A Decade of Hit Books

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Walkingthecircle (10 Lists)



Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon KrakauerNickel and Dimed by Barbara EhrenreichOutliers by Malcolm Gladwell
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,417 books — 8,206 voters
The Da Vinci Code by Dan BrownThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonAngels & Demons by Dan BrownAlong Came a Spider by James PattersonThe Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy
Thrillers
5,026 books — 6,688 voters

Barbarians at the Gate by Bryan BurroughToo Big to Fail by Andrew Ross SorkinLiar's Poker by Michael LewisThe Big Short by Michael Lewis
Business History
522 books — 288 voters
Black Hawk Down by Mark BowdenLone Survivor by Marcus LuttrellThe Rape of Nanking by Iris ChangAn Army at Dawn by Rick AtkinsonRetribution by Max Hastings
Best Non-fiction War Books
2,264 books — 2,621 voters

Blood, Bones, and Butter by Gabrielle HamiltonThe Soul of a Chef by Michael RuhlmanThe Making of a Chef by Michael RuhlmanOn Food and Cooking by Harold McGeeEating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer
Food-Related Non-Fiction
1,384 books — 1,749 voters
Moneyball by Michael LewisThe Blind Side by Michael Lewis
Top reads for sports fans
966 books — 808 voters

Uhura's Song by Janet KaganThe Romulan Way by Diane DuaneSpock's World by Diane Duane
Best Star Trek Books
397 books — 277 voters
V for Vendetta by Alan MooreThe Sandman, Vol. 1 by Neil GaimanBatman by Frank MillerY by Brian K. VaughanFables, Vol. 1 by Bill Willingham
Best Graphic Novels
3,518 books — 6,822 voters

The Da Vinci Code by Dan BrownMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Cat in the Hat by Dr. SeussCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteHow the Grinch Stole Christmas! by Dr. Seuss
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,654 books — 18,676 voters
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyStranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. HeinleinSnow Crash by Neal Stephenson
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,837 books — 26,144 voters