Big Books of 2026
Stiff by Mary RoachThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver SacksOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Medicine and Literature
199th out of 1,845 books — 2,005 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankNight by Elie WieselInto Thin Air by Jon KrakauerInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerFreakonomics by Steven D. Levitt
Must Read Non-Fiction
986th out of 5,245 books — 4,417 voters

A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondThe Disappearing Spoon by Sam KeanLongitude by Dava Sobel
History of Science
77th out of 485 books — 289 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankWalden or, Life in the Woods by Henry David ThoreauGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondSocialism Is Dead! Long Live Socialism! by Todor BombovQuantum Energetics and Spirituality Volume 1 by Kenneth Schmitt
Non-fiction - Something for Everyone
655th out of 4,091 books — 1,496 voters

A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonA Brief History of Time by Stephen W. HawkingCosmos by Carl SaganThe Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
315th out of 1,837 books — 3,600 voters
Neuromancer by William GibsonSnow Crash by Neal StephensonThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsReady Player One by Ernest Cline2001 by Arthur C. Clarke
Computers in Literature
42nd out of 241 books — 242 voters

Differential Clinical Significance of Medical Information by I.C. PapachristosPhylogenetic Trees Made Easy by Barry G. HallPractical Computing for Biologists by Steven HaddockBioinformatics and Functional Genomics by Jonathan PevsnerBeginning Perl for Bioinformatics by James Tisdall
Bioinformatics Essential Books
1st out of 11 books — 8 voters
Differential Clinical Significance of Medical Information by I.C. PapachristosRejuvenaging by Ron KaiserElectronic Health Records by Richard GarteeThe 21st Century Man by Judson BrandeisPrinciples and Practice of Public Health Surveillance by Lisa M. Lee
Health Informatics
1st out of 6 books — 6 voters

Freakonomics by Steven D. LevittGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondOutliers by Malcolm GladwellCosmos by Carl SaganA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
Best Pop Science Books
41st out of 171 books — 187 voters
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonA Brief History of Time by Stephen W. HawkingThe Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsCosmos by Carl SaganGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
Best General Science Books
127th out of 582 books — 488 voters


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