Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Michael (12 Lists)



Open by Andre Agassi
From Fresh Air
105 books — 83 voters
Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
Best Books of 2009
1,769 books — 6,936 voters

Moloka'i by Alan Brennert
All Things Hawaiian
344 books — 181 voters
Open by Andre AgassiThe Inner Game of Tennis by W. Timothy Gallwey
Books on Tennis (fiction and nonfiction)
177 books — 157 voters

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Da Vinci Code by Dan BrownThe Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,189 books — 28,379 voters
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Firm by Robin Waterfield
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,306 books — 15,546 voters

Steve Jobs by Walter IsaacsonIn the Plex by Steven Levy
Silicon Valley History
237 books — 436 voters
Night by Elie WieselThe Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
5,813 books — 6,344 voters

Bossypants by Tina FeySeriously... I'm Kidding by Ellen DeGeneres
Funny Women Memoirs
456 books — 1,551 voters
Big Bang by Simon SinghEndurance by Alfred LansingFreakonomics by Steven D. LevittUnder the Banner of Heaven by Jon KrakauerNight by Elie Wiesel
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,227 books — 8,063 voters

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardDune by Frank Herbert1984 by George OrwellThe Giver by Lois LowryThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,351 books — 24,660 voters
Freakonomics by Steven D. LevittIn Defense of Food by Michael PollanOutliers by Malcolm GladwellThe Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
Best Books To Frame Thinking
1,278 books — 1,420 voters