Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Maureen (20 Lists)



The Bread Baker's Apprentice by Peter ReinhartFlour Water Salt Yeast by Ken ForkishThe River Cottage Bread Handbook by Daniel StevensTartine Bread by Chad Robertson
Best Breadmaking Books Ever
139 books — 62 voters
Bread Baker's Apprentice by Peter ReinhartTartine Bread by Chad RobertsonFlour Water Salt Yeast by Ken ForkishThe River Cottage Bread Handbook by Daniel StevensThe Tassajara Bread Book by Edward Espe Brown
Breaducation
207 books — 11 voters

Tartine Bread by Chad RobertsonFlour Water Salt Yeast by Ken ForkishThe River Cottage Bread Handbook by Daniel StevensThe Tassajara Bread Book by Edward Espe Brown
BREAD--Stars That Rise & Shine
144 books — 27 voters
Boundless by Jillian TamakiOne More Year by Simon HanselmannRoughneck by Jeff LemireOutcast, Vol. 4 by Robert Kirkman
Great Graphic Novels (released in) 2017
349 books — 137 voters

A Little Life by Hanya YanagiharaBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesDead Wake by Erik LarsonMy Life on the Road by Gloria SteinemMissoula by Jon Krakauer
Amazon's 2015 Best Books of the Year: The Top 100
100 books — 113 voters
The Fade Out, Vol. 1 by Ed BrubakerSaga, Volume 5 by Brian K. VaughanVelvet, Vol. 2 by Ed BrubakerMarch by John LewisHere by Richard McGuire
Best Graphic Novels 2015
147 books — 363 voters

The Fade Out, Vol. 1 by Ed BrubakerDisplacement by Lucy KnisleySunny, Vol. 5 by Taiyo MatsumotoMarch by John LewisSaint Cole by Noah Van Sciver
Great Graphic Novels (released in) 2015
124 books — 68 voters
How Music Works by David ByrneTouching from a Distance by Deborah CurtisTemperature's Rising by Mike McGonigalOut of the Vinyl Deeps by Ellen WillisHeroes of Blues, Jazz, and Country by Robert Crumb
Best Non Fiction About Music
1,440 books — 1,343 voters

Native Son by Richard WrightBlood Meridian, or the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthyAnagrams by Lorrie MooreIn Cold Blood by Truman Capote
The ACTUAL 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century
218 books — 319 voters
Jimmy Corrigan by Chris WareThe Complete Maus by Art SpiegelmanGhost World by Daniel ClowesFun Home by Alison BechdelAmerican Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang
Required Reading Graphic Novels
1,173 books — 2,012 voters

Big Questions by Anders NilsenBlack Hole by Charles BurnsHabibi by Craig ThompsonAsterios Polyp by David MazzucchelliGhost World by Daniel Clowes
Flavorwire's Disturbingly Brilliant Graphic Novels
69 books — 54 voters
NW by Zadie SmithThe Casual Vacancy by J.K. RowlingBoth Flesh and Not by David Foster WallaceBuilding Stories by Chris WareDear Life by Alice Munro
flavorwire most anticipated books of fall 2012
15 books — 144 voters

The Complete Maus by Art SpiegelmanAmerican Born Chinese by Gene Luen YangThe Arrival by Shaun TanBlankets by Craig ThompsonAsterios Polyp by David Mazzucchelli
Eisner Award Winners
128 books — 98 voters
In Cold Blood by Truman CapoteHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,192 books — 11,292 voters

Tree of Codes by Jonathan Safran FoerCloud Atlas by David MitchellHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiNox by Anne CarsonExtremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
Books with Innovative Book Design / Structure
304 books — 549 voters
Uncommon Places by Stephen ShoreAnnie Leibovitz at Work by Annie LeibovitzWilliam Eggleston's Guide by William EgglestonThe Americans by Robert FrankOn Photography by Susan Sontag
Exceptional Photography Books*
561 books — 196 voters

Ghost World by Daniel ClowesFun Home by Alison BechdelBlankets by Craig ThompsonAmerican Born Chinese by Gene Luen YangIce Haven by Daniel Clowes
500 Essential Graphic Novels
939 books — 863 voters
I Am Maru by MugumoguThe Cat in the Hat by Dr. SeussCats are Weird and More Observations by Jeffrey BrownThe New Yorker Book of Cat Cartoons by The New YorkerCat Getting Out of a Bag and Other Observations by Jeffrey Brown
Great Cat Books
1,577 books — 949 voters

In Cold Blood by Truman CapoteColumbine by Dave Cullen
Best True Crime
1,346 books — 1,887 voters
Bottomless Belly Button by Dash ShawThe Complete Maus by Art SpiegelmanGhost World by Daniel ClowesFun Home by Alison BechdelCity of Glass by Paul Karasik
Best Graphic Novels
3,451 books — 6,767 voters