Big Books of 2026

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Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonBlood River by Tim ButcherThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferInto the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Best Traveling Vicariously
2,122 books — 1,849 voters
Into the Wild by Jon KrakauerA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonWild by Cheryl StrayedEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertInto Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
Ultimate Backpacking Novels
473 books — 1,136 voters

Keeping Mr. Right Now by Robin BielmanThe Red Bikini by Lauren ChristopherLawless by Tracey WardRaw Blue by Kirsty EagarBane by L.J. Shen
Best Romance Novels with Surfing
77 books — 74 voters
Flotsam by David WiesnerA House for Hermit Crab by Eric CarleTime of Wonder by Robert McCloskeyOne Morning in Maine by Robert McCloskeyMister Seahorse by Eric Carle
Picture Books About Seaside/Beaches
318 books — 53 voters

Journey to the West by Biao WangDark Skies by David HaldaneBuses Are a Comin' by Charles PersonThe Lord God Made Them All by James HerriotWild Swans by Jung Chang
Memoirs I've Loved Too
349 books — 47 voters
The Blue Monsoon by Damyanti BiswasAbyssinian Nomad by Maskarm HaileDown Under by Bill BrysonOne Day at a Time 2017 by Hollie Bell-SchinzingThe Two Week Traveller by Matthew Lightfoot
Best Traveling Vicariously II
97 books — 46 voters

The Forager Chefs Club by Rita Mace WalstonAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónAnna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Five Star Fiction-In My Opinion
431 books — 37 voters
Journey to the West by Biao WangDark Skies by David HaldaneKitchen Confidential by Anthony BourdainA Child Called "It" by Dave PelzerJohn Adams by David McCullough
Memoirs I've Loved III
40 books — 25 voters

In Cold Blood by Truman CapoteA Long Way Gone by Ishmael BeahThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John BerendtThe Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
True Crime-Read
126 books — 20 voters
Rubi Ramos's Recipe for Success by Jessica ParraThe Wrong Mr. Right by Stephanie ArcherKiss of Life by Cassie MintThe Summer Girl by Elle KennedyWaxing His Board by Fiona Davenport
Covers with Surfboards
73 books — 15 voters

My Dirty California by Jason MosbergBarbarian Days by William FinneganThe World in the Curl by Peter WestwickSoul Surfer by Bethany HamiltonWelcome to Paradise, Now Go to Hell by Chas Smith
Surf
16 books — 7 voters
Gators by Steve R. YeagerMenace From the Deep by Michael P. SpradlinMegacroc by Julian Michael CarverCroc by David JamesBelow the Palmettos by Thomas W. Brown
Crocodilian Horror Novels
14 books — 4 voters

Rules for Fake Girlfriends by Raegan RevordThe Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny HanSmall Town Hearts by Lillie ValeAlex, Approximately by Jenn Bennett
Teen/YA Coastal Summer Romances
4 books — 3 voters
Ty's Travels by Kelly Starling LyonsA Diver Like Me by Sanaa ChegeBeach Day! by Kelly Starling LyonsMolly Morningstar Molly On Ice by Andrea CokeKick Push by Frank Morrison
Picture Books About Sports & Recreation by African-Americans
8 books — 2 voters

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