanRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareOthello by William Shakespeare
Best Plays Ever
853 books — 1,129 voters
Kafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinJohn Adams by David McCullough
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,188 books — 28,376 voters

Dune by Frank HerbertSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Ilium by Dan SimmonsOlympos by Dan SimmonsEnder’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,351 books — 24,669 voters
The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
Wall Bangers!
754 books — 464 voters

Treasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonKidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson
Pirates!
654 books — 783 voters
Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
Best Fantasy Books of the 21st Century
3,057 books — 9,896 voters

Kafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiSputnik Sweetheart by Haruki MurakamiAfter Dark by Haruki MurakamiThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiNorwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
Best Japanese Books
771 books — 3,248 voters
Kafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
Favorite Magical Realism Novels
1,304 books — 4,519 voters

John Adams by David McCullough
Pulitzer Winners: Biographies & Autobiographies
121 books — 203 voters
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
Best Humorous Books
4,327 books — 7,891 voters

Founding Brothers by Joseph J. EllisJohn Adams by David McCulloughTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin1776 by David McCullough
Best American History Books
2,123 books — 2,494 voters