Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Sam (47 Lists)



The Coffee Trader by David LissThe Lost Diaries of Frans Hals by Michael Kernan
Historical Fiction That Takes Place In The Netherlands
91 books — 56 voters
Frog Music by Emma Donoghue
Historical Fiction 2014
376 books — 1,970 voters

Ireland by Frank DelaneyBrooklyn by Colm TóibínLet the Great World Spin by Colum McCann
Best Irish Books
686 books — 604 voters
Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran FoerDiet for a New America by John Robbins
Books for Vegans, Vegetarians, and those interested in Animal Rights
483 books — 529 voters

The Orphan Master's Son by Adam JohnsonNothing to Envy by Barbara DemickThe Aquariums of Pyongyang by Kang Chol-HwanDear Leader by Jang Jin-sungA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
Books on North Korea
137 books — 511 voters
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonApril 1865 by Jay WinikAt Home by Bill BrysonBlood and Thunder by Hampton SidesNothing to Envy by Barbara Demick
Best History Books
3,696 books — 3,730 voters

The Alienist by Caleb CarrParadise Alley by Kevin BakerDreamland by Kevin BakerThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael ChabonThe Gods of Gotham by Lyndsay Faye
Best Books Set in New York City
379 books — 393 voters
The Orphan Master's Son by Adam JohnsonThe Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWittThe Art of Fielding by Chad HarbachThe Prisoner of Heaven by Carlos Ruiz ZafónAt Home by Bill Bryson
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,686 books — 14,156 voters

A Conspiracy of Paper by David LissThe Coffee Trader by David LissThe Devil's Company by David Liss
Novels about Business People
74 books — 25 voters
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael ChabonThe Last Dickens by Matthew PearlThe Dante Club by Matthew PearlThe Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Books about Books
1,383 books — 1,518 voters

The Alienist by Caleb CarrA Conspiracy of Paper by David LissA Spectacle of Corruption by David LissThe Angel of Darkness by Caleb Carr
Favorite Historical Mystery Series
944 books — 1,196 voters
Born to Run by Christopher McDougallThe Last Dickens by Matthew PearlOpen by Andre AgassiEating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer
Best Books of 2009
1,769 books — 6,937 voters

Nothing to Envy by Barbara DemickThe Hot Zone by Richard PrestonThe Rape of Nanking by Iris ChangA Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah
Plight of a Nation
1,147 books — 400 voters
April 1865 by Jay WinikParadise Alley by Kevin BakerJacob's Ladder by Donald McCaigGods and Generals by Jeff Shaara
American Civil War Books (fiction and nonfiction)
448 books — 253 voters

The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David WroblewskiFreedom by Jonathan Franzen
Powell's Indiespensable
92 books — 156 voters
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave EggersThe Orientalist by Tom ReissThe Hornet's Nest by Jimmy CarterNetherland by Joseph O'NeillLet the Great World Spin by Colum McCann
MOST BORING BOOK EVER!
894 books — 468 voters

The Lost by Daniel MendelsohnThe Rape of Nanking by Iris ChangIBM and the Holocaust by Edwin Black
The Holocaust - Fiction and Non
234 books — 145 voters
Blink by Malcolm GladwellRubicon by Tom Holland1776 by David McCulloughDesert Solitaire by Edward Abbey
Non-fiction books that read like a novel
155 books — 40 voters

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryThe Alienist by Caleb CarrNorth and South by John Jakes
Best Historical Fiction
7,387 books — 25,574 voters
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonOutliers by Malcolm GladwellThe Hot Zone by Richard Preston"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!" by Richard P. Feynman
Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
1,837 books — 3,601 voters

Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryDoc by Mary Doria RussellThe Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWittThe Last Crossing by Guy VanderhaegheLittle Big Man by Thomas Berger
Literary Westerns
283 books — 386 voters
The Alienist by Caleb CarrThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónA Conspiracy of Paper by David LissThe Angel of Darkness by Caleb CarrThe Meaning of Night by Michael Cox
Best Historical Mystery
2,067 books — 4,529 voters

The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWittThe Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach
2012 Tournament of Books
16 books — 245 voters
The Forger's Spell by Edward DolnickVanished Smile by R.A. ScottiThe Irish Game by Matthew Hart
Art Fraud and Theft
217 books — 140 voters

The Hot Zone by Richard PrestonThe Ghost Map by Steven Johnson
Best Books on Flu and Other Devastating Outbreaks
169 books — 123 voters
Moneyball by Michael LewisBorn to Run by Christopher McDougallThe Art of Fielding by Chad HarbachThe Secret Race by Tyler Hamilton
Top reads for sports fans
955 books — 769 voters

The Secret Race by Tyler HamiltonSlaying the Badger by Richard Moore23 Days in July by John Wilcockson
Best Cycling Books
316 books — 240 voters
The Professor and the Madman by Simon WinchesterLongitude by Dava SobelThe Ghost Map by Steven Johnson
Microhistory: Social Histories of Just One Thing
1,825 books — 2,213 voters

A Conspiracy of Paper by David LissMr. Timothy by Louis BayardA Spectacle of Corruption by David LissMistress of the Art of Death by Ariana FranklinAn Instance of the Fingerpost by Iain Pears
Best Historical Fiction Set in UK and Ireland
1,346 books — 1,582 voters
The Art of Fielding by Chad HarbachMoneyball by Michael Lewis
Baseball Books to Love
269 books — 126 voters


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