Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Justin Redmon (12 Lists)



Mongrels by Stephen Graham Jones
Best Shapeshifter/Werewolf books
1,549 books — 2,080 voters
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Accidental Time Machine by Joe HaldemanThe First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North
Best Time Travel Fiction
1,957 books — 5,243 voters

Infinite Jest by David Foster WallaceMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,603 books — 13,133 voters
Horns by Joe HillHeart-Shaped Box by Joe HillHaunted by Chuck Palahniuk
Best Horror Books of the 21st Century
484 books — 1,246 voters

Brave New World by Aldous HuxleySlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsSpeaker for the Dead by Orson Scott CardAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,350 books — 24,660 voters
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Red Dragon by Thomas Harris1984 by George OrwellAmerican Gods by Neil GaimanLord of the Flies by William Golding
Quality Dark Fiction
2,507 books — 3,221 voters

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellLord of the Flies by William GoldingFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,747 books — 25,986 voters
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,130 books — 3,678 voters

A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
Funniest Novels of All Time
1,407 books — 2,260 voters
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy TooleBrave New World and Brave New World Revisited by Aldous HuxleyThe Holy Bible by AnonymousWhere the Sidewalk Ends by Shel SilversteinOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,466 books — 119,837 voters

The Holy Bible by Anonymous
Books that Changed the Way You View Life
10,488 books — 5,738 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy TooleWork Shirts for Madmen by George Singleton
Book Riot's 100 Must-Read Works of Southern Literature
99 books — 29 voters