Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Barbara Roberts (16 Lists)



Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. FranklThe Making of the President 1960 by Theodore H. WhiteTheir Finest Hour by Winston S. ChurchillThe Best and the Brightest by David HalberstamAnd the Band Played On by Randy Shilts
Best Nonfiction Books of the 20th Century
457 books — 112 voters
The Looming Tower by Lawrence WrightLegacy of Ashes by Tim WeinerThe Dark Side by Jane MayerThirteen Days by Robert F. KennedyIn Retrospect by Robert S. McNamara
American Foreign Policy
460 books — 270 voters

Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream by Doris Kearns GoodwinMemoirs, 1925-1950 by George F. KennanThe Death of a President by William ManchesterGrant by William S. McFeelyThomas Jefferson by Jon Meacham
The Best American Historical Biographies of All Time
246 books — 133 voters
Truman by David McCulloughThe Passage of Power by Robert A. CaroThe Broken Branch by Thomas E. MannThe 9/11 Commission Report by National Commission on Terr...Thomas Jefferson by Jon Meacham
American Politics
480 books — 127 voters

The Bridge by David RemnickDreams from My Father by Barack ObamaRenegade by Richard Wolffe
President Obama (fiction and nonfiction)
84 books — 29 voters
Historic Conversations on Life with John F. Kennedy by Jacqueline Kennedy OnassisJohn F. Kennedy by Robert Dallek
JFK 50th Anniversary
26 books — 13 voters

Barack Obama by David MaranissPersonal Memoirs by Ulysses S. GrantThomas Jefferson by Jon MeachamJohn Adams by David McCulloughWashington by Ron Chernow
Hail to the Chief
40 books — 15 voters
Fortunate Son by Lewis B. Puller Jr.The Raven by Marquis JamesJohn Paul Jones by Samuel Eliot MorisonHenry Adams by Ernest SamuelsA Prince of Our Disorder by John E. Mack
Pulitzer Winners: Biographies & Autobiographies
121 books — 203 voters

Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
Best WWII Fiction and Biography
697 books — 579 voters
What It Takes by Richard Ben CramerAmerica in Search of Itself by Theodore H. WhiteTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinA Magnificent Catastrophe by Edward J. LarsonThe Making of the President 1964 by Theodore H. White
Books about U.S. Presidential Elections (nonfiction)
114 books — 63 voters

The Bully Pulpit by Doris Kearns GoodwinThe First of Men by John FerlingThe Ascent of George Washington by John FerlingTruman by David McCulloughWashington by Ron Chernow
Best Presidential Biographies (nonfiction)
467 books — 524 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankGift from the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh
101 Books to Read - Nonfiction
307 books — 295 voters

Battle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPhersonNight by Elie WieselThe Civil War by Shelby FooteThe Guns of August by Barbara W. TuchmanA Bridge Too Far by Cornelius Ryan
Best Non-fiction War Books
2,121 books — 2,353 voters
The Federalist Papers by Alexander HamiltonDemocracy in America by Alexis de TocquevilleCommon Sense by Thomas PaineCollected Writings by Thomas PaineMemoirs and Selected Letters by Ulysses S. Grant
Best American History Books
2,117 books — 2,487 voters

The Growth of the American Republic, Vol 1 by Samuel Eliot MorisonA History of the English-Speaking Peoples by Winston S. ChurchillThe Oxford History of the American People by Samuel Eliot Morison
Best History Books
3,696 books — 3,730 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryNight by Elie Wiesel
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,461 books — 119,781 voters