Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Pippin (13 Lists)



The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James BrownThe Living by Annie DillardWhere'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria SempleUndaunted Courage by Stephen E. Ambrose
Pacific Northwest Books
913 books — 609 voters
Night by Elie Wiesel
Darkest Books of All Time
1,275 books — 1,716 voters

Les Misérables by Victor HugoA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensThe Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor HugoSuite Française by Irène NémirovskyThe Greater Journey by David McCullough
Best Books Set in Paris
302 books — 204 voters
Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
Best Survival Stories
1,153 books — 1,606 voters

The Greater Journey by David McCullough
Books About Paris
712 books — 570 voters
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie DillardIn the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel PhilbrickOranges by John McPheeCod by Mark KurlanskyLeviathan by Eric Jay Dolin
Some Great Books on Nature
255 books — 146 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
5,817 books — 6,347 voters
1776 by David McCulloughJohn Adams by David McCulloughFounding Brothers by Joseph J. EllisMayflower by Nathaniel PhilbrickHis Excellency by Joseph J. Ellis
Best American History Books
2,122 books — 2,492 voters

Harris and Me by Gary PaulsenRight Ho, Jeeves by P.G. WodehouseCarry On, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse
Best Humorous Books
4,328 books — 7,889 voters
Blue Highways by William Least Heat-MoonUnder the Tuscan Sun by Frances MayesA Year in Provence by Peter MayleOut of Africa / Shadows on the Grass by Isak Dinesen
Favorite Travel Books
2,022 books — 3,944 voters

A Long Way from Chicago by Richard Peck
Funniest Novels of All Time
1,418 books — 2,289 voters