Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Will (7 Lists)



Ball Four by Jim BoutonFever Pitch by Nick HornbyThe New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract by Bill JamesMoneyball by Michael LewisSeabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand
Top reads for sports fans
955 books — 769 voters
The Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonMaster of the Senate by Robert A. CaroFreakonomics by Steven D. LevittA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonAtonement by Ian McEwan
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,832 books — 21,953 voters

Truman by David McCulloughMornings on Horseback by David McCulloughLindbergh by A. Scott BergAlexander Hamilton by Ron ChernowThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
5,819 books — 6,347 voters
Parting the Waters by Taylor BranchThe Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund MorrisNixonland by Rick PerlsteinTruman by David McCulloughBattle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPherson
Best American History Books
2,123 books — 2,494 voters

Parting the Waters by Taylor BranchBattle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPhersonWhat Hath God Wrought by Daniel Walker Howe
Pulitzer Winners: History
106 books — 110 voters
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
Best New Orleans Books
422 books — 346 voters

The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund MorrisWhat Hath God Wrought by Daniel Walker HoweBattle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPhersonThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonThe Great Bridge by David McCullough
Best Books About Nineteenth Century History
644 books — 279 voters