Big Books of 2026

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The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty SmithBreakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories by Truman CapoteExtremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
Tales of New York City
1,509 books — 1,219 voters
The Big Sleep by Raymond ChandlerLess Than Zero by Bret Easton EllisWhite Oleander by Janet FitchThe Day of the Locust by Nathanael WestThe Black Dahlia by James Ellroy
Los Angeles (fiction and nonfiction)
322 books — 289 voters

Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskeyMystic River by Dennis LehaneThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodJohnny Tremain by Esther Forbes1776 by David McCullough
Boston Books
332 books — 274 voters
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldGhost Tamer by Meredith R. LyonsA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
City Life
315 books — 184 voters

The Paris Apartment by Lucy FoleyA Gentleman in Moscow by Amor TowlesMalibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins ReidThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferNext Year in Havana by Chanel Cleeton
52 Book Club 2023: #7 A City Or Country Name In The Title
821 books — 140 voters
The Merchant of Venice by William ShakespeareNotre-Dame de Paris by Victor HugoThe Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey ChaucerDubliners by James JoyceA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
Cities
1,585 books — 135 voters

Cocaine Blues by Kerry GreenwoodThe Slap by Christos TsiolkasThe Rosie Project by Graeme SimsionShantaram by Gregory David RobertsEarthly Delights by Kerry Greenwood
Books About Melbourne and Victoria
324 books — 109 voters
The Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonSin in the Second City by Karen AbbottThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerThe Jungle by Upton SinclairThe House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
Chicago in history and fiction (fiction and nonfiction)
255 books — 82 voters

Detroit by Charlie LeDuffMiddlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesDetroit by Dan GeorgakasDetroit City Is the Place to Be by Mark BinelliOnce In A Great City by David Maraniss
Detroit (fiction and nonfiction)
165 books — 69 voters
The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrauThe Silver Chair by C.S. LewisTwenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules VerneNeverwhere by Neil GaimanThe Tombs of Atuan by Ursula K. Le Guin
Underground Cities
253 books — 53 voters

The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs by Steve BrusatteI'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamaraFascism by Madeleine K. AlbrightEnlightenment Now by Steven PinkerChildren of Nazis by Tania Crasnianski
Historical Nonfiction 2018
217 books — 51 voters
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónIn the Company of the Courtesan by Sarah DunantThe Vatican Conspiracy by Peter HogenkampThe Merchant of Venice by William ShakespeareSacred Hearts by Sarah Dunant
Historical Cities of Southern Europe
130 books — 44 voters

The Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonFor the Thrill of It by Simon BaatzThe Girls of Murder City by Douglas PerrySin in the Second City by Karen AbbottUgly Prey by Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, PhD
Chicago Crime (nonfiction)
90 books — 40 voters
The Age of Innocence by Edith WhartonThe House of Mirth by Edith WhartonThe Gilded Hour by Sara DonatiThe Gilded Age by Mark TwainA Well-Behaved Woman by Therese Anne Fowler
Gilded Age New York (fiction and nonfiction)
120 books — 39 voters

Hollywood Babylon by Kenneth AngerElvis and Me by Priscilla Beaulieu PresleyThe Princess Diarist by Carrie FisherWishful Drinking by Carrie FisherAll About All About Eve by Sam Staggs
Hooray for Hollywood (non-fiction)
232 books — 38 voters
Set the Night on Fire by Mike DavisA Place at the Nayarit by Natalia MolinaThe Library Book by Susan OrleanWater to the Angels by Les StandifordCity of Quartz by Mike Davis
Los Angeles (nonfiction)
113 books — 38 voters

The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund MorrisThe Island at the Center of the World by Russell ShortoMornings on Horseback by David McCulloughThe Power Broker by Robert A. CaroGotham by Edwin G. Burrows
New York State History (nonfiction)
204 books — 35 voters
Unseen City by Nathanael JohnsonThe Urban Bestiary by Lyanda Lynn HauptLook Up! by Annette LeBlanc CateDarwin Comes to Town by Menno SchilthuizenWild Urban Plants of the Northeast by Peter del Tredici
Nature in the Suburban and Urban Environment
295 books — 34 voters

Big Freedia by Big FreediaI Love My Doctor, But... by Lawrence W. GoldSexuality and Its Impact on History by Hunter S. JonesCreole by Sybil KeinBlack Life in Old New Orleans by Victor Block
New Orleans (nonfiction)
94 books — 32 voters
Set the Night on Fire by Mike DavisThe Color of Law by Richard RothsteinConspiracy in the Streets by Jon WienerDetroit by Charlie LeDuffThe Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
Histories of United States Cities I (nonfiction)
276 books — 32 voters

Season of the Witch by David TalbotThe Bohemians by Ben TarnoffSan Francisco's Forgotten Cemeteries by Beth WinegarnerThe Barbary Coast by Herbert AsburyBART by Michael C. Healy
San Francisco History
186 books — 29 voters
Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la PeñaKnuffle Bunny by Mo WillemsTar Beach by Faith RinggoldMake Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskeyFlower Garden by Eve Bunting
Picture Books for Urban Kids
355 books — 25 voters

The Hockey Sweater by Roch CarrierGuests of War Trilogy by Kit PearsonWhispers of War by Kit PearsonLucy Maud and Me by Mary Frances CoadyToronto Street Names by Leonard Wise
Toronto for Kids
88 books — 23 voters
Upstairs at the White House by J.B. WestThe Residence by Kate Andersen BrowerSpeaking for Myself by Sarah Huckabee SandersAll the Presidents' Pastries by Roland MesnierInside the White House by Ronald Kessler
The Executive Mansion: Life and Work Inside the White House (nonfiction)
88 books — 23 voters

The Year of Ice by Brian MalloyWar for the Oaks by Emma BullWhen the House Burns by Priscilla PatonThe St. Paul Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Days of Rondo by Evelyn Fairbanks
Twin Cities Tales
38 books — 17 voters
A Winter's Promise by Christelle DabosCastle in the Air by Diana Wynne JonesStrange the Dreamer by Laini TaylorLaputa by Hayao MiyazakiThe Floating Islands by Rachel Neumeier
Castles/Cities/Islands in the Sky
127 books — 16 voters

You Were Never in Chicago by Neil SteinbergBefore I Forget by Burton RascoeLiliana by Neva Squires-RodriguezSouth Side Girls by Marcia ChatelainThe Zoo by Stephen Black
Books about Chicago (fiction and nonfiction)
16 books — 13 voters
Cabbie with a Dangerous Mind by Karl WigginsTake Me with You by Brad NewshamHack by Melissa PlautWhite Boy in Watts by Karl WigginsConfessions of a New York Taxi Driver by Eugene Salomon
Cab Driver and Taxi Books
111 books — 10 voters

Trust by Hernan DiazDas bessere Leben by Ulrich PeltzerFury by Salman RushdieThe Thousandth Floor by Katharine McGeeSearching for Grace Kelly by M.G. Callahan
Skyscraper on Cover
26 books — 9 voters
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty SmithA Year in Provence by Peter MayleThe Merchant of Venice by William ShakespeareThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferSeven Years in Tibet by Heinrich Harrer
Books with a Location in the Title: Villages, Towns, Cities, Countries
298 books — 9 voters

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