Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Kurt Keefner (33 Lists)



Tonic and Balm by Stephanie Allen
Circus/Carnival Books
700 books — 1,081 voters
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
School Murder Mysteries
131 books — 87 voters

Atlas Shrugged by Ayn RandStone's Fall by Iain PearsNorth and South by Elizabeth GaskellShirley by Charlotte BrontëExecutive suite by Cameron Hawley
Novels about Business People
74 books — 25 voters
The American Ambassador by Ward Just
Best Books of 1987
375 books — 186 voters

A Place between Stations by Stephanie Allen
Best African American Books
1,043 books — 1,138 voters
The Secret History by Donna TarttThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerSpecial Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha PesslThe Lake of Dead Languages by Carol GoodmanThe Rule of Four by Ian Caldwell
Ivy League & Private School Preoccupations
133 books — 196 voters

Out of This Furnace by Thomas BellAtlas Shrugged by Ayn RandThe Valley Of Decision by Marcia DavenportThe Cinder Buggy by Garet GarrettCarlo Valsecchi by Marco Meneguzzo; Javier Bar...
Books about the Steel Industry
18 books — 4 voters
The Chaneysville Incident by David Bradley
Books that should get more attention
2,493 books — 1,766 voters

The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Favorite Novels About Professors or Academics
498 books — 606 voters
Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Best Gothic Books of All Time
585 books — 3,500 voters

Charles Jessold, Considered as a Murderer by Wesley Stace
Books with Unreliable Narrators
501 books — 489 voters
Parrot and Olivier in America by Peter CareyHuman Traces by Sebastian FaulksCharles Jessold, Considered as a Murderer by Wesley StaceThe Fountainhead by Ayn RandThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Male Friendship (please, no fantasy)
106 books — 38 voters

The Chaneysville Incident by David BradleyNorth and South by Elizabeth GaskellSteppenwolf by Hermann Hesse
Dialectical Novels
5 books — 3 voters
The Chaneysville Incident by David BradleyTestimony of Two Men by Taylor CaldwellNorth and South by Elizabeth GaskellHamlet by William ShakespeareAugustus by Allan Massie
Flawed But Magnificent Heroes
10 books — 4 voters

North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
Heroes of Capitalism
34 books — 24 voters
The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje
SCARS ARE SEXY- Books with imperfect/disfigured/disabled heroes
1,938 books — 2,496 voters

The Fountainhead by Ayn RandAtlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
Read the book and skip the movie
92 books — 63 voters
North and South by Elizabeth GaskellShirley by Charlotte Brontë
Garment and Textile
229 books — 72 voters

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Literary Romanticism
102 books — 59 voters
The Declaration of Independence / The Constitution of the Uni... by Founding FathersThe Federalist Papers by Alexander HamiltonU.S. Constitution (Saddlewire) by Founding Fathers1984 by George OrwellDemocracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville
Best Books For Freedom Lovers
805 books — 489 voters

Testimony of Two Men by Taylor CaldwellThe Valley Of Decision by Marcia Davenport
Book Titles Based on Lines from the Bible
227 books — 62 voters
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn RandCapitalism by Ayn RandThe Virtue of Selfishness by Ayn Rand
Books Every Businessperson Should Read
497 books — 460 voters

The Rector of Justin by Louis AuchinclossThe Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea by Yukio MishimaThe Coffee Trader by David Liss
Jobs, Career, Vocation
667 books — 56 voters
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn RandNorth and South by Elizabeth GaskellIndustrial Valley by Ruth McKenneySometimes a Great Notion by Ken KeseyShirley by Charlotte Brontë
Books about Strikes
96 books — 43 voters

Anthem by Ayn Rand
Best Libertarian Books
385 books — 288 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeRomeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyAnthem by Ayn Rand
Books Every High School Student Should Read
198 books — 157 voters

Charles Jessold, Considered as a Murderer by Wesley Stace
Classical Music themes in Literature
168 books — 114 voters
Charles Jessold, Considered as a Murderer by Wesley StaceAn Equal Music by Vikram SethVoice of Force by G. Roger DensonThe Soloist by Mark SalzmanDoktor Faustus by Thomas Mann
Characters who are Musicians
93 books — 35 voters

North and South by Elizabeth GaskellA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Best Books of the Decade: 1850s
223 books — 301 voters
Helmet for My Pillow by Robert LeckieWith the Old Breed by Eugene B. Sledge
WWII Buff
20 books — 14 voters


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