Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Barry Mann (12 Lists)



The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas HarrisSchindler’s List by Thomas KeneallyFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie FlaggThe Godfather by Mario PuzoThe Shining by Stephen King
I Only Watched the Movie!
1,222 books — 6,121 voters
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonA Brief History of Time by Stephen W. HawkingCosmos by Carl SaganGödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas R. HofstadterFreakonomics by Steven D. Levitt
Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
1,837 books — 3,600 voters

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerFrom Time to Time by Jack FinneyTime and Again by Jack FinneyThe Forever War by Joe Haldeman
The Best Time Travel Books of All Time
817 books — 1,691 voters
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerTime and Again by Jack FinneyFrom Time to Time by Jack FinneyThe Forever War by Joe HaldemanThe Little Book by Selden Edwards
Best Time Travel Fiction
1,957 books — 5,244 voters

The Blind Side by Michael LewisMen at Work by George F. WillLet Me Tell You a Story by Arnold Jacob Red AuerbachThe Ultimate Baseball Road-Trip by Josh Pahigian
Top reads for sports fans
955 books — 769 voters
Men at Work by George F. WillBaseball Between the Numbers by Baseball ProspectusIs This a Great Game, or What? by Tim KurkjianLiving on the Black by John FeinsteinBaseball by Geoffrey C. Ward
Best Baseball Books
749 books — 656 voters

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakWater for Elephants by Sara GruenMiddlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,189 books — 28,378 voters
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakWater for Elephants by Sara GruenMiddlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,832 books — 21,951 voters

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardLord of the Flies by William GoldingWater for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Best Books Ever
76,166 books — 283,142 voters
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardLord of the Flies by William GoldingTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,807 books — 49,789 voters

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerRingworld by Larry NivenThe Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,351 books — 24,668 voters
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardThe Road by Cormac McCarthyOryx and Crake by Margaret AtwoodThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Giver by Lois Lowry
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,751 books — 25,990 voters