Big Books of 2026

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The Life and Death of Anne Boleyn by Eric IvesThe Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa GregoryThe Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison WeirThe Lady in the Tower by Alison WeirThe Wives of Henry VIII by Antonia Fraser
Best Books about Anne Boleyn
87 books — 185 voters
30 Years Behind Bars by Karen GedneyPapillon by Henri CharrièreJust Mercy by Bryan StevensonA Tree with My Name on It by Victress HitchcockFreeman's Challenge by Robin Bernstein
Prison Stories Non-Fiction
131 books — 34 voters

#SayHerName by Kimberlé CrenshawThe Gaol the Story of Newgate London's Most Notorious Prison by Kelly GrovierFreeman's Challenge by Robin BernsteinAbolition For The People by Colin KaepernickIn Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Crime and Punishment: Vicissitude and Vagaries
126 books — 24 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeFirst They Killed My Father by Loung UngMagic Slays by Ilona AndrewsMurder on the Orient Express by Agatha ChristieMy Killer Vacation by Tessa Bailey
Murder Titles
472 books — 22 voters

Macbeth by William ShakespeareOedipus Rex by SophoclesAgamemnon by AeschylusThe Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. ShirerJulius Caesar by William Shakespeare
How The Mighty Have Fallen
58 books — 18 voters
A Rose for Her Grave and Other True Cases by Ann RuleThe Complete History of Jack the Ripper by Philip SugdenThe Serial Killer Files by Harold SchechterEvery Man Dies Alone by Hans FalladaThe Encyclopaedia of Executions by John J. Eddleston
Executed Today
80 books — 12 voters

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes by Caitlin Doughty21 Delightful Ways of Committing Suicide by Jean BrullerStiff by Mary Roach13 Elegant Ways to Commit Suicide by Harold MeyersThe Death Dealer's Manual by Bradley J. Steiner
I Like To Die
139 books — 6 voters
Death of Innocence by Mamie Till-MobleyA Few Days Full of Trouble by Wheeler Parker Jr.Without Sanctuary by James AllenOn Lynchings by Ida B. Wells-BarnettAt the Hands of Persons Unknown by Philip Dray
Lynching in History
56 books — 3 voters

Doctor Who by Ian MarterCitizen Vampire by Les DanielsShadow of the Guillotine by S.C. GeorgeRoscoe's Leap by Gillian CrossThe Many Lives of Heloise Starchild by John Ironmonger
Guillotine Covers
8 books — 2 voters

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