Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Andy Malcolm (17 Lists)



Normal People by Sally RooneyMiracle Creek by Angie KimThe Dreamers by Karen Thompson WalkerLanny by Max Porter
Anticipated 2019 Literary Fiction
221 books — 332 voters
Miracle Creek by Angie KimThe Dreamers by Karen Thompson Walker
Best Books of 2019
1,389 books — 1,961 voters

The Devil All the Time by Donald Ray PollockThe Stories of Breece D'J Pancake by Breece D'J PancakeBurning Bright by Ron Rash
Grit Lit
105 books — 76 voters
The Devil All the Time by Donald Ray PollockThe Road by Cormac McCarthyOne Foot in Eden by Ron RashThe Cove by Ron RashLove and Other Wounds by Jordan Harper
Regional Grit Lit
120 books — 87 voters

The Dragon Republic by R.F. KuangBlack Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James
Can't Wait Science Fiction/Fantasy of 2019
594 books — 1,724 voters
The Fifth Season by N.K. JemisinBinti by Nnedi OkoraforThe Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
Hugo 2016 Eligible Works
476 books — 1,085 voters

An English Murder by Cyril HareMystery in White by J. Jefferson FarjeonSilent Nights by Martin EdwardsMurder Under the Christmas Tree by Cecily Gayford
Christmas crime novels
220 books — 68 voters
Wind, Sand and Stars by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Extreme Classics: National Geographic's 100 Greatest Adventure Books of All Time
100 books — 262 voters

Idaho by Emily RuskovichCove by Cynan Jones
Man Booker Prize Eligible 2017
178 books — 240 voters
Idaho by Emily Ruskovich
Anticipated / Best 2017 Literary Fiction
176 books — 123 voters

Moneyball by Michael LewisSummer of '49 by David HalberstamThe New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract by Bill James
Best Baseball Books
749 books — 656 voters
The Motel Life by Willy VlautinOne Foot in Eden by Ron RashThe Devil All the Time by Donald Ray PollockThe Stories of Breece D'J Pancake by Breece D'J PancakeBull Mountain by Brian Panowich
Country Noir
345 books — 310 voters

Crapalachia by Scott McClanahanMira Corpora by Jeff Jackson
Two Dollar Radio
67 books — 44 voters
One Foot in Eden by Ron RashCrapalachia by Scott McClanahanThe Cove by Ron Rash
Appalachian Fiction
268 books — 322 voters

Southern Bastards, Vol. 1 by Jason Aaron
The Best in Sequential Art: Crime Comics, Comics Noir, Historical Crime Fiction, and Spy Comics
116 books — 50 voters
Hard Rain Falling by Don Carpenter
New York Review Books - Classics
531 books — 890 voters

The Forgotten Soldier by Guy SajerStorm of Steel by Ernst Jünger
Best Non-fiction War Books
2,123 books — 2,358 voters