Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Alfred Smith (14 Lists)



Yoshitomo Nara by Kristin ChambersAn Abundance of Katherines by John GreenThe Golden Ass by ApuleiusEverything That Rises Must Converge by Flannery O'ConnorTen Things We Did by Sarah Mlynowski
In Your Pants
842 books — 225 voters
In Cold Blood by Truman CapoteIn the Woods by Tana FrenchMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John BerendtThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,306 books — 15,556 voters

Provinces of Night by William GayThe Killer Inside Me by Jim ThompsonTwilight by William Gay
Disturbingly Enticing
498 books — 198 voters
The Contortionist's Handbook by Craig ClevengerLess Than Zero by Bret Easton Ellis
Quality Dark Fiction
2,508 books — 3,226 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Remains of the Day by Kazuo IshiguroYear of Wonders by Geraldine BrooksLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryThe Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber
Most Brilliant Historical Novels in the past 45 yrs
1,110 books — 1,144 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerEast of Eden by John SteinbeckThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldCatch-22 by Joseph Heller
My Top 10 American Novels (20th century)
28 books — 10 voters

Your Inner Fish by Neil Shubin
Modern Science Nonfiction
443 books — 299 voters
Miami Purity by Vicki HendricksThe Devil All the Time by Donald Ray PollockGalveston by Nic Pizzolatto
New School of Noir
199 books — 267 voters

Love in Vein by Poppy Z. BriteArmadillos & Old Lace by Kinky FriedmanKill Two Birds & Get Stoned by Kinky FriedmanMeanwhile Back at the Ranch by Kinky FriedmanA Case of Lone Star by Kinky Friedman
Titlemania I: Puns in Titles
444 books — 106 voters
The Last Town on Earth by Thomas MullenWest of Here by Jonathan Evison
Pacific Northwest Books
913 books — 609 voters

A Feast of Snakes by Harry CrewsTobacco Road by Erskine CaldwellTwilight by William GayThe Gospel Singer by Harry CrewsBody by Harry Crews
Best Southern Gothic Literature
337 books — 500 voters
The Contortionist's Handbook by Craig Clevenger
Best Books You've Never Heard Of
1,267 books — 791 voters

Stiff by Mary RoachThe Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard RhodesSilent Spring by Rachel CarsonYour Inner Fish by Neil Shubin
Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
1,837 books — 3,600 voters
The Devil All the Time by Donald Ray PollockGOD Is a Bullet by Boston TeranMiami Purity by Vicki Hendricks
Noirs
113 books — 28 voters