Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Judy (22 Lists)



Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
Read Them Twice...At Least
13,945 books — 11,477 voters
Junkyard Planet by Adam MinterCradle to Cradle by William McDonoughHot, Flat, and Crowded by Thomas L. FriedmanGarbology by Edward Humes
Best Environmental Books
1,075 books — 1,203 voters

Nickel and Dimed by Barbara EhrenreichMountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder
Global Citizenship: Poverty and Wealth, Want and Waste
67 books — 19 voters
The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson
Books on North Korea
137 books — 511 voters

Midnight in Peking by Paul French
Books set in BEIJING
48 books — 14 voters
The Looming Tower by Lawrence WrightThe Post-American World by Fareed ZakariaDescent into Chaos by Ahmed Rashid
American Foreign Policy
462 books — 273 voters

Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar NafisiThe Gaze of the Gazelle by Arash Hejazi
Best Middle East Fiction
433 books — 473 voters
The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
Microhistory: Social Histories of Just One Thing
1,830 books — 2,220 voters

The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
Best Southern Literature
1,344 books — 2,573 voters
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver SacksThinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
Best Cognitive Science Books
408 books — 492 voters

The Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinBattle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPhersonThe Great Bridge by David McCulloughThe Johnstown Flood by David McCullough
Best Books About Nineteenth Century History
647 books — 281 voters
The Social Transformation of American Medicine by Paul StarrCritical by Tom Daschle
Understanding Health Policy and Economics
49 books — 38 voters

Little Women by Louisa May AlcottThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankNancy Drew by Carolyn KeeneHow the Grinch Stole Christmas! by Dr. SeussJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Favorite books from my childhood
4,427 books — 7,435 voters
The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane JacobsThe American City by Alexander Garvin
Top Urban Planning Books of All Time
115 books — 158 voters

Founding Brothers by Joseph J. EllisJohn Adams by David McCulloughTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinTruman by David McCulloughBattle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPherson
Best American History Books
2,138 books — 2,505 voters
The Big Short by Michael LewisToo Big to Fail by Andrew Ross SorkinLiar's Poker by Michael LewisBoomerang by Michael LewisThis Time Is Different by Carmen M. Reinhart
Understanding the Financial Crisis 2008
164 books — 250 voters

Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinThe Conscience of a Liberal by Paul KrugmanThe World Is Flat by Thomas L. FriedmanNickel and Dimed by Barbara EhrenreichConfessions of an Economic Hit Man by John Perkins
Best Books to Become an Informed Voter
941 books — 1,097 voters
The Widow of the South by Robert HicksBattle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPherson
Best American Civil War Books
1,007 books — 985 voters

People of the Book by Geraldine BrooksInés of My Soul by Isabel Allende
Best Historical Fiction
7,440 books — 25,629 voters
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoSnow Falling on Cedars by David GutersonThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,318 books — 15,664 voters

Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi AliReading Lolita in Tehran by Azar NafisiFrom Beirut to Jerusalem by Thomas L. FriedmanThe Looming Tower by Lawrence Wright
Best Middle East Nonfiction
534 books — 373 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankMan's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. FranklBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,760 books — 120,827 voters