Big Books of 2026

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History of Beauty by Umberto EcoWays of Seeing by John BergerBrunelleschi's Dome by Ross KingLeonardo da Vinci by Frank ZöllnerA History of Illuminated Manuscripts by Christopher de Hamel
The World History of Art
377 books — 137 voters
The Warner Loughlin Technique by Warner LoughlinActor for Life by Connie de VeerBraiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall KimmererSmoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin DoughtyThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Nonfiction by Female Authors
362 books — 61 voters

How Not to Drown by Jaimee WristonShe Who Wins by Renée C. BauerThe Art of Seduction by Robert GreeneThe 48 Laws of Power by Robert GreeneThink and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
Femininity, Hypergamy And Leveling Up Books: Non-fiction
38 books — 51 voters
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Odyssey by HomerJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey ChaucerThe Inferno of Dante by Dante Alighieri
Waring School Books: All Time Smackdown!
50 books — 38 voters

Color by Victoria FinlayInteraction of Color by Josef AlbersThe Secret Lives of Color by Kassia St. ClairMauve by Simon GarfieldBlue by Michel Pastoureau
The History of Colors
68 books — 35 voters
Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich NietzscheThe Republic by PlatoSiddhartha by Hermann HesseThe Outsider by Albert CamusNausea by Jean-Paul Sartre
Reading List For Philosophy And Religion
146 books — 35 voters

Demography is Politics by Joanne RodriguesBody Talk by Jane M. UssherEscape from Freedom by Erich FrommGet Bail, Leave Jail by S.J. PlotkinThe Divided Self by R.D. Laing
Best Sociology Books
87 books — 33 voters
Set the Night on Fire by Mike DavisConspiracy in the Streets by Jon WienerOn Tyranny by Timothy SnyderHalf the Sky by Nicholas D. KristofNickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich
Best Political Science Nonfiction Books
42 books — 26 voters

Who Hears Here? by Guthrie P. Ramsey Jr.Mythologies by Roland BarthesThe Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State by Friedrich EngelsThe Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction by Walter BenjaminCulture and Society, 1780-1950 by Raymond Williams
Critique of cultural studies from within.
109 books — 18 voters
The Power of Myth by Joseph CampbellThe Red Tent by Anita DiamantWorld Religions by John BowkerHeart to Heart by Jan GreenbergYour Own, Sylvia by Stephanie Hemphill
Arts & Humanities for the College Bound
29 books — 10 voters

The King of Vodka by Linda HimelsteinThe Nicest Kids in Town by Matthew F. DelmontTechno-Orientalism by David S. RohGabby by Gabrielle GiffordsBoy at the Window by Lauren Melissa Ellzey
Scripps College Alum and Faculty Authors
137 books — 10 voters
The Burning God by R.F. KuangPath of the Berserker by Rick ScottYumi and the Nightmare Painter by Brandon SandersonHeaven Official's Blessing by Mò Xiāng Tóng XiùThe Emperor by Robert Reid
Books on the Myth of Attis
22 books — 6 voters

The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe... by Daniel DefoeThe World of Laura Ingalls Wilder by Marta McDowellElemental South by Dorinda G. DallmeyerWilliam Bartram, The Search for Nature's Design by Thomas HallockNature Writings by John Muir
Nature Lit — Literature & Oral Tradition, with regard to the Natural World
282 books — 6 voters
Wheelock's Latin by Frederic M. WheelockChomsky For Beginners by David CogswellText Structure by Nelly TinchevaThe Mother Tongue by Bill BrysonGoing Nucular by Geoffrey Nunberg
Linguistics
9 books — 4 voters

How to Invent Everything by Ryan NorthA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonThrive by Juan Pablo QuiñonezAngela's Arm by Roland AllnachThe Toaster Project by Thomas Thwaites
The Post-Apocalyptic Rebuilder's Library
103 books — 4 voters
How to Read a Book by Mortimer J. AdlerThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskyCynical Theories by Helen PluckroseSense and Sensibility by Jane AustenThe Koran Interpreted by A.J. Arberry
Sheikh Hamza Yusuf and Zaytuna's 2022 Book Club
17 books — 4 voters

Debates in the Digital Humanities by Matthew K. GoldDigital Humanities in the Library by Arianne Hartsell-GundyIntroduction to Information Science by David BawdenA Companion to Digital Humanities by Susan SchreibmanDigital_Humanities by Anne Burdick
Digital Humanities
15 books — 3 voters
Selected Writings, Volume 2 by Walter BenjaminFor the Well-Being of All by Bonnie J TaylorSelected Writings, Volume 2, Part 1 by Walter BenjaminPrinciples of Spiritual Economics by Hooshmand BadeeSelected Writings, Volume 4 by Walter Benjamin
Economic Theology
18 books — 2 voters

Reguły sztuki. Geneza i struktura pola literackiego by Pierre BourdieuInterpretacja, retoryka, polityka. Eseje wybrane by Stanley FishTrubadurzy imperium by Ewa M. ThompsonMuzeum sztuki by Maria PopczykObraz, który nas zniewala by Ewa Bińczyk
Horyzonty Nowoczesności - Universitas
13 books — 1 voter
The Art of Possibility by Rosamund Stone ZanderThe Work of Art by Adam MossA History of the World in 100 Objects by Neil MacGregorThe Design of Everyday Things by Donald A. NormanSteal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon
The Power and Responsibility of the Artist
57 books — 1 voter

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