Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by James Murphy (24 Lists)



Difficult Conversations by Douglas Stone
50 Psychology Classics
54 books — 25 voters
Difficult Conversations by Douglas Stone
Communication Skills
23 books — 51 voters

Vampire by Mark Rein-HagenFiasco by Jason MorningstarGURPS Basic Set by Steve Jackson
Roleplaying Games Worth Playing
281 books — 196 voters
Exploding the Phone by Phil Lapsley
EFF's Reading List: Books of 2013
17 books — 2 voters

The Art of Intrusion by Kevin D. MitnickThe Cuckoo's Egg by Clifford StollFree Culture by Lawrence LessigSecrets and Lies by Bruce SchneierGhost in the Wires by Kevin D. Mitnick
Cyber Self Defense Reading List
73 books — 20 voters
Dune by Frank HerbertDune Messiah by Frank HerbertChildren of Dune by Frank HerbertGod Emperor of Dune by Frank HerbertHeretics of Dune by Frank Herbert
Complete Works by and related to Frank (not Brian) Herbert
45 books — 8 voters

Mad Bad Spinning Top by Richard Cheesmar
Spy Thrillers that stand apart from the rest!
182 books — 118 voters
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John le CarréThe Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum
Best Spy Novels
1,292 books — 2,253 voters

The Intellectual Devotional by David S. Kidder
Secular Daily Readings
67 books — 23 voters
In Defense of Food by Michael PollanThe Art of Happiness by Dalai Lama XIVThe Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsProust and the Squid by Maryanne WolfHow the Mind Works by Steven Pinker
Best Books To Further Your Education
221 books — 128 voters

Cosmos by Carl SaganAll the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthySiddhartha by Hermann HesseZen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. PirsigOn the Road by Jack Kerouac
Man Books
115 books — 29 voters
A Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonWalden or, Life in the Woods by Henry David ThoreauAngela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt
Memoirs by Men
1,703 books — 670 voters

The Art of War by Sun TzuFor Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest HemingwayInto Thin Air by Jon KrakauerRobinson Crusoe by Daniel DefoeInto the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Essential Man's Library
327 books — 123 voters
Shōgun by James ClavellThe Killer Angels by Michael ShaaraIf Chins Could Kill by Bruce CampbellLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryHell's Angels by Hunter S. Thompson
Real Man Books
778 books — 309 voters

A Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto MusashiHagakure by Yamamoto TsunetomoBubishi by Patrick McCarthyTao Te Ching by Lao TzuThe Swordless Samurai by Kitami Masao
Favorite reading books!
33 books — 12 voters
The Backyard Homestead by Carleen Madigan
Being "Green"
390 books — 237 voters

The Subterraneans by Jack KerouacBig Sur by Jack KerouacDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickLittle Brother by Cory Doctorowalt.punk by Lavinia Ludlow
San Francisco Bay Area Fiction
445 books — 337 voters
The New Self-Sufficient Gardener by John SeymourTom Brown's Field Guide to Wild Edible and Medicinal Plants by Tom Brown Jr.Tom Brown's Field Guide to the Forgotten Wilderness by Tom Brown Jr.Tom Brown's Field Guide to Living With the Earth by Tom Brown Jr.The Backyard Homestead by Carleen Madigan
The Best Permaculture Books Ever
124 books — 119 voters

The Wilderness Warrior by Douglas BrinkleyA Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There by Aldo LeopoldA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonWalden or, Life in the Woods by Henry David ThoreauDesert Solitaire by Edward Abbey
Best Nature Books
1,155 books — 778 voters
Scout's Outdoor Cookbook by Christine ConnersThe Complete Walker IV by Colin FletcherLipsmackin' Backpackin' by Christine Conners
Backpacking & Paddling Books
108 books — 79 voters

The Dharma Bums by Jack KerouacDesert Solitaire by Edward AbbeyWanderlust by Rebecca SolnitInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerOn the Road by Jack Kerouac
Best Books for Wanderers
63 books — 54 voters
The Prose Edda by Snorri SturlusonThe Sagas of Icelanders by Jane Smiley
Best Scandinavian and Nordic Literature
1,210 books — 1,244 voters

The Sagas of Icelanders by Jane SmileyThe Prose Edda by Snorri SturlusonThe Poetic Edda by Unknown
Top Books on Germanic Paganism
114 books — 39 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerFoucault’s Pendulum by Umberto EcoSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Stories For Book Lovers
8,343 books — 8,382 voters