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There Are No Giant Crabs in This Novel by Jason ParginUnderlake by Erin L. McCoy
Anticipated Literary Fiction 2026
318 books — 276 voters
Normal People by Sally RooneyThe Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark MansonIt Starts with Us by Colleen HooverMistborn by Brandon Sanderson
One Million Ratings!
246 books — 1,087 voters

The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett
Hugo 2025 Eligible Novels
133 books — 140 voters
Gnomon by Nick Harkaway
Cosmic Mysteries
25 books — 2 voters

House of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiLabyrinths by Jorge Luis Borges
Mind-Bending Books For Thinkers
15 books — 12 voters
Songs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe by Thomas LigottiThe Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins
Best Psychedelic Horror
63 books — 35 voters

The Conspiracy Against the Human Race by Thomas Ligotti
Existentially Pessimistic Reality [philosophical self discovery]
120 books — 21 voters
The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx
Absurdist Fiction
323 books — 296 voters

Hyperion by Dan Simmons
Intellects Vast And Cool And Unsympathetic - The Best Cosmic Horror Stories
57 books — 39 voters
A Short Stay in Hell by Steven L. Peck
Borgesian Fantasies
9 books — 2 voters

Hyperion by Dan SimmonsRecursion by Blake Crouch
Best Time Travel Fiction
2,181 books — 5,464 voters
A People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnStarship Troopers by Robert A. HeinleinCosmos by Carl SaganThe Communist Manifesto by Karl MarxDark Matter by Blake Crouch
Best Books Ever
78,988 books — 294,113 voters

There Is No Antimemetics Division by qntmSlow Gods by Claire North
Sword and Laser March Madness Picks 2026
16 books — 2 voters
Piranesi by Susanna ClarkeThe Trial by Franz KafkaSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.There Is No Antimemetics Division by qntmTales from the Gas Station by Jack Townsend
Liminal Spaces, Timeslips and Matrix Glitches in Fiction
100 books — 26 voters

There Is No Antimemetics Division by qntm
If you liked The Magnus Archives...
16 books — 7 voters
John Dies at the End by David WongThe Trial by Franz KafkaThere Is No Antimemetics Division by qntmPiranesi by Susanna ClarkeBunny by Mona Awad
Books That Feel Like Fever Dreams
102 books — 45 voters

There Is No Antimemetics Division by qntm
Best Sci Fi Horror
18 books — 8 voters
House of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiAnnihilation by Jeff VandermeerThere Is No Antimemetics Division by qntm
Cosmic Horror That's Not Lovecraft
53 books — 32 voters

There Is No Antimemetics Division by qntmHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiThe Gone World by Tom Sweterlitsch
cosmic mysteries & noir realities
17 books — 2 voters
The Croning by Laird BarronThe Wide, Carnivorous Sky and Other Monstrous Geographies by John LanganThe Gone World by Tom SweterlitschThere Is No Antimemetics Division by qntmAnnihilation by Jeff Vandermeer
Cosmic Horror
98 books — 16 voters

The Fisherman by John LanganAnnihilation by Jeff VandermeerThe Croning by Laird BarronJohn Dies at the End by David WongSongs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe by Thomas Ligotti
Cosmic & Lovecraftian Horror
242 books — 110 voters