Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Michael Flores (22 Lists)



Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Nerdventure
125 books — 215 voters
World War Z by Max Brooks1984 by George OrwellLord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Stand by Stephen KingSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,744 books — 25,982 voters

Unbroken by Laura HillenbrandEinstein by Walter IsaacsonInto the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Best Biographies
1,658 books — 2,939 voters
The Painted Man by Peter V. BrettShadowbridge by Gregory Frost
2008 DGLA Fantasy Book Nominees
98 books — 222 voters

The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleyA Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark TwainThe Lady of Shalott by Alfred TennysonThe Seeing Stone by Kevin Crossley-Holland
The Arthurian Legend Retold
455 books — 747 voters
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasHamlet by William ShakespeareFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyThe Phantom of the Opera by Gaston LerouxMacbeth by William Shakespeare
Best Tortured Heroes in Fiction
782 books — 797 voters

The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsDune by Frank HerbertSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Best Time Travel Stories of the 20th Century by Harry Turtledove
Best books for geeks
631 books — 279 voters
Dune by Frank HerbertFoundation by Isaac AsimovThe Martian Chronicles by Ray BradburyI, Robot by Isaac AsimovThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
The Best Classical Science Fiction Works
112 books — 153 voters

Dune by Frank HerbertThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsFoundation by Isaac AsimovDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickHyperion by Dan Simmons
Best Science Fiction
3,650 books — 6,953 voters
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
Best Books Ever
76,021 books — 282,372 voters

Dune by Frank HerbertSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickI, Robot by Isaac AsimovThe Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,345 books — 24,641 voters
After Death... by Eric J. GuignardCursed by Jeremy C. Shipp
Best of Little-Known Authors
6,740 books — 4,824 voters

After Death... by Eric J. GuignardBlack Heart, Ivory Bones by Ellen DatlowBest of Contemporary Mexican Fiction by Álvaro UribeThe Norton Anthology of Short Fiction by Richard BauschGeektastic by Holly Black
Best Anthologies
1,118 books — 767 voters
After Death... by Eric J. Guignard
Best Indie Anthologies of 2013
11 books — 34 voters

A Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisThe Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanThe Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Best Fantasy Series, Trilogies, and Duologies
2,073 books — 11,673 voters
The Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Outsiders by S.E. HintonThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Best Young Adult Books
13,122 books — 80,170 voters

I Am Legend and Other Stories by Richard MathesonThe Walking Dead, Vol. 1 by Robert KirkmanWorld War Z by Max BrooksDay by Day Armageddon by J.L. Bourne
Zombies!
1,663 books — 4,318 voters
Dark Tales of Lost Civilizations by Eric J. GuignardThe Mammoth Book of Steampunk by Sean WallaceExistence by David BrinTough Shit by Kevin SmithSuper Dinosaur Volume 2 by Robert Kirkman
Best Books of 2012
3,523 books — 9,204 voters

Dark Tales of Lost Civilizations by Eric J. GuignardUncommon Assassins by Weldon BurgeOr Something Like That by Bud SmithThe Heart of Aces by Sarah Sinnaeve
Indie Books - Short-Story Collections/Anthologies
654 books — 840 voters
After Death... by Eric J. GuignardCutting Edge by Dennis EtchisonTales of the Unexpected by Roald DahlShadows 5 by Charles L. Grant
Best Horror Anthologies
453 books — 535 voters