Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Eric Castro (11 Lists)



The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Big Sleep by Raymond ChandlerThe Maltese Falcon by Dashiell HammettA Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,306 books — 15,547 voters
Grit by Angela DuckworthBeware Dangerism! by Gever TulleyThe Art of Manliness by Brett McKay
Skills Every Adult Needs
19 books — 10 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Best Books Ever
76,082 books — 282,684 voters
The Eternal Mercenary by Barry SadlerWar Against the Mafia by Don PendletonLongarm by Tabor Evans
Men's Adventure
46 books — 29 voters

Sahara by Clive CusslerThe Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum
Best Action-Adventure Novels
2,521 books — 2,707 voters
World War Z by Max Brooks
Zombies!
1,664 books — 4,319 voters

Eaters of the Dead by Michael CrichtonThe Sea Wolf by Jack LondonThe Long Walk by Slavomir RawiczRobinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
Tales of Adventure
513 books — 474 voters
The Bourne Identity by Robert LudlumThe Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth
Best Spy Novels
1,292 books — 2,252 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeFreakonomics by Steven D. LevittA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnThis I Believe by Jay AllisonThe House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
Best Books to Teach in high school
297 books — 336 voters
A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn1491 by Charles C. Mann
Best History Books
3,700 books — 3,732 voters

The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoA Conspiracy of Paper by David Liss
Best Historical Mystery
2,070 books — 4,532 voters