Big Books of 2026

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



The Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
The Great American Novel
670 books — 1,090 voters
Sex Criminals, Vol. 1 by Matt FractionHawkeye, Volume 3 by Matt FractionSouthern Bastards, Vol. 1 by Jason AaronMs. Marvel, Vol. 1 by G. Willow WilsonSaga, Volume 3 by Brian K. Vaughan
Best Comics & Graphic Novels of 2014
219 books — 379 voters

Hawkeye, Volume 1 by Matt FractionBatman, Volume 1 by Scott Snyder
DC's The New 52 vs. Marvel NOW!
207 books — 119 voters
True Grit by Charles PortisBlood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy
Literary Westerns
283 books — 386 voters

True Grit by Charles PortisBlood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthyAll the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy
Best Contemporary Western Novels
120 books — 141 voters
All-Star Superman by Grant Morrison
Best of Superman
302 books — 244 voters

Hawkeye, Volume 1 by Matt Fraction
Marvel Now!
231 books — 313 voters
The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell HammettThe Big Sleep by Raymond ChandlerPop. 1280 by Jim ThompsonThe Hunter by Richard StarkThe Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain
Best Hardboiled & Noir fiction
700 books — 878 voters

Batman, Volume 1 by Scott SnyderAnimal Man, Volume 1 by Jeff LemireSwamp Thing, Volume 1 by Scott SnyderWonder Woman, Volume 1 by Brian AzzarelloAnimal Man, Volume 2 by Jeff Lemire
The New 52
321 books — 371 voters
The Friends of Eddie Coyle by George V. Higgins
New School of Noir
199 books — 267 voters

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best Books Ever
76,028 books — 282,429 voters
The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler
Los Angeles (fiction and nonfiction)
322 books — 289 voters

True Grit by Charles PortisBlood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthyThe Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWittButcher's Crossing by John WilliamsDoc by Mary Doria Russell
Best Westerns
1,374 books — 1,499 voters
100 Bullets, Vol. 1 by Brian AzzarelloPreacher, Volume 1 by Garth EnnisWatchmen by Alan MooreTransmetropolitan, Vol. 1 by Warren EllisBatman by Jeph Loeb
Best Graphic Novels
3,450 books — 6,767 voters

Lamb by Christopher MooreCatch-22 by Joseph HellerBreakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson
Best Humorous Books
4,313 books — 7,859 voters
1984 by George OrwellSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickCat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,347 books — 24,648 voters

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickA Scanner Darkly by Philip K. DickUbik by Philip K. DickThe Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch by Philip K. DickThe Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
Best of Philip K. Dick
92 books — 406 voters
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickThe Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,807 books — 49,785 voters