2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Wes (14 Lists)



The Exorcist by William Peter BlattyHell House by Richard MathesonHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiRosemary’s Baby by Ira LevinThe Call of Cthulhu by H.P. Lovecraft
Best Horror Novels Not By King or Koontz
612 books — 496 voters
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Modern Gothic
712 books — 1,359 voters

The Fisherman by John LanganThe Croning by Laird BarronHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
Best Horror Books of the 21st Century
485 books — 1,246 voters
The Elementals by Michael McDowellHell House by Richard MathesonHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiBurnt Offerings by Robert MarascoThe Turn of the Screw by Henry James
Best Haunted House Fiction That Isn't 'The Shining'
218 books — 228 voters

Watchmen by Alan Moore
Best Graphic Novels and Comic Books
993 books — 599 voters
House of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiAnnihilation by Jeff VandermeerThe Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories by H.P. LovecraftThe Fisherman by John LanganAcceptance by Jeff Vandermeer
Best Weird Fiction Books
1,202 books — 1,092 voters

The Other by Thomas Tryon20th Century Ghosts by Joe HillThe Elementals by Michael McDowellHell House by Richard Matheson
Forgotten Frights: Overlooked and Underappreciated Horror
804 books — 412 voters
The Shining by Stephen KingPet Sematary by Stephen KingHell House by Richard MathesonThe Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories by H.P. Lovecraft'Salem's Lot by Stephen King
2015 Horror Aficionados Top 101 Horror!!!
108 books — 114 voters

The Elementals by Michael McDowell
Best Southern Gothic Literature
337 books — 500 voters
Naked Lunch by William S. BurroughsCat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks by William S. BurroughsFear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. ThompsonNecronomicon by H.P. Lovecraft
Trippy Books
843 books — 897 voters

A Modest Proposal by Jonathan SwiftHowl and Other Poems by Allen GinsbergThis Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Best Underrated/Overlooked Classics
174 books — 91 voters
It by Stephen KingThe Shining by Stephen King’Salem’s Lot by Stephen KingPet Sematary by Stephen KingThe Long Walk by Richard Bachman
Best of Stephen King
178 books — 3,873 voters

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson
Cult Classics
1,567 books — 2,120 voters
It by Stephen KingThe Shining by Stephen King
The Definitive Horror Book List
1,368 books — 1,975 voters