Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Bella (82 Lists)



Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,750 books — 25,990 voters
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Books to Read On a Rainy Day
767 books — 454 voters

Dracula by Bram StokerIn Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Cult Classics
1,567 books — 2,120 voters
The Joy Luck Club by Amy TanThe Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong KingstonThe Sympathizer by Viet Thanh NguyenOn Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
Asian-American Books
544 books — 328 voters

Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer
Best Ecological Horror novels
35 books — 18 voters
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga TokarczukOn Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean VuongMisery by Stephen KingIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteNever Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Dua Lipa's Books
100 books — 23 voters

The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
Black Girls Write!
247 books — 84 voters
The Vegetarian by Han KangMexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-GarciaAudition by Ryū MurakamiRing by Kōji SuzukiCrime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Foreign Horror
29 books — 17 voters

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
Spooktober Readathon books
106 books — 5 voters
Life of Pi by Yann MartelDracula by Bram Stoker
Around the World One Book from Each Country
1,068 books — 971 voters

Anna Karenina by Leo TolstoyDracula by Bram StokerThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Odyssey by HomerLord of the Flies by William Golding
I Should Probably Read This Sometime...
11,412 books — 10,149 voters
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien1984 by George OrwellPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenAnimal Farm by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
100 Books to Read Before You Die: The Ultimate List
156 books — 127 voters

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-GarciaThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
52 Book Club 2022: #50 A Person Of Color As The Main Character
445 books — 96 voters
Rebecca by Daphne du MaurierThe Haunting of Hill House by Shirley JacksonPerfume by Patrick Süskind
Modern Gothic
712 books — 1,358 voters

Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice SendakThe Giving Tree by Shel SilversteinHarriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
Best Books of the Decade: 1960s
1,356 books — 1,777 voters
A Grief Observed by C.S. Lewis
Memoirs About Grief
180 books — 151 voters

A Grief Observed by C.S. Lewis
Best Books About Grief and Grieving
283 books — 202 voters
A Grief Observed by C.S. Lewis
Best Books About Grief
351 books — 266 voters

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Iliad by Homer
Books You Need to Read to be Considered Well-Read
721 books — 405 voters
The Secret History by Donna TarttBunny by Mona Awad
Dark Academia
363 books — 1,492 voters

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootOn Writing by Stephen KingCosmos by Carl SaganThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,227 books — 8,061 voters
The Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldHarry Potter Series Box Set by J.K. RowlingMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini1984 by George Orwell
Unforgettables
11,687 books — 7,429 voters

Rebecca by Daphne du MaurierThe Secret History by Donna Tartt
100 Mysteries and Thrillers to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
2,208 books — 4,466 voters
All Her Little Secrets by Wanda M. Morris
Mysteries/Thrillers By BIPOC Authors
43 books — 20 voters

Sink by Joseph Earl ThomasSilver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-GarciaOur Share of Night by Mariana EnriquezHow to Sell a Haunted House by Grady HendrixI Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai
TBR 2023
14 books — 2 voters
The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix
2021 Horror Releases
172 books — 235 voters

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-GarciaHome Before Dark by Riley Sager
Best Dark Fiction of 2020
164 books — 353 voters
Nothing More to Tell by Karen M. McManusA Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly JacksonGood Girl, Bad Blood by Holly JacksonAs Good As Dead by Holly Jackson
YA Murder Mysteries
106 books — 47 voters

Her Name in the Sky by Kelly Quindlen
Best Lesbian Fiction
2,026 books — 2,650 voters
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John le CarréThe Baader Meinhof Complex by Stefan AustRock Paper Scissors by Alice FeeneyThe Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions by Larry MitchellMy Heart Is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones
2022 bella
24 books — 1 voter


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