Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Paladin (30 Lists)



Empire of the Summer Moon by S.C. Gwynne
Best 21st Century Non-Fiction
1,987 books — 1,306 voters
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
Best Audiobooks
1,572 books — 1,127 voters

Into the Wild by Jon KrakauerAll Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
5,858 books — 6,381 voters
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
Best Historical Fiction
7,438 books — 25,627 voters

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Clifton Fadiman's Lifetime Reading Plan
182 books — 106 voters
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Books to Read On a Rainy Day
767 books — 454 voters

Anne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
The Most Comforting Books (The Literary Version of Bread Pudding)
1,292 books — 928 voters
Calvin and Hobbes by Bill WattersonA Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
Books That Made Me Laugh Out Loud
2,067 books — 2,423 voters

SuperFreakonomics by Steven D. LevittA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonThe Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael PollanFreakonomics by Steven D. LevittUnbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
Interesting and Readable Nonfiction
4,071 books — 2,067 voters
Band of Brothers by Stephen E. Ambrose
Best Non-fiction War Books
2,147 books — 2,419 voters

The Interpretation of Dreams by Sigmund Freud
The Most Influential Books
1,461 books — 5,286 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Best Books Ever
76,694 books — 285,208 voters

The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael PollanDesert Solitaire by Edward AbbeyNever Cry Wolf by Farley MowatThe Monkey Wrench Gang by Edward AbbeyThe Milagro Beanfield War by John Nichols
Best Environmental Books
1,075 books — 1,203 voters
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. PirsigGhost Rider by Neil Peart
Best Motorcycle Books
131 books — 182 voters

The Martian by Andy WeirEndurance by Alfred LansingInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerIn the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick
Best Survival Stories
1,153 books — 1,605 voters
A Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonInto the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Best Traveling Vicariously
2,131 books — 1,854 voters

The Forgotten Soldier by Guy Sajer
Best Modern Day Military Accounts
441 books — 592 voters
The Rape of Nanking by Iris ChangA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonThe Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael PollanFast Food Nation by Eric SchlosserSapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,239 books — 8,069 voters

Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, Pearl of Great Price by The Church of Jesus Christ ...
The Worst Books of All Time
8,096 books — 19,875 voters
The Falcon Thief by Joshua Hammer
Books for Bird Lovers
527 books — 208 voters

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Swashbucklers
559 books — 497 voters
The Essential Calvin and Hobbes by Bill WattersonThe Complete Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson
Best Humorous Books
4,347 books — 7,949 voters

The Big Sky by A.B. Guthrie Jr.Mountain Man by Vardis Fisher
Mountain Man Historical Fiction
6 books — 4 voters
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
Best Action-Adventure Novels
2,556 books — 2,732 voters

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
I Don't Understand All That Fuss
985 books — 2,576 voters
The Power of the Dog by Thomas SavageDancing at the Rascal Fair by Ivan DoigButcher's Crossing by John WilliamsThe Big Sky by A.B. Guthrie Jr.
Literary Westerns
283 books — 386 voters

To a God Unknown by John Steinbeck
The Great Classics You Have Not Read Yet
747 books — 1,815 voters
Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,604 books — 13,148 voters

Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryDancing at the Rascal Fair by Ivan DoigAngle of Repose by Wallace StegnerButcher's Crossing by John WilliamsA River Runs Through It and Other Stories by Norman Maclean
Best Westerns
1,382 books — 1,510 voters
The Caine Mutiny by Herman WoukThe Reader by Bernhard SchlinkCorelli’s Mandolin by Louis de Bernières
World War II Fiction
1,391 books — 2,030 voters