Big Books of 2026

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The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Best Foreign Language (non English) Book
1,078 books — 622 voters
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George Orwell
Works of Pure Genius
727 books — 576 voters

Lolita by Vladimir NabokovA Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess1984 by George OrwellUlysses by James JoyceMrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
The Best Use of Stylistic Language (best form/language)
560 books — 544 voters
Course in General Linguistics by Ferdinand de SaussureThe Language Instinct by Steven PinkerThe Study of Language by George YuleAn Introduction to Language by Victoria A. FromkinMetaphors We Live By by George Lakoff
Best Books about Linguistics
246 books — 221 voters

The Final Empire by Brandon SandersonThe Way of Kings by Brandon SandersonThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienThe Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussA Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
Magical Lands
324 books — 187 voters
Como agua para chocolate by Laura Esquivel10 años con Mafalda by QuinoAbcalia, El Viaje de los Sueños by Ricardo Roque Mateos20 poemas de amor y una canción desesperada - Antología nerud... by Pablo NerudaEl principe de la Niebla by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Books in Spanish for Spanish Learners
136 books — 154 voters

Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted ChiangEmbassytown by China Miéville1984 by George OrwellThe Sparrow by Mary Doria RussellBabel-17 by Samuel R. Delany
Science Fiction using Languages or Linguistics as a Plot Device
70 books — 118 voters
Hidden Figures by Margot Lee ShetterlyKillers of the Flower Moon by David GrannBorn a Crime by Trevor NoahMarch by John LewisEinstein by Walter Isaacson
Non-Fiction read in 2017
476 books — 83 voters

BREAKING THE BIAS OF ENGLISH by Vivian ProbstIn the Land of Invented Languages by Arika OkrentThe Unfolding of Language by Guy DeutscherThe Mother Tongue by Bill BrysonThrough the Language Glass by Guy Deutscher
Books for Language Lovers
201 books — 73 voters
BREAKING THE BIAS OF ENGLISH by Vivian ProbstOnce Upon a Lie by Michael R. FrenchWith Love, The Argentina Family by Mirta Ines TruppOlas by José Ramón TorresThey Come in All Colors by Malcolm Hansen
Identity & Society
41 books — 52 voters

Los Sangurimas by José de la CuadraHuasipungo by Jorge IcazaLas cruces sobre el agua by Joaquín Gallegos LaraUn hombre muerto a puntapiés by Pablo PalacioNefando by Mónica Ojeda
Ecuadorian Literature
320 books — 50 voters
Just For You #1 by Maryam TabibzadehJust For You #2 by Mrs Maryam TabibzadehEats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne TrussThe Mother Tongue by Bill BrysonThe Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester
Best Popular Language Books on Goodreads
176 books — 47 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenGreat Expectations by Charles DickensEmma by Jane AustenWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëPersuasion by Jane Austen
The English/British Novels {Fiction} Part 1
150 books — 45 voters
The Three Musketeers by Alexandre DumasThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëNever Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
The 52 Book Club 2026: #49 - In The 800's Of The Dewey Decimal System
176 books — 29 voters

A Tale of Love and Darkness by Amos OzThe Blue Mountain by Meir ShalevPast Continuous by Yaakov ShabtaiSee Under by David GrossmanThe Liberated Bride by A.B. Yehoshua
Translations from Hebrew
64 books — 26 voters
Pro Truth by Gleb TsipurskyNineteen Ways of Looking at Consciousness by Patrick HouseAdapt and Plan for the New Abnormal of the COVID-19 Coronavir... by Gleb TsipurskyThe Blindspots Between Us by Gleb TsipurskyNever Go With Your Gut by Gleb Tsipursky
Cognitive Science (Abridged)
13 books — 24 voters

Read and Speak Arabic for Beginners by Jane WightwickAlif Baa by Kristen BrustadFirst Arabic Reader bilingual for speakers of English by Saher Ahmed SalamaArabic Verbs & Essentials of Grammar by Jane WightwickThe Arabic Alphabet by Nicholas Awde
Best books for learning Arabic
17 books — 20 voters
BREAKING THE BIAS OF ENGLISH by Vivian ProbstCloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony DoerrThe Reading List by Sara Nisha AdamsThe Midnight Library by Matt HaigThe Sentence by Louise Erdrich
Staff Picks: Books About Books
32 books — 15 voters

The Secret of Our Success by Joseph HenrichGrooming, Gossip, and the Evolution of Language by Robin I.M. DunbarDarwin's Unfinished Symphony by Kevin N. LalandGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondNot by Genes Alone by Peter J. Richerson
Cultural Evolution & Biological Evolution
80 books — 14 voters
Arguing with the Storm by Rhea TregebovThe Family Mashber by Der NisterPaper Bridges by Kadya MolodowskyThe Book of Paradise by Itzik MangerTevye the Milkman by Sholom Aleichem
Originally Written in Yiddish
57 books — 12 voters

BREAKING THE BIAS OF ENGLISH by Vivian ProbstThe Evolution of Language by W. Tecumseh FitchLanguage Evolution by Morten H. ChristiansenThe Language Instinct by Steven PinkerThe Dawn of Language by Sverker Johansson
Language Evolution
25 books — 10 voters
I Love My Doctor, But... by Lawrence W. GoldThirty Million Words by Dana SuskindHow to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele FaberThe Extended Mind by Annie Murphy PaulSincerely, Your Autistic Child by Autistic Women and Nonbinar...
Books for Speech Therapists
10 books — 8 voters

Language Disorders from Infancy Through Adolescence by Rhea PaulMotor Speech Disorders by Joseph R. DuffyCleft Palate and Craniofacial Anomalies by Ann W. KummerAnatomy and Physiology for Speech, Language, and Hearing by J. Anthony SeikelManagement of Motor Speech Disorders in Children and Adults by Kathryn M. Yorkston
The Best Speech Pathology Textbooks
10 books — 6 voters
The Power of the Socratic Classroom by Charles Ames FischerPedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo FreireTo the Survivors by Robert UttaroAdvanced Grammar in Use With answers by Martin HewingsDecolonizing Methodologies by Linda Tuhiwai Smith
The books that made me teach
23 books — 5 voters

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, A Dictionary of Buckish... by Francis GroseI Love it When You Talk Retro by Ralph KeyesHow to Commit a Murder by Danny AhearnSmaller Slang Dictionary by Eric PartridgeStraight from the Fridge, Dad by Max Décharné
•One Horse Open Slang
120 books — 5 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

Sublime Spaces and Visionary Worlds by Leslie UmbergerTorching the Fink Books and Other Essays on Vernacular Culture by Archie GreenSouls Grown Deep Vol. 1 by William Arnett...i listen to the wind that obliterates my traces by Steve RodenHarry Smith by Andrew Perchuk
"Vernacular"
79 books — 2 voters
Dämon Rausch by R.H. LaarssAlmas Delirantes by Luiz CebolaScience-Fiction-Pop-Art by Kai StellmannNudité by Louis de GraeveUne calligraphie des ombres - Les manuscrits d'Alejandra Piza... by Mariana Di Ció
Wrong Language Books
100 books — 1 voter

Silent Partners by Eugene LindenPrimatology, Ethics and Trauma by Robert IngersollNim Chimpsky by Elizabeth HessThe Monkey Wars by Deborah BlumNext of Kin by Roger Fouts
Classic Ape Language Studies: Controversies and Ethical Implications (Non-Fiction)
36 books — 1 voter
Gnomeville by Alexandra Louise UitdenbogerdGnomeville by Alexandra Louise UitdenbogerdGnomeville by Alexandra Louise UitdenbogerdLe Chien Disparu by Nils ThorenManon et Benoît se mouillent by Mike Peto
Comic Books in French for Beginners
7 books — 1 voter

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