Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Emery (16 Lists)



Tweak by Nic SheffProzac Nation by Elizabeth WurtzelWasted by Marya HornbacherA Scanner Darkly by Philip K. DickMadness by Marya Hornbacher
Substance Abuse & Addiction
717 books — 1,315 voters
Refuse by Elliott DeLineParrotfish by Ellen WittlingerBecoming a Visible Man by Jamison GreenThe Nearest Exit May Be Behind You by S. Bear Bergman
FTM / Trans Men
255 books — 207 voters

Tipping the Velvet by Sarah WatersFingersmith by Sarah WatersRubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae BrownStone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg
Best Lesbian Fiction
2,026 books — 2,650 voters
Stone Butch Blues by Leslie FeinbergParrotfish by Ellen WittlingerMiddlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesBecoming a Visible Man by Jamison GreenShe's Not the Man I Married by Helen Boyd
Transgender Books
185 books — 78 voters

The Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathGirl, Interrupted by Susanna KaysenA Beautiful Mind by Sylvia NasarProzac Nation by Elizabeth WurtzelThe Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Books Every Psychology and/or Counseling Doctoral Student Should Read
1,350 books — 1,471 voters
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton EllisThe Road by Cormac McCarthyFight Club by Chuck PalahniukThe Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Darkest Books of All Time
1,275 books — 1,716 voters

The Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathThe Andromeda Strain by Michael CrichtonAn Unquiet Mind by Kay Redfield JamisonBlindness by José SaramagoThe Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Medicine and Literature
1,845 books — 2,005 voters
World War Z by Max BrooksThe Zombie Survival Guide by Max BrooksThe Walking Dead, Vol. 1 by Robert KirkmanCell by Stephen KingPatient Zero by Jonathan Maberry
Zombies!
1,664 books — 4,319 voters

The Exorcist by William Peter BlattyInterview with the Vampire by Anne RiceWorld War Z by Max Brooks
Best Horror Novels
1,984 books — 5,447 voters
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,530 books — 120,004 voters

The Umbrella Conspiracy by S.D. PerryZero Hour by S.D. PerryCode by S.D. PerryNemesis by S.D. PerryCaliban Cove by S.D. Perry
Video Game Tie-In Novels & Comics
345 books — 326 voters
Wasted by Marya HornbacherUnbearable Lightness by Portia de RossiMadness by Marya HornbacherPurge by Nicole J. JohnsGoing Hungry by Kate M. Taylor
Best Eating Disorder Books
450 books — 997 voters

The Buddha and the Borderline by Kiera Van GelderGirl, Interrupted by Susanna KaysenGet Me Out of Here by Rachel Reiland
Borderline Personality Disorder
58 books — 93 voters
The Heart of Aces by Sarah Sinnaeve
Books With Neuter Gender and Asexual Main Characters
41 books — 43 voters

The Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathWasted by Marya HornbacherThe Buddha and the Borderline by Kiera Van GelderPurge by Nicole J. JohnsTweak by Nic Sheff
Borderline Personality Disorder, Insanity, and related issues
537 books — 734 voters
Tweak by Nic SheffProzac Nation by Elizabeth WurtzelNaked Lunch by William S. BurroughsValencia by Michelle TeaMore, Now, Again by Elizabeth Wurtzel
Drug Memoir A List
171 books — 203 voters