Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Kirk (32 Lists)



Hell House by Richard MathesonWe Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
Haunted Houses
610 books — 613 voters
Dirty Weekend by Helen ZahaviWhat Mad Universe by Fredric BrownDead Bitch Army by Andre DuzaIcelandic Trolls by Brian PilkingtonSix of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
There Ought to be a Band
2,436 books — 1,105 voters

Dirty Weekend by Helen Zahavi
Best Books You've Never Heard Of
1,267 books — 791 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Tempest by William ShakespeareThe Road by Cormac McCarthyUnder the Skin by Michel Faber
Great Science-Fiction Books Rarely Referred to as Science-Fiction
24 books — 11 voters

Foxfire by Joyce Carol Oates
Best of Joyce Carol Oates
117 books — 85 voters
I Am Legend by Richard MathesonHell House by Richard MathesonThe Shores of Space by Richard MathesonThird from the Sun by Richard Matheson
The Best of Richard Matheson
32 books — 50 voters

Who I Am by Pete TownshendThe Girl Who Walked Home Alone by Charlotte Chandler
"The {_______} Who " Titles
967 books — 129 voters
The Suitcase by Julie MertusBlood and Vengeance by Chuck Sudetic
The Balkans
279 books — 210 voters

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
How DID They Become Classics?
113 books — 174 voters
Dark Places by Gillian Flynn
Best Traumatized Heroines
929 books — 848 voters

The Big Sleep by Raymond ChandlerThe Killer Inside Me by Jim ThompsonDark Places by Gillian Flynn
Best Hardboiled & Noir fiction
701 books — 879 voters
King Lear by William ShakespeareMacbeth by William ShakespeareHamlet by William ShakespeareWho's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward AlbeeInherit the Wind by Jerome Lawrence
Best Plays Ever
853 books — 1,129 voters

We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley JacksonA Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O'ConnorThe Sun Also Rises by Ernest HemingwayOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyHorton Hears a Who! by Dr. Seuss
Titlemania III: Whole-Sentence Titles
1,447 books — 149 voters
Ulysses by James JoyceRemembrance of Things Past Volumes 1-3 Box Set by Marcel ProustWar and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
The Best Books You Will Never Read... EVER
102 books — 44 voters

The Big Sleep by Raymond ChandlerThe Killer Inside Me by Jim Thompson
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,306 books — 15,553 voters
The Men's Club by Leonard Michaels
Books I Regret Reading
2,300 books — 3,224 voters

The Godfather by Mario PuzoZodiac by Robert GraysmithMildred Pierce by James M. CainPlanet of the Apes by Pierre BoulleA Stir of Echoes by Richard Matheson
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,134 books — 10,101 voters
As I Lay Dying by William FaulknerTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Stephen King's Booklist from "On Writing"
92 books — 44 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodWatchmen by Alan MooreThe Road by Cormac McCarthy
Entertainment Weekly New Classics
104 books — 258 voters
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
I Don't Understand All That Fuss
1,025 books — 2,567 voters

I Am Legend and Other Stories by Richard MathesonThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Color Purple by Alice Walker
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,561 books — 18,689 voters
Watchmen by Alan Moore
Eisner Award Winners
128 books — 98 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainThe Color Purple by Alice Walker
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,531 books — 120,034 voters
I Am Legend by Richard MathesonWe Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley JacksonHell House by Richard MathesonWorld War Z by Max BrooksFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Best Horror Novels
1,984 books — 5,447 voters

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Road by Cormac McCarthyI Am Legend and Other Stories by Richard Matheson
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,749 books — 25,989 voters
The Martian Chronicles by Ray BradburyThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodI Am Legend and Other Stories by Richard MathesonWe3 by Grant Morrison
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,351 books — 24,666 voters

Ulysses by James JoyceBeloved by Toni MorrisonFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,606 books — 13,136 voters
The Killer Angels by Michael ShaaraThe Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane
Best American Civil War Books
1,007 books — 980 voters

I Am Legend and Other Stories by Richard MathesonThe Road by Cormac McCarthyThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodBlood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy
Quality Dark Fiction
2,508 books — 3,225 voters
The Brimstone Wedding by Barbara VineThe House of Stairs by Barbara VineThe Wrong Mother by Sophie HannahDark Places by Gillian Flynn
Best Literary Mysteries
2,551 books — 4,594 voters


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