Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Marvin (44 Lists)



Paperbacks from Hell by Grady Hendrix
Morbid Must-Reads - Fall 2017
13 books — 9 voters
Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell Jr.
Titles with a Question Mark?
1,241 books — 131 voters

The Shining by Stephen King’Salem’s Lot by Stephen KingOff Season by Jack KetchumPet Sematary by Stephen KingThe Exorcist by William Peter Blatty
THE BEST HORROR NOVELS LIST
379 books — 249 voters
Beautiful, Naked & Dead by Josh Stallings
Best Noir of the 21st Century
239 books — 376 voters

Run by Blake CrouchPacking for Mars by Mary RoachDemons by John ShirleyThe American Book of the Dead by Henry BaumAn Edge in My Voice by Harlan Ellison
Great Books with BLACK Covers
2,099 books — 749 voters
Bullets and Fire by Joe R. LansdaleTo the Devil, My Regards by Anthony Neil SmithAfraid by J.A. KonrathDiabolical by Hank SchwaebleThe Elephant Vanishes by Haruki Murakami
Seeing Red
2,180 books — 462 voters

Killing Hour by Andrew GrossXombies by Walter GreatshellFluke by Christopher MooreYou Suck by Christopher Moore
Books With The Blues
3,937 books — 931 voters
All the Earth, Thrown to the Sky by Joe R. Lansdale
Grey Daze
769 books — 109 voters

The Time Machine by H.G. WellsSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Lightning by Dean KoontzThe Man Who Folded Himself by David GerroldBehold the Man by Michael Moorcock
Best Time Travel Fiction
1,958 books — 5,244 voters
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken KeseyKafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienDeath in Venice by Thomas MannThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Candidates for the Celebrity Death Match Review Elimination Tournament
229 books — 103 voters

Dead Sea by Brian Keene
Best Zombie Books
1,438 books — 3,076 voters
Slaughter by Marcus F. GriffinLearning to Cry by Christopher C. PayneGrundish and Askew by Lance CarbuncleSmashed, Squashed, Splattered, Chewed, Chunked and Spewed by Lance Carbuncle33 A.D. by David McAfee
Best Independent Novels
2,675 books — 3,693 voters

I Am Legend and Other Stories by Richard MathesonOff Season by Jack KetchumCarrion Comfort by Dan SimmonsThe Rising by Brian KeeneThe Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
Best Horror Books by People Other Than Stephen King
1,550 books — 1,501 voters
Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff LindsayOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyRabbit, Run by John UpdikeBattle Royale by Koushun TakamiSavage Season by Joe R. Lansdale
The Best Antiheroes
701 books — 586 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsMockingjay by Suzanne CollinsShatner Quake by Jeff BurkAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Books I Finished Within 24 Hours Of Starting It
665 books — 241 voters
East of Eden by John SteinbeckOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckIn Dubious Battle by John SteinbeckCannery Row by John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck
44 books — 209 voters

The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best Author-Created Religions
99 books — 109 voters
Moon Dance by S.P. SomtowThe Wolf's Hour by Robert McCammon
Werewolf Books
760 books — 956 voters

The Woman in the Dunes by Kōbō AbeKafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiOut by Natsuo KirinoBattle Royale by Koushun Takami
Best Japanese Books
771 books — 3,248 voters
Jack and Mr. Grin by Andersen PruntyVacation by Jeremy C. ShippShatner Quake by Jeff BurkSmashed, Squashed, Splattered, Chewed, Chunked and Spewed by Lance CarbuncleGrundish and Askew by Lance Carbuncle
Bizarro
357 books — 253 voters

’Salem’s Lot by Stephen KingAlready Dead by Charlie HustonThe Vampire Tapestry by Suzy McKee Charnas
Best Adult Vampire Books
1,772 books — 4,919 voters
Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff LindsayThe Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia HighsmithBattle Royale by Koushun TakamiSmashed, Squashed, Splattered, Chewed, Chunked and Spewed by Lance Carbuncle
Rooting for the Bad Guy
683 books — 1,467 voters

Slaughter by Marcus F. Griffin
Best Talking-Animal Books
707 books — 683 voters
Sharp Objects by Gillian FlynnGil's All Fright Diner by A. Lee Martinez
Best New Author Debuts
421 books — 607 voters

The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XAn Open Book by John HustonJust Kids by Patti Smith
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
5,814 books — 6,344 voters
American Psycho by Bret Easton EllisDarkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff LindsayDearly Devoted Dexter by Jeff LindsayPerfume by Patrick SüskindThe Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris
I Like Serial Killers
1,016 books — 1,543 voters

The Jump Artist by Austin RatnerDog Boy by Eva Hornung
Books I wouldn't have discovered without Goodreads
2,678 books — 1,034 voters
The Green Mile by Stephen KingThe Stand by Stephen KingThe Shining by Stephen KingDifferent Seasons by Stephen King
Best of Stephen King
178 books — 3,876 voters

Cujo by Stephen KingCell by Stephen KingChristine by Stephen KingThe Tommyknockers by Stephen King
Worst Stephen King books
62 books — 481 voters
Icebound by David Axton
The Worst of Dean Koontz :-(
49 books — 135 voters


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