Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Aidan (15 Lists)



Sculpture by Georges Duby
The World History of Art
377 books — 137 voters
Complete Poems by Constantinos P. CavafyBecoming a Man by Paul MonetteGeorge Platt Lynes by Steven HaasThe Mausoleum of Lovers by Hervé GuibertThe Seduction of the Mediterranean by Robert Aldrich
Gay Male Culture
144 books — 14 voters

The Elegant Universe by Brian GreeneThe Fabric of the Cosmos by Brian GreeneCosmos by Carl SaganThe Hidden Reality by Brian GreeneUniversal by Brian Cox
Cosmology
215 books — 189 voters
Complete Poems by Constantinos P. CavafyPoems Selected by Thom; Kleinzahaler GunnMy Sad Captains, and Other Poems by Thom GunnJack Straw's castle by Thom GunnRimbaud Oeuvres by Arthur Rimbaud
Best LGBT Poetry
166 books — 55 voters

George Platt Lynes by Steven HaasRare Views by Ohm PhanphirojUn/Cut by GiovanniFire Island Pines by Tom BianchiSunday Morning by Fred Goudon
Male Nude
48 books — 8 voters
Bonaparte in Egypt by J. Christopher Herold
Napoleonic Warfare
29 books — 10 voters

Kokoro by Natsume SōsekiThe Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches by Matsuo BashōThe Silent Cry by Kenzaburō Ōe
Best Japanese Books
771 books — 3,248 voters
The Odyssey by HomerThe Epic of Gilgamesh by AnonymousHistory of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides
Best Books of the Ancient World
277 books — 294 voters

Principles of Neural Science by Eric R. KandelThe Neuron by Irwin B. LevitanThe Prefrontal Cortex by Joaquín M. FusterCognitive Neuroscience by Michael S. GazzanigaPrinciples of Neurobiology by Liqun Luo
Neuroscience -- best of
16 books — 3 voters
Mars by Giles Sparrow
Mars Colonist's Reading List
165 books — 132 voters

Cosmos by Carl Sagan
Notable Atheist Books
545 books — 940 voters
The Odyssey by Homer
Essential Man's Library
327 books — 123 voters

Principles of Neural Science by Eric R. KandelThe Elegant Universe by Brian GreeneUNDERSTANDING THE UNIVERSE by Lincoln DonThe Fabric of the Cosmos by Brian GreeneDescartes' Error by António Damásio
Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
1,837 books — 3,600 voters
Bonaparte in Egypt by J. Christopher HeroldSergeant Bourgogne - with Napoleon's Imperial Guard in the Ru... by Adrien Bourgogne
Best books about Napoleon
45 books — 30 voters

Homosexuality and Civilization by Louis CromptonForbidden Friendships by Michael RockeThe Missing Myth by Gilles HerradaStrangers by Graham RobbThe Seduction of the Mediterranean by Robert Aldrich
LGBTQ History
505 books — 140 voters