Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Astrid (43 Lists)



The Electric War by Mike WinchellHow to Avoid a Climate Disaster by Bill GatesWe Are the Weather by Jonathan Safran FoerSilent Spring by Rachel CarsonCows Save the Planet by Judith D. Schwartz
Purple Lightning
22 books — 3 voters
Beauty in the Broken Places by Allison PatakiAmbiguous Loss by Pauline G. BossThe Brain that Changes Itself by Norman DoidgePrognosis by Sarah VallanceA Stitch of Time by Lauren Marks
Stroke, TBI and Brain Injury Survivors and Caregivers
61 books — 28 voters

The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael PollanThe Third Plate by Dan BarberThe Science of Cooking by Peter BarhamThe Good Gut by Justin SonnenburgPig Tales by Barry Estabrook
Food for Thought Book Club (USA)
166 books — 22 voters
In Cold Blood by Truman CapoteThe Stranger Beside Me by Ann RuleFatal Vision by Joe McGinnissSmall Sacrifices by Ann RuleEverything She Ever Wanted by Ann Rule
Best True Crime
1,329 books — 1,886 voters

The Aviator's Wife by Melanie BenjaminFever by Mary Beth KeaneMy Notorious Life by Kate ManningThe Obituary Writer by Ann HoodThe Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert
Notable American Women (Historical Fiction)
91 books — 20 voters
The Aviator's Wife by Melanie Benjamin
Remarkable Historical Women in Fiction
451 books — 231 voters

Orphan Train by Christina Baker KlineThe Kitchen House by Kathleen GrissomDaughters of the Witching Hill by Mary SharrattFall of Giants by Ken FollettFever by Mary Beth Keane
Turn Of The Century Favorites
101 books — 75 voters
The Aviator's Wife by Melanie Benjamin
The Great Explorers
245 books — 92 voters

Fever by Mary Beth Keane
Fiction Set in Turn-of-the-century New York City
84 books — 114 voters
Bomb by Steve SheinkinThe Girls of Atomic City by Denise KiernanThe Wives of Los Alamos by TaraShea NesbitThe Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard RhodesManhattan Project by Cynthia C. Kelly
Manhattan Project
55 books — 23 voters

Fever by Mary Beth KeaneThe Aviator's Wife by Melanie Benjamin
Historical Fiction 2013
395 books — 2,108 voters
Year of Wonders by Geraldine BrooksThe Plague Tales by Ann Benson
Books for a Pandemic
698 books — 577 voters

In the Land of the Long White Cloud by Sarah Lark
New Zealand
397 books — 203 voters
The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Namesake by Jhumpa LahiriCutting for Stone by Abraham VergheseThe Blood of Flowers by Anita Amirrezvani
Best South Asian Fiction
734 books — 1,894 voters

Edge of Eternity by Ken Follett
Can't Wait Books of 2014
2,471 books — 15,152 voters
The Last Queen by C.W. GortnerBy Fire, By Water by Mitchell James Kaplan
Mediterranean Melting Pot (I): Medieval Spain
139 books — 62 voters

The Light Between Oceans by M.L. StedmanThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Invisible Bridge by Julie OrringerUnbroken by Laura HillenbrandThe Lifeboat by Charlotte Rogan
Smart Summer Reads
12,703 books — 10,626 voters
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough
Best Historical Fiction
7,406 books — 25,586 voters

The Pact by Jodi PicoultPlain Truth by Jodi PicoultPerfect Match by Jodi Picoult
Best Jodi Picoult Books
29 books — 1,653 voters
In the Land of the Long White Cloud by Sarah LarkThe Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa GregoryThe World According to Garp by John IrvingEast of Eden by John SteinbeckThe Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough
Family Saga Novels
817 books — 858 voters

In the Land of the Long White Cloud by Sarah Lark
Books about New Zealand
77 books — 23 voters
A Night to Remember by Walter Lord
Best Titanic Books
168 books — 229 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferUnbroken by Laura HillenbrandThe Invisible Bridge by Julie OrringerThose Who Save Us by Jenna Blum
Best WWII Fiction and Biography
697 books — 579 voters
The Lost Wife by Alyson Richman
Amazing WWII fiction (some with romance)
407 books — 627 voters

The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa GregoryThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferThe Help by Kathryn Stockett
Best Historical Fiction of the 21st Century
1,427 books — 2,346 voters
The Invisible Bridge by Julie OrringerThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferThose Who Save Us by Jenna Blum
Well-Written Holocaust Books
891 books — 2,885 voters

I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 by Lauren Tarshis
Titanic's 100th Anniversary
82 books — 136 voters
Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
Best Nonfiction Audio Books
448 books — 284 voters

People of the Book by Geraldine BrooksUnbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
Best Audio Narration
1,519 books — 1,051 voters
Unbroken by Laura HillenbrandPeople of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
Best Audiobooks
1,565 books — 1,109 voters


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