Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Ken-ichi (24 Lists)



The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Western North America by David Allen SibleyHawaii's Sea Creatures by John HooverWildflowers in the Field and Forest by Steven Clemants
Best Field Guides
180 books — 25 voters
The Design of Everyday Things by Donald A. Norman
UX books
82 books — 140 voters

World on Fire by Geonn CannonA Sensible Match by Teryl CartwrightThe Story of the Great American Flying Broomstick, Book 1 by Dave CaslerGigapolis by S. ChristopherThe Hockey Farmer by Farhan Devji
Published NaNoWriMo Books
99 books — 103 voters
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardDune by Frank Herbert
The series got worse and worse
171 books — 291 voters

The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Western North America by David Allen SibleyAll That the Rain Promises and More by David AroraMushrooms Demystified by David AroraPlants of the San Francisco Bay Region by Linda BeidlemanThe Laws Field Guide to the Sierra Nevada by John Muir Laws
The California Naturalist
46 books — 20 voters
The Sandman, Vol. 1 by Neil GaimanThe Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
Books That Changed My World
3,277 books — 3,185 voters

Sundiver by David Brin
Excellent Space Opera
1,016 books — 3,642 voters
Cross Country by Robert Sullivan
Books with Really Long Titles
1,670 books — 342 voters

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James JoyceSpace Trilogy by C.S. Lewis
Books I Regret Reading
2,300 books — 3,225 voters
The Sandman, Vol. 2 by Neil Gaiman
Literary Genre Fiction
90 books — 78 voters

Yellow Dog by Martin AmisHow to Cook Everything by Mark Bittman
Yellowest Books Ever
1,803 books — 579 voters
A Primate's Memoir by Robert M. SapolskyPersepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Foreign Lands
2,348 books — 2,192 voters

Cloud Atlas by David MitchellSabriel by Garth NixThe Log from the Sea of Cortez by John SteinbeckMaps and Legends by Michael ChabonWhales on Stilts! by M.T. Anderson
Best Book Cover Art
12,382 books — 7,091 voters
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingFire and Flight by Wendy PiniHicksville by Dylan HorrocksThe Sandman, Vol. 1 by Neil GaimanPride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Read Them Twice...At Least
13,650 books — 11,276 voters

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-SmithI Still Miss My Man But My Aim Is Getting Better by Sarah ShankmanThe Return of the Horny Dead by Rhonda LeeTall, Dark and Kilted by Allie Mackay
Best Book Titles
11,390 books — 7,827 voters
DK LEGO Readers by Marie BirkinshawCastle Under Attack by Nicola Baxter
Hottest Lego Guy on a Cover
10 books — 9 voters

Matilda by Roald DahlMy Father's Dragon by Ruth Stiles GannettThe Paper Bag Princess by Robert MunschThe Iron Man by Ted HughesCharlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
Favorite books from my childhood
4,425 books — 7,426 voters
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell1984 by George OrwellRed Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
My Essential Speculative Fiction Library
49 books — 41 voters

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James JoyceTess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas HardyMadame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
Read These In School - Would Have Preferred A Root Canal
466 books — 1,587 voters
The Complete Works by William Shakespeare
Best Books Ever
76,097 books — 282,754 voters

Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,605 books — 13,134 voters
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,351 books — 24,664 voters

Agile Web Development with Rails, 1st Edition by Dave ThomasDesign Patterns in Ruby by Russ Olsen
Best ruby programming books
20 books — 31 voters
Hicksville by Dylan HorrocksThe Sandman, Vol. 1 by Neil GaimanFire and Flight by Wendy Pini
Best Graphic Novels
3,450 books — 6,766 voters