Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Keith Wheeles (11 Lists)



A People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnJust Mercy by Bryan StevensonListen, Liberal by Thomas Frank
Best Progressive Reads
1,057 books — 710 voters
Number Go Up by Zeke FauxPoverty, by America by Matthew Desmond
Nonfiction Published in Year: 2023
1,340 books — 143 voters

Nuclear War by Annie Jacobsen
Nonfiction Published in Year: 2024
869 books — 131 voters
Jesus Wept by Philip Shenon
Nonfiction Published in Year: 2025
1,651 books — 190 voters

Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden KeefeHow to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. KendiMaybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori GottliebThe Deficit Myth by Stephanie Kelton
Non-Fiction Published in Decade: 2020s
692 books — 126 voters
Go Ask Alice by Beatrice Sparks
Substance Abuse & Addiction
716 books — 1,316 voters

American Dirt by Jeanine CumminsHamnet by Maggie O'FarrellShuggie Bain by Douglas StuartCarrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Best Books of the Decade: 2020's
2,924 books — 5,463 voters
Five Days by Wes Moore
Baltimore (nonfiction)
34 books — 9 voters

Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,847 books — 22,040 voters
Red Notice by Bill Browder
Corruption, Plutocracy, Oligarchy, Kleptocracy, Corporatocracy — The Problem (nonfiction)
711 books — 175 voters

Kitchen Confidential by Anthony BourdainHeat by Bill BufordThe Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
Great Books about Food
477 books — 162 voters