Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Nate Q (12 Lists)



House of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiAmerican Gods by Neil GaimanFierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates by Tom Robbins
Now That's REALLY Freakin' Weird...
715 books — 554 voters
Kafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami1Q84 by Haruki MurakamiAfter the Quake by Haruki MurakamiSputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami
Best Haruki Murakami Books
26 books — 841 voters

The Ground Beneath Her Feet by Salman RushdieThe Satanic Verses by Salman RushdieEast, West by Salman Rushdie
Salman Rushdie
13 books — 9 voters
Radical by Michelle RheeThe Signal and the Noise by Nate SilverThomas Jefferson by Jon MeachamWho I Am by Pete TownshendBoomerang by Michael Lewis
The Daily Show Reading Club
342 books — 234 voters

The Road by Cormac McCarthyGentlemen of the Road by Michael ChabonEverything Is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran FoerKafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiBlood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy
Road Trip
528 books — 268 voters
The Disappearing Spoon by Sam KeanBlink by Malcolm GladwellGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
1,839 books — 3,601 voters

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiThe Broom of the System by David Foster WallaceFierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates by Tom RobbinsHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
Weirdest Books Ever
1,192 books — 1,189 voters
American Gods by Neil GaimanAnansi Boys by Neil GaimanGood Omens by Terry PratchettFragile Things by Neil GaimanSmoke and Mirrors by Neil Gaiman
Best of Neil Gaiman
115 books — 507 voters

The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha MukherjeeEmpire of the Summer Moon by S.C. Gwynne
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2010 (fiction and nonfiction)
100 books — 663 voters
A History of the World in 6 Glasses by Tom StandageStiff by Mary RoachUranium by Tom ZoellnerThe Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Microhistory: Social Histories of Just One Thing
1,830 books — 2,220 voters

Fast Food Nation by Eric SchlosserGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondBlink by Malcolm GladwellA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnPredictably Irrational by Dan Ariely
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,239 books — 8,069 voters
Tender Is the Night by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskyMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
Best Books Ever
76,691 books — 285,177 voters