Joel's votes on the list Best Books of the Decade: 2000s

Listopia > Joel's votes on the list Best Books of the Decade: 2000s (35 Books)

1	1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles C. Mann 4.05 avg rating — 96,567 ratings Joel rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Oracle Bones: A Journey Between China's Past and Present by Peter Hessler 4.23 avg rating — 7,692 ratings Joel rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1) by Patrick Rothfuss (Goodreads Author) 4.52 avg rating — 1,099,096 ratings Joel rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi 4.40 avg rating — 209,695 ratings Joel rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Matter (Culture, #8) by Iain M. Banks 4.11 avg rating — 30,219 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	The Redbreast (Harry Hole, #3) by Jo Nesbø (Goodreads Author) 3.95 avg rating — 110,448 ratings Joel rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	The Long Ball: The Summer of '75 -- Spaceman, Catfish, Charlie Hustle, and the Greatest World Series Ever Played by Tom Adelman 4.03 avg rating — 436 ratings Joel rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Looking for Alaska by Peter Jenkins 3.93 avg rating — 1,646 ratings Joel rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze by Peter Hessler 4.28 avg rating — 14,067 ratings Joel rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Rob Neyer's Big Book of Baseball Legends: The Truth, the Lies, and Everything Else by Rob Neyer 3.77 avg rating — 276 ratings Joel rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Mind Over Ship by David Marusek (Goodreads Author) 3.90 avg rating — 501 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	The Algebraist by Iain M. Banks 4.04 avg rating — 24,713 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before by Tony Horwitz 4.05 avg rating — 10,595 ratings Joel rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson 4.07 avg rating — 123,563 ratings Joel rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1) by Carlos Ruiz Zafón 4.31 avg rating — 734,193 ratings Joel rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Counting Heads (Counting Heads, #1) by David Marusek (Goodreads Author) 3.76 avg rating — 1,247 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine by Michael Lewis 4.30 avg rating — 172,804 ratings Joel rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1) by Stieg Larsson 4.18 avg rating — 3,483,433 ratings Joel rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris 4.01 avg rating — 724,614 ratings Joel rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Crazy '08: How a Cast of Cranks, Rogues, Boneheads, and Magnates Created the Greatest Year in Baseball History by Cait Murphy 3.97 avg rating — 2,297 ratings Joel rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific by J. Maarten Troost 3.87 avg rating — 26,728 ratings Joel rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Mind Game: How the Boston Red Sox Got Smart, Won a World Series, and Created a New Blueprint for Winning by Steve Goldman (Editor) 3.75 avg rating — 309 ratings Joel rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	3 Nights in August: Strategy, Heartbreak, and Joy Inside the Mind of a Manager by Buzz Bissinger 3.91 avg rating — 8,567 ratings Joel rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	Getting Stoned with Savages: A Trip Through the Islands of Fiji and Vanuatu by J. Maarten Troost 3.86 avg rating — 14,084 ratings Joel rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Country Driving: A Journey Through China from Farm to Factory by Peter Hessler 4.26 avg rating — 8,161 ratings Joel rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	Look to Windward (Culture, #7) by Iain M. Banks 4.23 avg rating — 29,757 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	Transition by Iain M. Banks 3.87 avg rating — 11,653 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	Under a Flaming Sky: The Great Hinckley Firestorm of 1894 by Daniel James Brown (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 4,809 ratings Joel rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	Planetary, Volume 1: All Over the World and Other Stories by Warren Ellis (Writer) 4.19 avg rating — 14,644 ratings Joel rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	Courtney Crumrin and the Night Things (Courtney Crumrin #1) by Ted Naifeh (Goodreads Author) 4.05 avg rating — 5,163 ratings Joel rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	Empires of the Indus: The Story of a River by Alice Albinia 4.21 avg rating — 1,842 ratings Joel rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	The War at Ellsmere by Faith Erin Hicks (Goodreads Author) 3.66 avg rating — 4,623 ratings Joel rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	God's Middle Finger: Into the Lawless Heart of the Sierra Madre by Richard Grant 3.99 avg rating — 2,767 ratings Joel rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	Living on the Black: Two Pitchers, Two Teams, One Season to Remember by John Feinstein 3.86 avg rating — 1,713 ratings Joel rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	The Legend of Old Salty (Salt Water Taffy, #1) by Matthew Loux 3.76 avg rating — 573 ratings Joel rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars