Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Alexander Ruiz (11 Lists)



Song for the Unraveling of the World by Brian EvensonSongs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe by Thomas Ligotti
Read this instead of Lovecraft
55 books — 26 voters
Song for the Unraveling of the World by Brian EvensonJesus’ Son by Denis JohnsonThe Secret of Ventriloquism by Jon PadgettTeatro Grottesco by Thomas Ligotti
Unsettling Fictions: Short Stories that Live Beneath the Skin
144 books — 33 voters

Teatro Grottesco by Thomas LigottiBlood Meridian, or the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthySongs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe by Thomas LigottiSong for the Unraveling of the World by Brian EvensonThe Secret of Ventriloquism by Jon Padgett
Dark Literature
270 books — 175 voters
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthyThe Complete Maus by Art SpiegelmanHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
The Great American Novel
670 books — 1,090 voters

Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy
Best Books Ever
76,020 books — 282,360 voters
Nixonland by Rick PerlsteinBlood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthyNeuromancer by William GibsonWatchmen by Alan Moore
Hip Opinions
313 books — 115 voters

Nixonland by Rick PerlsteinA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnLies My Teacher Told Me by James W. Loewen
Best American History Books
2,119 books — 2,489 voters
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Best Literary Fiction of 21st Century
643 books — 278 voters

Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeWatchmen by Alan MooreThe Day of the Locust by Nathanael WestBlood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthyNeuromancer by William Gibson
The Five Books I Would Require If I Taught an English Literature Class
625 books — 2,755 voters