Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Frank Taranto (12 Lists)



Welcome to the Jungle by Jim Butcher
Urban Fantasy Graphic Novels
196 books — 165 voters
Road to Perdition by Max Allan Collins100 Bullets, Vol. 1 by Brian AzzarelloAstro City, Vol. 1 by Kurt Busiek100 Bullets, Vol. 2 by Brian AzzarelloThe Contract With God Trilogy by Will Eisner
Graphic Novels That Rocked My World
422 books — 221 voters

’Salem’s Lot by Stephen King
Best Adult Vampire Books
1,770 books — 4,918 voters
Dune by Frank HerbertThe Stand by Stephen KingThe Odyssey by HomerLolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Best Books Ever
76,025 books — 282,381 voters

A Contract with God and Other Tenement Stories by Will Eisner100 Bullets, Vol. 1 by Brian AzzarelloAstro City, Vol. 1 by Kurt BusiekX-Men by Greg PakFables, Vol. 1 by Bill Willingham
Best Graphic Novels
3,449 books — 6,767 voters
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Brave New World by Aldous HuxleyThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
World War II/Holocaust Fiction & Non-fiction
956 books — 762 voters

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Road by Cormac McCarthy
The Worst Fantasy, Sci-Fi and Horror Books
526 books — 377 voters
Dying Inside by Robert SilverbergDune by Frank HerbertSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Stars My Destination by Alfred BesterThe Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
Golden Age & New Wave SF
270 books — 207 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienDracula by Bram StokerThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisA Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
Magical Creatures
1,574 books — 852 voters
Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice BurroughsPeter Pan by J.M. BarrieOf Human Bondage by W. Somerset MaughamThe Outline of History, Vol. 1 by H.G. WellsThe Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
Best Books of the Decade: 1910s
530 books — 776 voters

Dying Inside by Robert SilverbergDune by Frank HerbertGrass by Sheri S. TepperLittle Brother by Cory DoctorowThe Stand by Stephen King
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,345 books — 24,643 voters
The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
Most Difficult Novels
588 books — 2,044 voters