Big Books of 2026

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The Big Sleep by Raymond ChandlerThe Maltese Falcon by Dashiell HammettFarewell, My Lovely by Raymond ChandlerThe Long Good-bye by Raymond ChandlerRed Harvest by Dashiell Hammett
Best Hardboiled Crime Novels
110 books — 76 voters
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthyLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryTrue Grit by Charles PortisAll the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthyThe Son by Philipp Meyer
Best Contemporary Western Novels
120 books — 141 voters

Words of Radiance by Brandon SandersonHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingFourth Wing by Rebecca YarrosCrooked Kingdom by Leigh BardugoA Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas
Goodreads Top 100 - Highest Rated Books on Goodreads with at least 10,000 Ratings
109 books — 1,095 voters
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Da Vinci Code by Dan BrownA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg LarssonAngels & Demons by Dan Brown
Thrillers
4,604 books — 5,593 voters

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieAngels & Demons by Dan BrownRebecca by Daphne du MaurierIn Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,306 books — 15,546 voters
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieThe Da Vinci Code by Dan BrownA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboGone Girl by Gillian Flynn
100 Mysteries and Thrillers to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
2,205 books — 4,457 voters

A Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboNobody's Princess by Esther M. FriesnerThe Silver Kiss by Annette Curtis KlauseFroi of the Exiles by Melina MarchettaA Kiss in Time by Alex Flinn
Books You Wish More People Knew About
17,381 books — 10,355 voters
American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis1984 by George OrwellLord of the Flies by William GoldingA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboA Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,191 books — 11,287 voters

Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryTrue Grit by Charles PortisBlood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthyAll the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthyNo Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
Best Westerns
1,375 books — 1,500 voters