Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by David (16 Lists)



Jumper by Steven Gould
Best Unappreciated Books
4,356 books — 2,196 voters
11/22/63 by Stephen KingAnd the Mountains Echoed by Khaled HosseiniA Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer EganThe Art of Fielding by Chad HarbachThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,686 books — 14,156 voters

Shantaram by Gregory David RobertsThe White Tiger by Aravind AdigaMatterhorn by Karl Marlantes
Foreign Lands
2,347 books — 2,191 voters
Middlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesBrokeback Mountain by Annie ProulxThe Rules of Attraction by Bret Easton EllisLike People in History by Felice PicanoCity of Night by John Rechy
Best Gay Fiction
2,649 books — 3,866 voters

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
5,803 books — 6,340 voters
The Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy
Recommended Historical Fiction
3,638 books — 3,581 voters

The Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy
Best Book to Screen Interpretation
579 books — 479 voters
All the President’s Men by Carl Bernstein
Best True Crime
1,341 books — 1,890 voters

11/22/63 by Stephen King
The Best Time Travel Books of All Time
814 books — 1,686 voters
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Cider House Rules by John IrvingMountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy KidderThe Ghost Map by Steven Johnson
Medicine and Literature
1,843 books — 2,001 voters

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootOn Writing by Stephen KingThe Ghost Map by Steven JohnsonAll the President’s Men by Carl Bernstein
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,229 books — 8,067 voters
The White Tiger by Aravind AdigaShantaram by Gregory David Roberts
India
1,012 books — 862 voters

A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore
Best Humor Writing
827 books — 813 voters
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootMountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder
Best Biographies
1,658 books — 2,939 voters

Paradise General by Dave Hnida
Best Non-fiction War Books
2,123 books — 2,354 voters
The Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonFun Home by Alison BechdelZeitoun by Dave EggersThe Tipping Point by Malcolm GladwellOn Writing by Stephen King
Must Read Non-Fiction
5,245 books — 4,403 voters