Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Bill (55 Lists)



The Conquest of Gaul by Gaius Julius CaesarThe Longest Day by Cornelius RyanA Bridge Too Far by Cornelius RyanPanzer Leader by Heinz GuderianWith the Old Breed by Eugene B. Sledge
Best Non-fiction War Books
2,123 books — 2,357 voters
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasThe First Man in Rome by Colleen McCulloughFortune's Favorites by Colleen McCulloughShōgun by James Clavell
The 800+ page Gorillaz
459 books — 517 voters

The Longest Day by Cornelius RyanA Bridge Too Far by Cornelius RyanRidgway's Paratroopers by Clay Blair Jr.With the Old Breed by Eugene B. Sledge
Best History Books on the topic of "WAR"
87 books — 42 voters
A Patriot's History of the United States by Larry SchweikartWashington's Crossing by David Hackett Fischer
Best American History Books
2,121 books — 2,491 voters

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasThe Three Musketeers by Alexandre DumasThe Man in the Iron Mask by Alexandre DumasTwenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas
Best French Literature
872 books — 1,573 voters
Twilight by Stephenie MeyerThe Da Vinci Code by Dan BrownNew Moon by Stephenie MeyerLeft Behind by Tim LaHaye
Everyone's Read It But Me
800 books — 4,323 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasThe Three Musketeers by Alexandre DumasA Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
Books that scored a five by me
9,435 books — 2,368 voters
The First Man in Rome by Colleen McCulloughThe Grass Crown by Colleen McCulloughThe Fall of the Roman Republic by PlutarchFortune's Favorites by Colleen McCulloughCaesar's Women by Colleen McCullough
Best Books About Ancient Rome
738 books — 1,084 voters

The Summer Tree by Guy Gavriel Kay
Fantasy Books Set in Two Worlds
667 books — 631 voters
Foundation by Isaac AsimovThe Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwell
Best Series
3,360 books — 9,437 voters

The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
Fictional Nonfiction
83 books — 61 voters
Transfer of Power by Vince FlynnProtect and Defend by Vince Flynn
Political Thrillers
514 books — 551 voters

The Skystone by Jack WhyteRed Branch by Morgan LlywelynIlium by Dan SimmonsOlympos by Dan Simmons
Myth and Folktale Retellings
628 books — 580 voters
Dune by Frank HerbertThe Godfather by Mario Puzo
Best Books of the Decade: 1960s
1,356 books — 1,777 voters

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
What Book Got You Hooked?
3,844 books — 10,500 voters
The Great Book of Amber by Roger Zelazny
Roger Zelazny (Your favourite)
73 books — 141 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienA Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinThe Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
Books that Blew Me Away and that I Still Think About
14,407 books — 14,646 voters
The Spring of the Ram by Dorothy DunnettRace of Scorpions by Dorothy Dunnett
Best Books About Tudor England
608 books — 1,627 voters

War and Peace by Leo TolstoyMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville
Most Difficult Novels
588 books — 2,043 voters
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Three Musketeers by Alexandre DumasThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasThe Republic by Plato
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,504 books — 119,969 voters

The Game of Kings by Dorothy DunnettQueens' Play by Dorothy DunnettThe Disorderly Knights by Dorothy DunnettThe Bruce Trilogy by Nigel TranterNiccolò Rising by Dorothy Dunnett
Recommended Historical Fiction
3,647 books — 3,589 voters
The Bruce Trilogy by Nigel TranterWhen Christ and His Saints Slept by Sharon Kay PenmanThe Sunne in Splendour by Sharon Kay PenmanThe Greatest Knight by Elizabeth ChadwickIvanhoe by Walter Scott
Historical Fiction: The House of Plantagenet
207 books — 476 voters

Red Storm Rising by Tom ClancyRainbow Six by Tom ClancyThe Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy
Best Tom Clancy Books
19 books — 134 voters
The Longest Day by Cornelius RyanPanzer Leader by Heinz GuderianA Bridge Too Far by Cornelius RyanThe Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. ShirerWith the Old Breed by Eugene B. Sledge
World War Two - Firsthand Accounts (nonfiction)
664 books — 455 voters

Roll, Jordan, Roll by Eugene D. Genovese
My Country, the Enemy
393 books — 341 voters
The Bruce Trilogy by Nigel TranterThe First Man in Rome by Colleen McCulloughThe Grass Crown by Colleen McCulloughCaesar's Women by Colleen McCulloughFortune's Favorites by Colleen McCullough
Biographic Fiction
734 books — 304 voters

The Bruce Trilogy by Nigel TranterThe Last Kingdom by Bernard CornwellThe Pale Horseman by Bernard CornwellThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe Sunne in Splendour by Sharon Kay Penman
Best Historical Fiction Set in UK and Ireland
1,348 books — 1,584 voters
Richard III by William Shakespeare
Most Inaccurate Historical Fiction
105 books — 160 voters

The Holy Bible by AnonymousAn Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam SmithThe Communist Manifesto by Karl Marxالقرآن الكريم by Anonymous
The Most Influential Books
1,479 books — 5,283 voters
Ilium by Dan SimmonsOlympos by Dan Simmons
Best Time Travel Fiction
1,957 books — 5,244 voters


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