Big Books of 2026

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The Endangered by S.L. EavesDying Bites by D.D. BarantPartials by Dan WellsThe Bodyguard by Raven Willow-WoodAlien Salvation by Tracy St. John
Humans are an Endangered Species or are Totally Extinct
129 books — 60 voters
The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. AuelThe Valley of Horses by Jean M. AuelThe Plains of Passage by Jean M. AuelThe Mammoth Hunters by Jean M. AuelMother Earth Father Sky by Sue Harrison
Neanderthals and Other Nonhuman Hominids
129 books — 55 voters

Technological Slavery by Theodore John KaczynskiAnti-Tech Revolution by Theodore John KaczynskiIndustrial Society and Its Future by Theodore John KaczynskiWilding by Isabella TreeFeral by George Monbiot
Rewilding
80 books — 55 voters
Victorious Star by Morgan HawkeAlien Salvation by Tracy St. JohnFound by Evangeline AndersonSasha's Story by Andromeda BlissAdin's Adventure by Andromeda Bliss
Erotica Novels of Sexy Men with Diphallia
51 books — 49 voters

The Snow Leopard by Peter MatthiessenThe Rhino Crash by Nick NewmanNo Word for Wilderness by Roger ThompsonExplorer's Guide to Wildlife Adventures by J.Z. HuntVoices in the Ocean by Susan Casey
In Decline: Threatened or Vulnerable Species
120 books — 42 voters
Technological Slavery by Theodore John KaczynskiAnti-Tech Revolution by Theodore John KaczynskiIndustrial Society and Its Future by Theodore John KaczynskiAlready Extinct by Minoru KyoThe Long Descent by John Michael Greer
End of Humanity
80 books — 38 voters

The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth KolbertLast Chance to See by Douglas AdamsA Feathered River Across the Sky by Joel GreenbergMoa by Quinn BerentsonThe Ghost with Trembling Wings by Scott Weidensaul
Gone Forever: Recently Extinct Animals
61 books — 24 voters
Animal Farm by George OrwellGwen the Rescue Hen by Leslie CrawfordSprig the Rescue Pig by Leslie CrawfordWe Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy FowlerThe Plague Dogs by Richard Adams
Best Animal Rights Fiction
52 books — 19 voters

The Big Cats and Their Fossil Relatives by Alan TurnerMammoths, Sabertooths, and Hominids by Jordi AgustíSabertooth by Mauricio AntónDogs by Xiaoming WangThe Cave Bear Story by Björn Kurtén
Prehistoric Mammals in Nonfiction
41 books — 18 voters
I Am Legend by Richard MathesonThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Search for WondLa by Tony DiTerlizziLife As We Knew It by Susan Beth PfefferThe Last Human by Lee Bacon
Last Human(s)
41 books — 16 voters

Psychotherapy East & West by Alan W. WattsThe Dhammapada by AnonymousWhat the Buddha Taught by Walpola RahulaOn Love and Loneliness by J. KrishnamurtiThe Central Philosophy of Jainism by Bimal Krishna Matilal
Indian philosophy
117 books — 15 voters
Dawn of the Algorithm by Yann RousselotDance Dance Revolution by Cathy Park HongMadame X by Darcie DenniganThe Inferno of Dante by Dante AlighieriLes Fleurs du Mal by Charles Baudelaire
Apocalyptic Poetry Books
26 books — 11 voters

1984 by George OrwellI Am Legend by Richard MathesonThe Time Machine by H.G. WellsBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyOn the Beach by Nevil Shute
Into a Dark Future
33 books — 10 voters
Atlas of Extinct Animals by Radek MalýFlock Together by B.J. HollarsNo Word for Wilderness by Roger ThompsonBeak of the Moon by Philip TempleThe Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert
Lost and Vanishing Species of the Anthropocene
142 books — 7 voters

Never Home Alone by Rob DunnWeeds by Alexander C. MartinA Weed by Any Other Name by Nancy GiftThe Coming Plague by Laurie GarrettThis Is Your Brain on Parasites by Kathleen McAuliffe
Weeds, pests, invasives, and diseases
132 books — 5 voters
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley1984 by George OrwellWe by Yevgeny ZamyatinIt Can't Happen Here by Sinclair LewisTen Days that Shook the World by John Reed
A Long Century of Disillusion
107 books — 4 voters

Uprooted by Peter J. BoniWriting Women's Worlds by Lila Abu-LughodThe Resonance of Unseen Things by Susan LepselterSwamplife by Laura A. OgdenThe Mushroom at the End of the World by Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing
MSU Cultural Anthropology
58 books — 3 voters
In Search of the Canary Tree by Lauren E. OakesLost Feast by Lenore NewmanThe End of the Long Summer by Dianne DumanoskiOcean of Life by Callum RobertsInheritors of the Earth by Chris D. Thomas
THE 6th EXTINCTION
7 books — 2 voters

Dinosaurs of the Land, Sea, and Air by Modern PublishingDinosaurs by M.K. ReedSmithsonian Dinosaurs and Other Amazing Creatures from Deep Time by National Museum of Natural ...The Griffin and the Dinosaur by Marc AronsonFossils for Kids by Dan R. Lynch
Paleontology and Educational Dinosaur Picture Guides for Kids
24 books — 2 voters

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