Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Lindsay (13 Lists)



The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales by Edgar Allan PoeThe Haunted Hotel by Wilkie CollinsThe Castle of Otranto by Horace WalpoleThe Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe
Haunted Houses
610 books — 613 voters
The Historian by Elizabeth KostovaThe Graveyard Book by Neil GaimanThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Books About Books and Bookstores
82 books — 44 voters

The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston LerouxThe Monk by Matthew Gregory LewisThe Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe
Best Gothic Books of All Time
589 books — 3,505 voters
The Ghost Bride by Yangsze ChooThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
Historical Ghost Fiction
235 books — 352 voters

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeThe Complete Stories and Poems by Edgar Allan PoeDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis StevensonThe Phantom of the Opera by Gaston LerouxThe Monk by Matthew Gregory Lewis
The best gothic novels, ghost stories and early horror 1764-1937
361 books — 717 voters
Les Liaisons dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de LaclosThe Monk by Matthew Gregory LewisThe Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe
Best Books of the 18th Century
375 books — 1,008 voters

The Monstrumologist by Rick YanceyThe Night Circus by Erin MorgensternThe Book of Lost Things by John Connolly
Books That Would Make Good Tim Burton Movies
202 books — 110 voters
Mistborn by Brandon SandersonThe Great Book of Amber by Roger ZelaznyStorm Front by Jim ButcherFuries of Calderon by Jim ButcherJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Most Interesting Magic System
2,652 books — 8,771 voters

The Graveyard Book by Neil GaimanThe Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Not The "Normal" Paranormal
1,158 books — 1,309 voters
The Night Circus by Erin MorgensternThe Historian by Elizabeth KostovaThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,847 books — 22,040 voters

The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales by Edgar Allan Poe
Haunted House Stories
218 books — 161 voters
Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëDracula by Bram StokerThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
Best Gothic Novels/Suspense Novels
418 books — 452 voters

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasDracula by Bram StokerA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensThe Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,704 books — 6,878 voters