Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by John (92 Lists)



The Second World War by Antony BeevorThe Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. ShirerHitler's Willing Executioners by Daniel Jonah GoldhagenD-Day, June 6, 1944 by Stephen E. AmbroseThe Forgotten 500 by Gregory A. Freeman
Best World War II History (nonfiction)
681 books — 496 voters
The Revenant by Michael Punke
Mountain Man Historical Fiction
6 books — 4 voters

Arundel by Kenneth RobertsUndaunted Courage by Stephen E. AmbroseBlood and Thunder by Hampton SidesDreams of El Dorado by H.W. BrandsEmpire of the Summer Moon by S.C. Gwynne
Best Frontier Literature
109 books — 34 voters
Arundel by Kenneth RobertsCity of Thieves by David BenioffWolf Hall by Hilary MantelThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakNight Soldiers by Alan Furst
Historical Fiction that GUYS like, too!
546 books — 249 voters

A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor TowlesReady Player One by Ernest ClineThe Underground Railroad by Colson WhiteheadNorse Mythology by Neil GaimanA Higher Loyalty by James B. Comey
2018: What the Over-35s Are Reading
2,747 books — 302 voters
The Underground Railroad by Colson WhiteheadA Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
Historical Fiction 2016
340 books — 878 voters

A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor TowlesThe Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
Goodreads Picks for Tournament of Books 2017
511 books — 1,999 voters
The Pickwick Club Disaster by John E. KeefeAll Souls by Michael Patrick MacDonaldMystic River by Dennis LehaneBlack Mass by Dick LehrJohn Adams by David McCullough
Boston Books
332 books — 274 voters

The Notorious Benedict Arnold by Steve Sheinkin
Middle Grade Non-fiction
44 books — 14 voters
The Pickwick Club Disaster by John E. Keefe
1920's & 30's Mobster, Mafia, Gangster America (fiction and nonfiction)
200 books — 94 voters

The Pickwick Club Disaster by John E. KeefeAll Souls by Michael Patrick MacDonaldThe Boston Irish by Thomas H. O'ConnorBlack Mass by Dick LehrThe Given Day by Dennis Lehane
Imagine Boston 2030
28 books — 2 voters
The Pickwick Club Disaster by John E. Keefe
Boston You're My Home
29 books — 4 voters

The Pickwick Club Disaster by John E. KeefeThe Boston Irish by Thomas H. O'Connor
Books in/on/around Boston
41 books — 21 voters
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerLife of Pi by Yann MartelInto Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
Wanderlust
1,058 books — 1,150 voters

A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson枪炮、病菌与钢铁：人类社会的命运 by Jared DiamondJohn Adams by David McCulloughUnbroken by Laura HillenbrandHidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly
History (The Best AudioBooks)
107 books — 38 voters
Life by Keith RichardsHammer of the Gods by Stephen DavisHow Music Works by David ByrneTwilight of the Gods by Steven Hyden
Best Non Fiction About Music
1,438 books — 1,341 voters

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Best School Assigned Books
766 books — 2,063 voters
The Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwell
Vikings
185 books — 173 voters

Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourtThe Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats by W.B. YeatsHow the Irish Saved Civilization by Thomas Cahill
Best Irish Books
686 books — 604 voters
The Man in the Picture by Susan Hill
Tolstoy and the Purple Chair - Reviewed Books Part 3: M - Sl
99 books — 13 voters

Arundel by Kenneth RobertsThe Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford by Ron HansenWolf Hall by Hilary MantelRaising Holy Hell by Bruce OldsExiles by Ron Hansen
Fiction Based on the Lives of Specific Persons
170 books — 39 voters
City of Thieves by David BenioffThe Road by Cormac McCarthyThe Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman AlexieThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
Now That's What I Call Damn Fine Reading
90 books — 31 voters

Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
World War Two - Firsthand Accounts (nonfiction)
664 books — 455 voters
Eisenhower in War and Peace by Jean Edward SmithJohn Adams by David McCulloughTruman by David McCulloughT.R. by H.W. BrandsHis Excellency by Joseph J. Ellis
Best Presidential Biographies (nonfiction)
467 books — 524 voters

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Idiot by Fyodor DostoevskyOne Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Greatest Russian Novels of All Time
196 books — 499 voters
City of Thieves by David Benioff
Good Books To Read In 2012
323 books — 156 voters

City of Thieves by David Benioff
HOT DAMN ... This is THE SHIT!!!
326 books — 230 voters
City of Thieves by David BenioffThe Road by Cormac McCarthyA Drink Before the War by Dennis LehaneThe Killer Angels by Michael Shaara
Best Manfiction
2,214 books — 553 voters

Our Dumb Century by Scott Dikkers
Funniest Books Ever
270 books — 196 voters
Carroty Nell by John E. KeefeThe Pickwick Club Disaster by John E. KeefeStone's Fall by Iain PearsArundel by Kenneth Roberts
The obscure: Best books most haven't read (or even heard of)
537 books — 361 voters


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