Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Robert Spider Monkey On My Head (20 Lists)



Lost Souls by Poppy Z. Brite
The Best Vampire Books
275 books — 54 voters
Lesbian and Gay Richmond by Beth Marschak
Richmond, Virginia Authors
83 books — 8 voters

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson
The Guardian's 10 Best Books Set in Las Vegas
12 books — 7 voters
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy TooleA Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee WilliamsInterview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
Best New Orleans Books
422 books — 346 voters

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Little, Big by John CrowleyCat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Wasp Factory by Iain BanksGalápagos by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Bruce Sterling's Slipstream
122 books — 12 voters
Out by Natsuo KirinoChoke Hold by Christa FaustQueenpin by Megan AbbottMoney Shot by Christa Faust
Female Noir
152 books — 104 voters

It by Stephen King
Best Books to Read for Halloween
1,175 books — 1,249 voters
Bored of the Rings by The Harvard LampoonCandy by Terry SouthernNational Lampoon's 1964 High School Yearbook by P.J. O'RourkeNational Lampoon Sunday Newspaper Parody by P.J. O'RourkeNuts! vol. 2 by Harvey Kurtzman
Best Parodies
147 books — 119 voters

Fun Home by Alison Bechdel
Funny Women Memoirs
456 books — 1,551 voters
Delta of Venus by Anaïs NinHistoire d'O | Story of O by Pauline RéageLittle Birds by Anaïs Nin
Literary Smut
146 books — 108 voters

Secret Historian by Justin Spring
Unsettling Memoirs & Biographies
530 books — 377 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Jezebel's Books All Women Should Read
772 books — 1,400 voters

Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas PynchonThe Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas PynchonInherent Vice by Thomas PynchonVineland by Thomas Pynchon
Ranking the works of Thomas Pynchon
10 books — 262 voters
The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks
Books with Unreliable Narrators
501 books — 489 voters

Voluptuous Panic by Mel GordonThe Grand Guignol by Mel GordonPrisoner of X by Allan MacDonell
Feral House & Amok Books
159 books — 55 voters
Catch-22 by Joseph HellerA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
Best Humorous Books
4,313 books — 7,859 voters

Neuromancer by William GibsonBurning Chrome by William Gibson
Best of Cyberpunk
371 books — 1,182 voters
Mirrorshades by Bruce Sterling
Best Science Fiction Anthologies/Collections
531 books — 255 voters

Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas PynchonA Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James JoyceV. by Thomas Pynchon
Most Difficult Novels
588 books — 2,044 voters
Delta of Venus by Anaïs NinHistoire d'O | Story of O by Pauline Réage
Best Erotic Classics
34 books — 45 voters