Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Idontknow (17 Lists)



Player's Handbook by Wizards of the CoastMonster Manual by Wizards of the CoastDungeon Master's Guide by Wizards of the CoastXanathar's Guide to Everything by Wizards of the CoastVolo's Guide to Monsters by Wizards of the Coast
Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition
48 books — 45 voters
Siddhartha by Hermann HessePeace Is Every Step by Thich Nhat HanhThe Heart of the Buddha's Teaching by Thich Nhat HanhThe Dhammapada by AnonymousTao Te Ching by Lao Tzu
A Buddhist Reading List
906 books — 1,180 voters

A Guide to the Good Life by William B. IrvineMeditations by Marcus AureliusLetters from a Stoic by SenecaThe Art of Living by EpictetusThe Obstacle Is the Way by Ryan Holiday
Popular Books on Stoicism
57 books — 180 voters
The Dark Elf Trilogy Collector's Edition by R.A. SalvatoreThe Sword of Shannara Trilogy by Terry BrooksThe Neverending Story by Michael EndeThe Once and Future King by T.H. WhiteThe Odyssey by Homer
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,208 books — 25,724 voters

Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
Best Horizon Expanding Books
923 books — 553 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Jobs, Career, Vocation
667 books — 56 voters

Plutarch's Lives by PlutarchTwelfth Night by William ShakespeareHistory of the Peloponnesian War by ThucydidesMacbeth by William Shakespeare
Roosevelt's Recommended Reading
119 books — 12 voters
Plutarch's Lives by PlutarchPlutarch's Lives by PlutarchThe Histories by HerodotusHistory of the Peloponnesian War by ThucydidesThe History of Egypt, Chaldæa, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria,... by Gaston Maspero
AOM - The Libraries of Famous Men: Theodore Roosevelt - Part 1
100 books — 3 voters

Treasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonPeter Pan by J.M. BarrieThe Princess Bride by William Goldman
Pirates!
654 books — 783 voters
The Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussThe Wise Man's Fear by Patrick RothfussA Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinAmerican Gods by Neil Gaiman
Contemporary Fantasy for Guys
724 books — 625 voters

Dune by Frank HerbertThe Shadow over Innsmouth by H.P. LovecraftAmerican Gods by Neil Gaiman
/tg/ approved reading list
150 books — 16 voters
Infinite Jest by David Foster WallaceUlysses by James JoyceMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraGravity’s Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon
Rabelais' Codpiece
135 books — 143 voters

1984 by George OrwellThe Divine Comedy by Dante AlighieriParadise Lost by John MiltonInfinite Jest by David Foster WallaceDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,606 books — 13,136 voters
The Communist Manifesto by Karl MarxWhat Is Property? by Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
Socialist Classics
420 books — 326 voters

The Once and Future King by T.H. White
Best Arthurian Fiction
476 books — 1,442 voters
The Trial and Death of Socrates by PlatoAt the Feet of the Master by J. KrishnamurtiThe Myth of Sisyphus by Albert CamusThe Bhagavad Gita by Krishna-Dwaipayana VyasaTao Te Ching by Lao Tzu
Books Osho has Loved
154 books — 16 voters

The Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussAnathem by Neal StephensonThe Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,351 books — 24,668 voters