Big Books of 2026

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We Are Legion (We Are Bob) by Dennis E. TaylorFimbulwinter by E. William BrownSuper Sales on Super Heroes by William D. ArandDungeon Born by Dakota KroutThe Land by Aleron Kong
Empire building, conquering & ruling
199 books — 269 voters
Dungeon Born by Dakota KroutAncient Ruins by Benjamin MedranoThe Slime Dungeon by Jeffrey "Falcon" LogueWe Are Legion (We Are Bob) by Dennis E. TaylorDungeon Spawned by D.R. Rosier
Protagonist is a Dungeon
66 books — 164 voters

Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne JonesClean Sweep by Ilona AndrewsSweep in Peace by Ilona AndrewsHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingPiranesi by Susanna Clarke
Sentient Houses
160 books — 67 voters
The House at Pooh Corner by A.A. MilneSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls WilderThe Cider House Rules by John IrvingBleak House by Charles Dickens
Our house in the middle of our street
344 books — 58 voters

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty SmithMy Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry by Fredrik BackmanThe Flatshare by Beth O'LearyThe Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel BarberyCoraline by Neil Gaiman
Apartment Building Fiction
189 books — 41 voters
Hold Fast by Blue BalliettA House of Tailors by Patricia Reilly GiffLucky Little Things by Janice ErlbaumThe Amersham Rubies by Rhys BowenDominicana by Angie Cruz
Building Fronts
184 books — 31 voters

The Great Good Place by Ray OldenburgTiny Victory Gardens by Acadia TuckerWhat Has Nature Ever Done for Us? by Tony JuniperDeepening Community by Paul BornThe Abundant Community by John McKnight
Best Books on Livable Communities
279 books — 26 voters
Piranesi by Susanna ClarkeHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiInvisible Cities by Italo CalvinoThe Haunting of Hill House by Shirley JacksonThe City & the City by China Miéville
Odd Architecture
117 books — 25 voters

Rosie Revere, Engineer by Andrea BeatyAda Twist, Scientist by Andrea BeatyIggy Peck, Architect by Andrea BeatyAll the World by Liz Garton ScanlonWhat To Do With a Box by Jane Yolen
Build A Better World - Summer Reading Club 2017
34 books — 21 voters
City of Bones by Cassandra ClareThe Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine ArdenAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryOutlander by Diana GabaldonThe Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë
Novels with Buildings on the Cover
458 books — 21 voters

The Not So Big House by Sarah SusankaReal Life by Jamil SoucarGet Your House Right by Marianne Cusato101 Things I Learned in Architecture School by Matthew FrederickThe Forever Home by Kevin Harris
Books for before you build or remodel your home (nonfiction)
23 books — 16 voters
Hoot by Carl HiaasenFlush by Carl HiaasenThe Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place by E.L. KonigsburgBenny the Misfit by Hila ColmanKailey by Amy Goldman Koss
Kids versus Property Developers
195 books — 15 voters

The House of Mirth by Edith WhartonRed at the Bone by Jacqueline WoodsonSize 12 Is Not Fat by Meg CabotLove on Lexington Avenue by Lauren LayneBrownstone Gothic by Elizabeth Shenkin
NYC Brownstones
83 books — 13 voters
101 Things I Learned in Architecture School by Matthew FrederickTowards a New Architecture by Le CorbusierExperiencing Architecture by Steen Eiler RasmussenA Pattern Language by Christopher W. AlexanderModernism without Rhetoric by Edited by: Helena Webster
Beginning an Architecture Library (nonfiction)
26 books — 11 voters

The Ghosts of Thorwald Place by Helen PowerRosemary’s Baby by Ira LevinAudrey Rose by Frank De FelittaOur Lady of Darkness by Fritz LeiberThe Brownstone by Ken Eulo
Apartment and skyscraper horror
43 books — 10 voters
Young at Midnight by Jennifer Ann ShoreThe Wall by Mary Roberts RinehartWalkers by Graham MastertonThe Man Who Left Well Enough by Mark McShaneDinky Hocker Shoots Smack! by M.E. Kerr
Brick Wall
86 books — 8 voters

Unseen Academicals by Terry PratchettPiranesi by Susanna ClarkeHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Starless Sea by Erin MorgensternThe Mirror of Her Dreams by Stephen R. Donaldson
Big Labyrinthine Buildings
17 books — 7 voters
Joone by Emily Kate MoonThe Village of Round and Square Houses by Ann GrifalconiThe Round House by Louise ErdrichThe Decagon House Murders by Yukito AyatsujiThe Truth About Unicorns by Bonnie Jones Reynolds
Polygon / Round Houses: Hexa-, Octa-, Decagon, etc.
36 books — 7 voters

The Tombs of Atuan by Ursula K. Le GuinThe Two Towers by J.R.R. TolkienThe Tower of the Swallow by Andrzej SapkowskiNorthanger Abbey by Jane AustenThe Girl in the Tower by Katherine Arden
Title Challenge: Types Of Buildings
192 books — 7 voters
Evolution Architectural Design Using Grasshopper by Min-Gyu SeolGeometry of Design by Kimberly ElamThe Scallop by Ian CoxDigital Sangaku, Part II by Jean ConstantWhy Old Places Matter by Thompson M. Mayes
Design Composition
33 books — 6 voters

Andrew Henry's Meadow by Doris BurnCoaster by Betsy DuffeyTony's Hard Work Day by Alan ArkinHans and Peter by Heidrun PetridesCars, Vans and Diggers by Polly Owen
Kid Builds House/Structure/Machine, Engineering & Architecture for Kids
49 books — 6 voters
From Bauhaus to Our House by Tom WolfeThe Seven Lamps of Architecture by John RuskinToward an Architecture by Le Corbusier101 Things I Learned in Architecture School by Matthew FrederickWabi Sabi by Andrew Juniper
2016 holiday gift books for builders, architects, designers
16 books — 5 voters

Ms. Bixby's Last Day by John David AndersonThe Good Neighbor by Amy Sue NathanThe Silver Bough by Lisa TuttleOur Crooked Hearts by Melissa AlbertWomen We Buried, Women We Burned by Rachel Louise Snyder
Door Covers
14 books — 3 voters
The Crystal Palace by Phyllis EisensteinThe Glass Castle by Trisha White PriebeThe Crystal City by Nancy EtchemendyThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisThe Ice Castle by Holly Anna
Glass/Ice/Crystal Palace, Castle, City, etc.
53 books — 3 voters

The Gamer, Season 1 by NOT A BOOKThe Gamer, Season 2 by NOT A BOOKThe Gamer, Season 3 by NOT A BOOKThe Gamer, Season 4 by Sangyoung SeongThe Legendary Mechanic by Qi Peijia
The LitLeague LitRPG Vault
17 books — 2 voters
The House That Sailed Away by Pat HutchinsThe Wild Little House by Eilís DillonMoominsummer Madness by Tove JanssonUp (Disney/Pixar Up) by Walt Disney CompanyThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
House Goes Walkabout - Floats away, sails away, etc. from foundations
18 books — 2 voters

Immortal Dark by Tigest GirmaBlood Slaves by Markus RedmondThe Peculiar Gift of July by Ashley ReamCarcoma by Layla MartínezHouse of Wonder by Sarah Healy
House in Hands
6 books — 2 voters
Miss Winter in the Library with a Knife by Martin EdwardsStrange Houses by UketsuInformation Desk by Robyn SchiffHelle & Death by Oskar JensenBad Foundations by Brian Allen Carr
Floor Plan Covers
5 books — 2 voters

Sink by Joseph Earl ThomasThe Silenced by Diana Rodriguez WallachThe Violent Season by Sara WaltersThe Upstairs House by Julia FineLucky Little Things by Janice Erlbaum
Isolated Building Covers
18 books — 2 voters
Terrace Story by Hilary LeichterBabbacombe's by Susan ScarlettPerfect Little World by Kevin WilsonProject Me 2.0 by Jan GangseiThe Other People by C.B. Everett
Dollhouse Covers
6 books — 1 voter

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