Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Brian (18 Lists)



It by Stephen KingSummer of Night by Dan SimmonsLet Me In by John Ajvide LindqvistThe Troop by Nick Cutter
Best Coming-of-Age Horror Novels
133 books — 100 voters
The Girl Next Door by Jack KetchumThe Troop by Nick Cutter
The Goriest Books Ever
409 books — 626 voters

The Amazing Spider-Man by Roger SternSpider-Man by Jeph LoebThe Superior Spider-Man, Vol. 1 by Dan SlottSpider-Man by J. Michael StraczynskiThe Amazing Spider-Man by Tom DeFalco
Best of Spider-Man
265 books — 128 voters
Brief Cases by Jim ButcherThe Outsider by Stephen KingUnbury Carol by Josh MalermanThe Atrocities by Jeremy C. ShippSemiosis by Sue Burke
Can't Wait Books of 2018
1,208 books — 4,458 voters

Jerusalem by Alan MooreInfinite Jest by David Foster WallaceAtlas Shrugged by Ayn RandLe Morte D'arthur by Thomas MaloryMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville
Most Difficult Novels
588 books — 2,043 voters
The Portable Atheist by Christopher HitchensThe Conspiracy Against the Human Race by Thomas LigottiOn Certainty by Ludwig WittgensteinReligion for Atheists by Alain de Botton
Notable Atheist Books
544 books — 938 voters

The Dragons of Eden by Carl SaganThis Is Your Brain on Music by Daniel J. LevitinVirtually Human by Martine RothblattPhysics of the Impossible by Michio Kaku
Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
1,837 books — 3,600 voters
Necronomicon by H.P. LovecraftBooks of Blood, Vol. 1 by Clive BarkerThe Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard by Robert E. HowardThe Shadow at the Bottom of the World by Thomas LigottiTales of Ordinary Madness by Charles Bukowski
Best Short Story Collections
1,553 books — 857 voters

On the Run by Alice GoffmanTowards a Less Fucked Up World by Nick RiotfagAin't I a Woman by bell hooksTransgender History by Susan StrykerLady Mechanika Vol. 1 by Joe Benítez
Books You Wish More People Knew About
17,381 books — 10,355 voters
Piercing by Ryū MurakamiNaked Lunch by William S. BurroughsInvisible Monsters by Chuck PalahniukDeath by Black Hole by Neil deGrasse TysonThe Acid House by Irvine Welsh
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,191 books — 11,287 voters

Anarchy Works by Peter GelderloosProfit Over People by Noam ChomskyThe Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le GuinPedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo FreireBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Anarchist books
470 books — 372 voters
Bitch Planet, Vol. 1 by Kelly Sue DeConnickSaga, Volume 1 by Brian K. VaughanThe Superior Spider-Man, Vol. 1 by Dan SlottSex Criminals, Vol. 1 by Matt FractionWelcome to Lovecraft by Joe Hill
Best Graphic Novels
3,450 books — 6,766 voters

The Hellbound Heart by Clive BarkerThe Stand by Stephen KingUzumaki by Junji ItoThe Best of H.P. Lovecraft by H.P. LovecraftKin by Kealan Patrick Burke
The Definitive Horror Book List
1,368 books — 1,976 voters
The Hellbound Heart by Clive BarkerThe Stand by Stephen KingBooks of Blood by Clive BarkerLullaby by Chuck Palahniuk
Best Horror Novels
1,984 books — 5,447 voters

Paper Girls, Volume 1 by Brian K. VaughanSaga, Volume 1 by Brian K. VaughanSpider-Gwen, Vol. 1 by Jason LatourBitch Planet, Vol. 1 by Kelly Sue DeConnickClean Room, Vol. 1 by Gail Simone
Best Science Fiction With a Female Protagonist
1,390 books — 2,822 voters
The Demon-Haunted World by Carl SaganThe Shock Doctrine by Naomi KleinA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnThe Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael PollanBehold a Pale Horse by Milton William Cooper
Disturbing Truths
555 books — 355 voters

Narcotics Anonymous by Narcotics AnonymousTowards a Less Fucked Up World by Nick RiotfagAnarchy and Alcohol by CrimethInc.Don't Tell by Roger C.Common Sense Recovery by Adam N.
Books On Recovery From Addiction
53 books — 87 voters
Ham on Rye by Charles BukowskiThe Best of H.P. Lovecraft by H.P. LovecraftFilm as Art by Rudolf ArnheimEssential Brakhage by Stan BrakhageEssential Deren by Maya Deren
Best Books Ever
76,076 books — 282,650 voters