Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Ben (88 Lists)



Spare Parts by Paul Craddock
Science Published in Year: 2022
315 books — 53 voters
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! by Richard P. FeynmanMicrocosm by Carl Zimmer
This Week in Virology/ Parasitism Bookshelf
109 books — 21 voters

Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy KidderThe Hot Zone by Richard Preston
Public Health
202 books — 121 voters
The Wild Trees by Richard Preston
Histories of the Everyday
368 books — 336 voters

Blood River by Tim ButcherH is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald
Memoirs of Experiments
237 books — 99 voters
The Wild Trees by Richard PrestonThe Golden Spruce by John Vaillant
Best Books About Trees
158 books — 64 voters

Blind Man's Bluff by Sherry Sontag
Best Submarine Nonfiction Books
61 books — 110 voters
Master & Commander by Patrick O'Brian
Sailing Cruising
280 books — 198 voters

Sailing Alone around the World by Joshua SlocumThe Lost City of Z by David Grann
Vicarious Thrills
388 books — 418 voters
The $12 Million Stuffed Shark by Don Thompson
(Contemporary) Art
26 books — 19 voters

Among Penguins by Noah Strycker
Best Bird Books
134 books — 38 voters
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,189 books — 28,379 voters

Fate Is the Hunter by Ernest K. Gann
Aviation Books
396 books — 180 voters
Assembling California by John McPheeThe Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha MukherjeeLongitude by Dava SobelWonderful Life by Stephen Jay Gould
Wonderful Books of Science and Medicine
179 books — 83 voters

The Power Broker by Robert A. Caro
Top Urban Planning Books of All Time
115 books — 157 voters
The Perfect Storm by Sebastian JungerAnnapurna, First Conquest of an 8000-Meter Peak by Maurice HerzogDesert Solitaire by Edward AbbeyArabian Sands by Wilfred ThesigerThe Royal Road to Romance by Richard Halliburton
Extreme Classics: National Geographic's 100 Greatest Adventure Books of All Time
101 books — 263 voters

Spying on Whales by Nick PyensonBad Blood by John CarreyrouH is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald
Sciencefriday's Best Science Books
137 books — 17 voters
The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha MukherjeeGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondThe Hot Zone by Richard Preston
Science Based Medicine Recommends
131 books — 101 voters

Doomsday Book by Connie WillisThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerTo Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis
The Best Time Travel Books of All Time
817 books — 1,690 voters
Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondThe Guns of August by Barbara W. TuchmanEndurance by Alfred Lansing
Best History Books
3,702 books — 3,735 voters

The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
Books by Australian Authors
787 books — 346 voters
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Best Time-Travel Novels
710 books — 432 voters

Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
Best Books Ever
76,123 books — 282,987 voters
The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha MukherjeeThe Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes"What Do You Care What Other People Think?" by Richard P. Feynman
Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
1,837 books — 3,600 voters

Bad Blood by John Carreyrou
FT (Financial Times) McKinsey Business Book of the Year 2018 — the longlist
15 books — 36 voters
The Cartel by Don WinslowThe Power of the Dog by Don Winslow
Orbital Operations books
167 books — 26 voters

Mars Rover Curiosity by Rob Manning
Planetary science missions
27 books — 6 voters
Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondBorn to Run by Christopher McDougallEndurance by Alfred LansingThe Hot Zone by Richard PrestonThe Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,227 books — 8,061 voters

Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondLongitude by Dava SobelWonderful Life by Stephen Jay GouldFermat's Last Theorem by Simon Singh
Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize
128 books — 72 voters
Poor Economics by Abhijit V. BanerjeeThe Idealist by Nina Munk
International Development Book Club
119 books — 78 voters


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