Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Joel (24 Lists)



Jerusalem by Alan MooreA Voyage to Arcturus by David LindsayFlatland by Edwin A. Abbott
Trippy Books
842 books — 896 voters
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
Best Science Fiction
3,651 books — 6,965 voters

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Stand by Stephen KingA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessA Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,747 books — 25,986 voters
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettShōgun by James Clavell
Best Historical Fiction
7,388 books — 25,575 voters

American Psycho by Bret Easton EllisLolita by Vladimir Nabokov
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,191 books — 11,286 voters
The Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyThe Stand by Stephen King
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,465 books — 119,817 voters

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
Best Japanese Books
771 books — 3,248 voters
The Illuminatus! Trilogy by Robert Shea
Tomes of Eldritch Lore
30 books — 7 voters

The Final Reflection by John M. FordStar Trek by Gene RoddenberryCorona by Greg Bear
Best Star Trek Books
395 books — 275 voters
World Without End by Joe Haldeman
Best Star Trek The Original Series Books
147 books — 76 voters

Kon-Tiki by Thor HeyerdahlCandide by Voltaire
Cruises
277 books — 89 voters
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyStarship Troopers by Robert A. HeinleinThe Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Anathem by Neal Stephenson
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,350 books — 24,654 voters

The Magicians by Lev Grossman
Best Books of 2009
1,769 books — 6,937 voters
Good Omens by Terry Pratchett
Humorous Paranormal Books
1,426 books — 2,020 voters

The Stand by Stephen KingRage by Richard BachmanHearts in Atlantis by Stephen KingIt by Stephen KingThe Long Walk by Richard Bachman
Best of Stephen King
178 books — 3,876 voters
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseySlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeMiddlemarch by George Eliot
Best Books Ever
76,043 books — 282,491 voters

Good Omens by Terry PratchettThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Books that Make you Laugh
3,495 books — 5,003 voters
Dracula by Bram StokerAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
Best Horror Novels
1,983 books — 5,446 voters

World War Z by Max Brooks
Zombies!
1,664 books — 4,319 voters
Lord of the Flies by William GoldingRobinson Crusoe by Daniel DefoeLife of Pi by Yann Martel
Desert Islands
129 books — 150 voters

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeAmerican Gods by Neil Gaiman
Best Fantasy Books of the 21st Century
3,053 books — 9,894 voters
Good Omens by Terry PratchettThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar WildeCandide by Voltaire
Best Humorous Books
4,313 books — 7,859 voters

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Man Who Folded Himself by David GerroldThe Time Machine by H.G. Wells
Best Time Travel Fiction
1,957 books — 5,243 voters
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,807 books — 49,787 voters