Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by CJ (8 Lists)



Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney
Children's Picture Books With Beautiful Illustrations
2,157 books — 1,304 voters
A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf
Early Feminists
187 books — 78 voters

These Truths by Jill LeporeThe Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel WilkersonJohn Adams by David McCulloughTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinBattle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPherson
Best American History Books
2,121 books — 2,491 voters
The Great Cosmic Mother by Monica SjööThe Great Goddess by Jean MarkaleThe Way of the Rose by Clark StrandLonging for Darkness by China GallandWhen Mary Becomes Cosmic by David Richo
Divine Feminine & Goddess Mythology
186 books — 6 voters

Shine Bright by Danyel Smith
New(ish) Music History, Musicology + Ethnomusicology Books
76 books — 24 voters
Democracy in America by Alexis de TocquevilleTwice-Told Tales by Nathaniel HawthorneDavid Copperfield by Charles DickensBleak House by Charles DickensLeaves of Grass by Walt Whitman
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,703 books — 6,872 voters

Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
Best Books of the Decade: 1950s
1,181 books — 1,507 voters
The Hemingses of Monticello by Annette Gordon-ReedThe Fall of the House of Dixie by Bruce Levine
Slavery
182 books — 115 voters