Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Jack (5 Lists)



Catch-22 by Joseph HellerThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraDead Souls by Nikolai GogolAs You Like It by William Shakespeare
Humerous Classic Literature
13 books — 3 voters
Embassytown by China MiévilleShadow & Claw by Gene Wolfe
Best Outside-the-box Speculative Fiction
883 books — 486 voters

1491 by Charles C. MannThe Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha MukherjeeThe Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. ShirerPlutarch's Lives by PlutarchTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin
History as Literature
727 books — 535 voters
Dune by Frank HerbertSnow Crash by Neal StephensonA Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.Contact by Carl SaganThe Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,350 books — 24,660 voters

The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard RhodesThe Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha MukherjeeThe Histories by HerodotusGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondMoneyball by Michael Lewis
Thought-Provoking Non-Fiction Books Recommended by Readers
230 books — 54 voters