Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Ami Morrison (24 Lists)



Uzumaki by Junji ItoGyo by Junji ItoBeasts of Burden by Evan DorkinGyo, Vol. 2 by Junji Ito
Best Horror Comics/Graphic Novels!
658 books — 441 voters
Dracula by Bram StokerThe Exorcist by William Peter BlattyThe Tell-Tale Heart and Other Writings by Edgar Allan PoeThe Mist by Stephen KingRelic by Douglas Preston
The Definitive Horror Book List
1,368 books — 1,976 voters

The Exorcist by William Peter BlattyThe Ruins by Scott Smith
Best Horror Novels
1,984 books — 5,447 voters
The Terror by Dan SimmonsThe Ruins by Scott SmithNight Film by Marisha PesslThe Strain by Guillermo del ToroThe Ritual by Adam L.G. Nevill
Best Horror Books of the 21st Century
484 books — 1,246 voters

Project Hail Mary by Andy WeirMexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Best Books of the Decade: 2020's
2,925 books — 5,422 voters
Bunnicula by Deborah Howe
Titles that start with #, A, or B
1,638 books — 122 voters

The Ghost and Mrs. McClure by Alice Kimberly
Best Cozy Mystery Series
2,532 books — 2,677 voters
Abracadabra by Stephen GreshamRabbits by Terry Miles
Bunnies: Books with Rabbits on the Cover
161 books — 75 voters

The Year of the Angry Rabbit by Russell Braddon
Best Books Beginning with the Letter Y
155 books — 25 voters
Dark Matter by Michelle PaverHaunted by James HerbertA Stir of Echoes by Richard MathesonBurnt Offerings by Robert MarascoThe Tell-Tale Heart and Other Writings by Edgar Allan Poe
Ghost Stories
1,485 books — 1,879 voters

Slugs by Shaun HutsonThe Rats by James Herbert
Retro killer animal novels
19 books — 11 voters
The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
Best Hardboiled & Noir fiction
700 books — 878 voters

Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell Jr.Carnivore by Leigh ClarkThe Terror by Dan SimmonsThe Thing by Alan Dean FosterBeneath the Dark Ice by Greig Beck
Found-In-Ice Stories
85 books — 28 voters
Relic by Douglas PrestonJust Add Water by Hunter SheaJurassic Florida by Hunter SheaRattus New Yorkus by Hunter SheaThe Jersey Devil by Hunter Shea
Best Creature Feature Reads
159 books — 34 voters

Night of the Crabs by Guy N. SmithThe Rats by James HerbertThe Hunger by Alma Katsu
Best Horror Books by People Other Than Stephen King
1,550 books — 1,501 voters
The Rats by James HerbertRelic by Douglas PrestonClickers by J.F. GonzalezThe Next Wave by J.F. GonzalezSpiderstalk by D. Nathan Hilliard
Best Creature Feature Books
196 books — 171 voters

The Girl with All the Gifts by M.R. CareyThe Ruins by Scott Smith
Killer Plants in Horror & Science Fiction Fantasy
82 books — 52 voters
The Terror by Dan Simmons
Best Horror Novels Not By King or Koontz
612 books — 496 voters

White Shark by Peter BenchleyBeast by Peter BenchleyJaws by Peter Benchley
Animal Attacks
146 books — 94 voters
The Codex by Douglas Preston
Treasure Hunter Thrillers
420 books — 843 voters

Relic by Douglas PrestonJurassic Park by Michael Crichton
Best Science Thrillers
216 books — 236 voters
Beast by Peter BenchleyPeter Benchley's Creature by Peter BenchleyInto the Drowning Deep by Mira GrantThe Loch by Steve Alten
Oceanic/marine science fiction
165 books — 270 voters

Baltimore, or, The Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire by Mike MignolaRelic by Douglas Preston
Best Monster Books!
575 books — 521 voters
Beast by Peter BenchleyWhite Shark by Peter BenchleyMeg by Steve AltenJaws by Peter BenchleyDeeper by James A. Moore
Sea Monster Books!
158 books — 231 voters