Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Mario (22 Lists)



The Twelve by Justin CroninThe Stand by Stephen KingYesterday's Gone by Sean PlattThe Passage by Justin Cronin
Great TEOTWAWKI Titles
31 books — 19 voters
The Dark Defiles by Richard K. Morgan
Can't Wait Science Fiction/Fantasy of 2013
624 books — 2,902 voters

The Sewerside Chronicles by Tim LayThe Fridgularity by Mark A. Rayner
Best Unknown but must be Known books
9,068 books — 8,300 voters
Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas PynchonV. by Thomas PynchonInherent Vice by Thomas PynchonThe Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas PynchonVineland by Thomas Pynchon
Ranking the works of Thomas Pynchon
10 books — 262 voters

1984 by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Road by Cormac McCarthyLord of the Flies by William Golding
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,744 books — 25,982 voters
The Elementary Particles by Michel HouellebecqTess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas HardyLord of the Flies by William GoldingOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
Must Read Before You Die
555 books — 183 voters

Bite Me by Christopher Moore
Funniest Reads of 2010... So Far.
19 books — 39 voters
Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Crooked Little Vein by Warren EllisGravity’s Rainbow by Thomas PynchonClive Barker's Hellraiser by D.G. ChichesterThe Complete Clive Barker's The Great And Secret Show by Chris Ryall
Twisted Tales
673 books — 399 voters

Bloodsucking Fiends by Christopher MooreThe Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove by Christopher MooreLetters from the Earth by Mark TwainChoke by Chuck PalahniukFierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates by Tom Robbins
Best Humorous Books
4,313 books — 7,860 voters
Naked Lunch by William S. BurroughsAmerican Gods by Neil GaimanCrooked Little Vein by Warren EllisSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks
Now That's REALLY Freakin' Weird...
714 books — 552 voters

The Road by Cormac McCarthyAmerican Gods by Neil GaimanWhite Teeth by Zadie SmithA Dirty Job by Christopher MooreChoke by Chuck Palahniuk
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,189 books — 28,379 voters
The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoIt by Stephen KingDavid Copperfield by Charles DickensTess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,874 books — 7,001 voters

Blackout by Mira Grant
Dystopian Novels of 2012
62 books — 181 voters
The Road by Cormac McCarthyAfterlight by Alex ScarrowLast Light by Alex Scarrow
Books about the collapse of civilization
138 books — 110 voters

Altered Carbon by Richard K. MorganRevelation Space by Alastair ReynoldsPandora's Star by Peter F. HamiltonThe Road by Cormac McCarthyBlindsight by Peter Watts
Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
1,208 books — 8,952 voters
Siddhartha by Hermann HesseAngel Tech by Antero Alli
Best Spiritual Books
1,496 books — 1,335 voters

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Brave New World by Aldous HuxleyTrainspotting by Irvine WelshPrincipia Discordia ● Or ● How I Found Goddess and What I Did... by Malaclypse
Bibles for the Revolution
403 books — 181 voters
The Stranger by Albert CamusSiddhartha by Hermann Hesse1984 by George OrwellThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryLord of the Flies by William Golding
Best Philosophical Literature
1,166 books — 2,723 voters

Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas PynchonA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. DickThe Illuminatus! Trilogy by Robert Shea
Weirdest Books Ever
1,193 books — 1,185 voters
The Book of Lies by Aleister CrowleyMagick in Theory and Practice by Aleister CrowleyThe Tao of Physics by Fritjof CapraDMT by Rick StrassmanThe History of Magic by Éliphas Lévi
Religion, Occultism, Mysticism, Metaphysical and New Age
640 books — 377 voters

Feed by Mira GrantRot & Ruin by Jonathan MaberryDeadline by Mira GrantThe Stupidest Angel by Christopher MooreDust & Decay by Jonathan Maberry
Zombies!
1,663 books — 4,318 voters
Prometheus Rising by Robert Anton WilsonThe Outsider by Colin WilsonAltered Carbon by Richard K. MorganQuantum Psychology by Robert Anton WilsonAngel Tech by Antero Alli
Best Books Ever
76,023 books — 282,374 voters