Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Judy (42 Lists)



The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin
System Thinking in Fiction
12 books — 2 voters
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
Rational Reminder Podcast Books
107 books — 11 voters

Saudade by Suneeta Peres da Costa
2020 Tournament of Books Short List
18 books — 45 voters
Saudade by Suneeta Peres da Costa
Transit Books
17 books — 4 voters

Classics by Mary Beard
The Oxford Very Short Introductions Series
592 books — 140 voters
The Chosen by Chaim Potok
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,807 books — 49,784 voters

The Story of the Lost Child by Elena Ferrante
Best Translated Book Award Fiction Longlist 2016
25 books — 20 voters
Claiming Ground by Laura BellIstanbul by Orhan PamukComing Into the Country by John McPheeThe Faraway Nearby by Rebecca Solnit
Biographies of Place
279 books — 52 voters

Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes by Daniel L. Everett
Books About Endangered Languages
15 books — 7 voters
The Other Einstein by Marie Benedict
Women in Science
326 books — 103 voters

The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCulloughA Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryA Town Like Alice by Nevil ShuteLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryGirl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
Around the World in 100 Books
1,316 books — 705 voters
Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking by Daniel C. Dennett
Best Cognitive Science Books
408 books — 491 voters

Animal Farm by George OrwellMan's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
Best Books To Frame Thinking
1,279 books — 1,420 voters
The Chosen by Chaim PotokMy Name Is Asher Lev by Chaim PotokDavita's Harp by Chaim PotokThe Promise by Chaim PotokIn the Beginning by Chaim Potok
Hasidism & Orthodox Judaism
258 books — 71 voters

The Sandcastle Girls by Chris BohjalianInfidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Human Rights
548 books — 234 voters
Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi AliThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Best Middle East Nonfiction
534 books — 373 voters

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniPersepolis by Marjane Satrapi
History through Novels: 1900s/2000s Middle East
129 books — 83 voters
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne FadimanShanghai Girls by Lisa SeeCutting for Stone by Abraham VergheseInfidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Immigrant Experience Literature
1,008 books — 1,447 voters

The Last of the Wine by Mary RenaultFuneral Games by Mary Renault
Historical Fiction on Greece and Rome
269 books — 266 voters
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John IrvingMayflower by Nathaniel Philbrick
New England Books
790 books — 388 voters

My Name Is Asher Lev by Chaim PotokThe Forest Lover by Susan VreelandThe Lady and the Unicorn by Tracy ChevalierBurning Bright by Tracy ChevalierGirl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
Art & Artists in Fiction
930 books — 1,105 voters
Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy ChevalierCat's Eye by Margaret Atwood
Fiction Books Involving Art
185 books — 121 voters

The Way the Crow Flies by Ann-Marie MacDonaldThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodSweetness in the Belly by Camilla GibbThe Year of the Flood by Margaret AtwoodNever Cry Wolf by Farley Mowat
Canadian Fiction
1,039 books — 605 voters
The Little House Collection by Laura Ingalls WilderOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckMy Ántonia by Willa Cather
Best Books with Rural Settings
1,137 books — 1,017 voters

Coming Into the Country by John McPhee
Best Geology Books
127 books — 70 voters
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroPrep by Curtis SittenfeldDavid Copperfield by Charles DickensOld School by Tobias Wolff
Boarding School Stories
963 books — 1,018 voters

The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
Best French Literature
872 books — 1,573 voters
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Best for Book Clubs
14,622 books — 18,456 voters

The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine HoweYear of Wonders by Geraldine BrooksThe Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry
Best Books to Make into a PBS Series
461 books — 384 voters
The God Delusion by Richard DawkinsGod Is Not Great by Christopher HitchensWhy I Am Not a Christian and Other Essays on Religion and Rel... by Bertrand RussellThe Amber Spyglass by Philip PullmanGod's Brain by Lionel Tiger
Notable Atheist Books
545 books — 940 voters


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