Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by KSVelArc (56 Lists)



So Far from the Bamboo Grove by Yoko Kawashima WatkinsNothing to Envy by Barbara DemickThe Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson
Korean literature in English (fiction and nonfiction)
295 books — 218 voters
The Origin of Species by Charles DarwinThe Republic by Plato1984 by George OrwellThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankAnimal Farm by George Orwell
The Most Influential Books
1,461 books — 5,286 voters

So Far from the Bamboo Grove by Yoko Kawashima Watkins
Historical Fiction - Korea
51 books — 47 voters
Principles of Population Genetics by Daniel L. HartlWho We Are and How We Got Here by David ReichNeanderthal Man by Svante PääboA Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived by Adam Rutherford
Human Population Genetics
68 books — 16 voters

Neanderthal Man by Svante PääboThe Neanderthals Rediscovered by Dimitra PapagianniLucy by Donald C. JohansonLone Survivors by Chris StringerThe Humans Who Went Extinct by Clive Finlayson
Neanderthals and Other Nonhuman Hominids
130 books — 56 voters
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha MukherjeeThe Cancer Chronicles by George JohnsonGenes and the Biology of Cancer by Harold VarmusThe Biology of Cancer by Robert A. Weinberg
Cancer Research and Biology
26 books — 22 voters

Neuromancer by William GibsonThe Martian Chronicles by Ray BradburyI, Robot by Isaac Asimov1984 by George OrwellCat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best Social Science Fiction
519 books — 333 voters
The Origin of Species by Charles DarwinThe Voyage of the Beagle by Charles DarwinWhy Evolution Is True by Jerry A. CoyneVALIS by Philip K. DickUbik by Philip K. Dick
Dealbreaker Dealbreakers: If you dealbreak this book, we won't get along
461 books — 216 voters

The Stranger by Albert CamusAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaChronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel García MárquezDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
World's Greatest Novellas
714 books — 1,446 voters
The Trial by Franz KafkaThe Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
The best of Franz Kafka
22 books — 64 voters

VALIS by Philip K. DickUbik by Philip K. DickThe Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch by Philip K. DickThe Man in the High Castle by Philip K. DickDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
Philosophical Science Fiction
428 books — 398 voters
The Stranger by Albert Camus1984 by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Best Philosophical Literature
1,170 books — 2,728 voters

The Republic by PlatoThus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich NietzscheThe Stranger by Albert CamusCandide by VoltaireAn Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding by David Hume
Best World Philosophy Book
953 books — 1,419 voters
The Martian Chronicles by Ray BradburyThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsFoundation by Isaac Asimov
Alien Planets
305 books — 87 voters

The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
100 Science Fiction and Fantasy Books set on or about Mars
215 books — 345 voters
Circadian Physiology by Roberto RefinettiCircadian Oscillator by Jesse RussellCellular and Molecular Bases of Biological Clocks by Leland N. Edmunds Jr.Endocrine Rhythms by Eve Van CauterCircadian Clocks by Achim Kramer
Circadian Rhythm
24 books — 2 voters

Neuromancer by William GibsonUnWholly by Neal ShustermanUnwind by Neal ShustermanUnSouled by Neal ShustermanFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
The Biopunk Collection
82 books — 57 voters
Why Evolution Is True by Jerry A. Coyne
Best Books To Frame Thinking
1,295 books — 1,425 voters

VALIS by Philip K. DickUbik by Philip K. DickThe Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch by Philip K. DickUnwind by Neal ShustermanThe Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
Best Science Fiction
3,675 books — 7,011 voters
VALIS by Philip K. DickThe Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch by Philip K. DickCat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
SF Masterworks
203 books — 724 voters

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsAlice in Wonderland by Jane CarruthThrough the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll
Bizarre and/or Hilarious
94 books — 137 voters
Der Sandmann by E.T.A. Hoffmann
Best Short Books
41 books — 63 voters

I, Robot by Isaac AsimovNine Tomorrows by Isaac Asimov
Best Asimov Books
88 books — 124 voters
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickI, Robot by Isaac Asimov
Robots, Androids, Gynoids, Cyborgs
354 books — 261 voters

UnWholly by Neal ShustermanUnwind by Neal ShustermanCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
YA Dystopia Novels
1,899 books — 11,274 voters
Why Evolution Is True by Jerry A. CoyneThe Ancestor's Tale by Richard DawkinsThe Greatest Show on Earth by Richard DawkinsThe Magic of Reality by Richard DawkinsDarwin's Notebook by Jonathan Clements
How To Help a Christian 'Out'
94 books — 52 voters

The Ancestor's Tale by Richard DawkinsTrilobite by Richard Fortey
Learn about prehistoric life
51 books — 46 voters
Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondMan's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
Medicine and Literature
1,851 books — 2,013 voters


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