Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Amanda (10 Lists)



I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman
Best Survival Stories
1,153 books — 1,607 voters
When I Lived in Modern Times by Linda GrantLike Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,605 books — 13,134 voters

Being Dead by Jim Crace
Best Books about Being Eaten
103 books — 177 voters
A Fine and Private Place by Peter S. BeagleRemember Me by Christopher PikeThe Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
Favorite Ghost Stories
443 books — 313 voters

The Woman in Black by Susan Hill
Haunted Houses
610 books — 613 voters
Ghosts I Have Been by Richard PeckScary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin SchwartzThe Phantom Carousel, and Other Ghostly Tales by Ruth AinsworthWait Till Helen Comes by Mary Downing Hahn
Spooky books for Kids
241 books — 199 voters

The Woman in Black by Susan HillGhosts I Have Been by Richard PeckRemember Me by Christopher Pike
Ghost Stories
1,485 books — 1,879 voters
Haunted by Joyce Carol OatesStrange Wine by Harlan EllisonDeathbird Stories by Harlan EllisonThe Moonlit Road and Other Ghost and Horror Stories by Ambrose BierceAmerican Gothic Tales by Joyce Carol Oates
Most Terrifying Short Stories
375 books — 493 voters

Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le FanuLost Souls by Poppy Z. Brite
Best Adult Vampire Books
1,771 books — 4,918 voters
The Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyI Am the Cheese by Robert CormierI Never Promised You a Rose Garden by Hannah Green
Fictional Mental Hospital Novels
259 books — 771 voters