Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Patrick Scaffido (13 Lists)



Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleBridge to Terabithia by Katherine PatersonThe Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket
Best Young Adult Books
13,096 books — 80,177 voters
Fight Club by Chuck PalahniukAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton EllisThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldIf on a Winter’s Night a Traveler by Italo CalvinoUnderwood and Flinch by Mike Bennett
Books with Unreliable Narrators
501 books — 489 voters

Closet Treats by Paul Elard CooleyBaboon Fart Story by P.T. PhronkHarry Potter and the Methods of Rationality by Eliezer Yudkowsky
Best Self-Published Speculative Fiction Books
16 books — 11 voters
Underwood and Flinch by Mike BennettQuarter Share by Nathan LowellTattoo by Paul Elard CooleyAncestor by Scott SiglerDown From Ten by J. Daniel Sawyer
Books Available as Podcasts
52 books — 37 voters

The Big Sleep by Raymond ChandlerThe Maltese Falcon by Dashiell HammettThe Long Goodbye by Raymond ChandlerFarewell, My Lovely by Raymond ChandlerL.A. Confidential by James Ellroy
Best Hardboiled & Noir fiction
701 books — 879 voters
The Horde (The Horde, #1) by Patrick ScaffidoThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisThe Subtle Knife by Philip PullmanA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleThe Magician’s Nephew by C.S. Lewis
Fantasy Books Set in Two Worlds
667 books — 631 voters

Maus I by Art SpiegelmanMaus II by Art Spiegelman
Well-Written Holocaust Books
891 books — 2,885 voters
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickI, Robot by Isaac AsimovRed Dwarf Omnibus by Grant NaylorRobots and Empire by Isaac AsimovThe Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov
Robots, Androids, Gynoids, Cyborgs
353 books — 261 voters

Matilda by Roald DahlThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg LarssonA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleThe Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg Larsson
Books With Nerdy, Geeky, or Genius Heroes and Heroines
1,145 books — 1,046 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankAnimal Farm by George OrwellLord of the Flies by William Golding
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,546 books — 120,106 voters

The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisHis Dark Materials by Philip PullmanThe Gunslinger by Stephen King
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,209 books — 25,724 voters
The Horde (The Horde, #1) by Patrick ScaffidoPrincipia Discordia ● Or ● How I Found Goddess and What I Did... by MalaclypseDoom Patrol, Vol. 1 by Grant MorrisonThe Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick 2 by Philip K. DickThe Illuminatus! Trilogy by Robert Shea
Best Reality Warping Fiction
330 books — 170 voters

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardDune by Frank Herbert1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,351 books — 24,669 voters