Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Alex Mils (6 Lists)



At the Mountains of Madness by H.P. LovecraftPerdido Street Station by China MiévilleTerror by Night by Ambrose BierceOccultation and Other Stories by Laird BarronThe White People and Other Stories by Arthur Machen
Cult fction
359 books — 205 voters
Shadow & Claw by Gene WolfePerdido Street Station by China MiévilleNeverwhere by Neil Gaiman
Highbrow Fantasy Books
419 books — 624 voters

A Prayer for Owen Meany by John IrvingTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,807 books — 49,789 voters
American Gods by Neil GaimanDracula by Bram StokerThe Complete Stories and Poems by Edgar Allan PoeThe Passage by Justin CroninFragile Things by Neil Gaiman
Quality Dark Fiction
2,508 books — 3,222 voters

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley JacksonThe Silence of the Lambs by Thomas HarrisFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyRosemary’s Baby by Ira LevinGhost Story by Peter Straub
Best Horror Novels
1,984 books — 5,446 voters
The Face That Must Die by Ramsey CampbellThe Haunting of Hill House by Shirley JacksonGhost Story by Peter StraubBooks of Blood by Clive BarkerThe Great and Secret Show by Clive Barker
Best Modern Horror Novels
321 books — 253 voters