Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Mado (7 Lists)



Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëCarmilla by J. Sheridan Le FanuThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeDracula by Bram Stoker
Best Gothic Books of All Time
585 books — 3,503 voters
The Giver by Lois LowryHoles by Louis SacharThe Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Top 100 Middle School Must-Reads
2,264 books — 3,651 voters

Dracula by Bram StokerWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeThe Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
Best Gothic Novels/Suspense Novels
418 books — 452 voters
Dracula by Bram StokerFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeThe Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
The best gothic novels, ghost stories and early horror 1764-1937
361 books — 717 voters

The Song of Achilles by Madeline MillerCall Me By Your Name by André AcimanBrokeback Mountain by Annie ProulxThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeGiovanni’s Room by James Baldwin
Best Gay Fiction
2,662 books — 3,866 voters
M. Butterfly by David Henry Hwang
Asian-American Books
544 books — 328 voters

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
Best YA Fiction with GLBTQQI themes / characters
1,959 books — 5,985 voters