2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Lou (20 Lists)



Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
Circus/Carnival Books
700 books — 1,081 voters
The Shining by Stephen KingHell House by Richard MathesonGhost Story by Peter Straub
Leave The Lights On! ~ Horror
153 books — 139 voters

Rot & Ruin by Jonathan Maberry
Amazing Zombie Books
245 books — 217 voters
1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyAnimal Farm by George OrwellLord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Stand by Stephen King
Best Dystopian Books
524 books — 1,033 voters

The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas HarrisDarkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff LindsayAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton EllisRed Dragon by Thomas Harris
I Like Serial Killers
1,016 books — 1,544 voters
The Killer Inside Me by Jim ThompsonThe Girl Next Door by Jack KetchumThe Stand by Stephen KingThe Exorcist by William Peter BlattyThe Shining by Stephen King
Darkest Books of All Time
1,275 books — 1,716 voters

11/22/63 by Stephen King1Q84 by Haruki MurakamiThe Devil All the Time by Donald Ray PollockBefore I Go to Sleep by S.J. WatsonThe Five by Robert McCammon
Top Five-Star Reads of 2011
415 books — 672 voters
Rot & Ruin by Jonathan MaberryThe Reapers are the Angels by Alden Bell
Best Zombie Books
1,438 books — 3,076 voters

The Stand by Stephen KingSwan Song by Robert McCammonI Am Legend and Other Stories by Richard MathesonThe Road by Cormac McCarthyThe Waste Lands by Stephen King
Best Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
1,245 books — 3,416 voters
Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor
Fav 2011 ya reads
168 books — 73 voters

The Girl Next Door by Jack Ketchum
The Goriest Books Ever
409 books — 626 voters
The Devil All the Time by Donald Ray PollockDarkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff LindsayThe Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris
Psychopathic Killers
52 books — 70 voters

The Living Blood by Tananarive Due
Non-Caucasian Protagonists in Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, and Paranormal Romance
2,514 books — 2,756 voters
The Road by Cormac McCarthyMockingjay by Suzanne CollinsThe Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldWater for Elephants by Sara GruenLet the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist
Disappointing Books
2,735 books — 4,605 voters

Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz
Best Dean Koontz Books
91 books — 902 voters
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Books That Should Be Made Into Movies
32,220 books — 68,313 voters

Boy's Life by Robert McCammonSomething Wicked This Way Comes by Ray BradburyTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeLord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Coming of Age Stories
732 books — 573 voters
1984 by George OrwellOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,807 books — 49,784 voters

The Girl Next Door by Jack KetchumThe Exorcist by William Peter Blatty
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,196 books — 11,297 voters
The Stand by Stephen KingThe Shining by Stephen KingI Am Legend and Other Stories by Richard Matheson
Best horror books
492 books — 361 voters