Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Loi Huynh (10 Lists)



Gone Girl by Gillian FlynnRed Dragon by Thomas HarrisMisery by Stephen KingSharp Objects by Gillian FlynnRebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Thrillers You Must Read!
4,716 books — 6,535 voters
I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdyProject Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Best Books of the Decade: 2020's
2,948 books — 5,403 voters

News of the World by Paulette Jiles
Best Westerns
1,374 books — 1,499 voters
The Shining by Stephen KingThe Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson20th Century Ghosts by Joe Hill
Ghost Stories
1,485 books — 1,878 voters

Dangerous Visions by Harlan EllisonBeacon 23 by Hugh HoweyPhilip K. Dick's Electric Dreams by Philip K. DickNever Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroThe Peripheral by William Gibson
Books like Black Mirror
58 books — 46 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin1984 by George OrwellWorld War Z by Max BrooksAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Best Outside-the-box Speculative Fiction
883 books — 486 voters

1984 by George OrwellWorld War Z by Max BrooksThe Stand by Stephen KingThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Best Alternate History Novels and Stories
768 books — 1,293 voters
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton EllisThe Silence of the Lambs by Thomas HarrisIt by Stephen KingThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Darkest Books of All Time
1,275 books — 1,716 voters

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Stand by Stephen King1984 by George OrwellV for Vendetta by Alan MooreWorld War Z by Max Brooks
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,744 books — 25,982 voters
Dracula by Bram Stoker1984 by George OrwellFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodRebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Best Books Ever
76,025 books — 282,381 voters