Big Books of 2026

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



The Winter of Frankie Machine by Don Winslow
Best Books Ever
76,166 books — 283,152 voters
Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. HeinleinTime and Again by Jack FinneyThe Disappearing Spoon by Sam KeanThe Forever War by Joe HaldemanStarship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein
Sci-Fi, History, Science
140 books — 16 voters

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger11/22/63 by Stephen KingSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Doomsday Book by Connie WillisReplay by Ken Grimwood
Best Time Travel Fiction
1,957 books — 5,244 voters
The Shepherd's Life by James Rebanks
Biographies of Ordinary People
144 books — 120 voters

In Cold Blood by Truman CapoteHelter Skelter by Vincent BugliosiMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John BerendtThe Professor and the Madman by Simon WinchesterColumbine by Dave Cullen
Best True Crime History Books (nonfiction)
366 books — 237 voters
1984 by George OrwellA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnThe Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer
The Post-Trump Big Questions Canon
524 books — 276 voters

At Home by Bill Bryson
Social History Books - All About People & Society
772 books — 215 voters
The Disappearing Spoon by Sam Kean
Histories of the Everyday
368 books — 336 voters

Zealot by Reza AslanMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
Best Horizon Expanding Books
923 books — 553 voters
A People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnCryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson
Underground Knowledge (fiction and nonfiction)
1,348 books — 637 voters

Lush Life by Richard Price
Tales of New York City
1,509 books — 1,219 voters
Blue Blood by Conlon, Edward (2004) Paperback by Edward ConlonBerlin Diary by William L. Shirer
Good Memoirs and Autobiographies with 1,000 to 10,000 Ratings
105 books — 5 voters

Lamb by Christopher MooreMe Talk Pretty One Day by David SedarisA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonThe Complete Calvin and Hobbes by Bill WattersonDress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris
Best Humorous Books
4,328 books — 7,892 voters
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryTrue Grit by Charles PortisThe Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Best Westerns
1,376 books — 1,501 voters

The Hot Zone by Richard PrestonAt Home by Bill BrysonThe Professor and the Madman by Simon WinchesterBand of Brothers by Stephen E. AmbroseThe Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg
Interesting and Readable Nonfiction
4,046 books — 2,043 voters
A Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonWild by Cheryl StrayedKitchen Confidential by Anthony BourdainMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
Best Memoirs/Autobiography/Travel
1,306 books — 911 voters

Stumbling Thru by A. Digger StolzLamb by Christopher Moore
Best Traveling Vicariously
2,122 books — 1,849 voters
Green River, Running Red by Ann RuleFatal Vision by Joe McGinnissColumbine by Dave CullenHelter Skelter by Vincent BugliosiIn Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Best True Crime
1,329 books — 1,886 voters

The New Centurions by Joseph Wambaugh
Best Police Procedurals - Mystery Fiction
1,076 books — 822 voters
The New Centurions by Joseph Wambaugh
Best Crime and Police Novels Ever Written (fiction)
38 books — 32 voters