A Decade of Hit Books

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Jules (25 Lists)



At Swim, Two Boys by Jamie O'NeillThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeGulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift
Best Irish Literature
646 books — 725 voters
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Decadence & the Fin-de-Siècle
242 books — 209 voters

Disgrace by J.M. CoetzeeLife & Times of Michael K by J.M. Coetzee
Booker Prize Winners
63 books — 2,011 voters
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasThe Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleyThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienA Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinDune by Frank Herbert
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,878 books — 7,006 voters

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Nineteenth Century British: Victorian List
48 books — 31 voters
Ulysses by James JoyceAnna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
The Great Classics You Have Not Read Yet
780 books — 1,845 voters

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Quality Dark Fiction
2,741 books — 3,993 voters
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeThe Road by Cormac McCarthy
Darkest Books of All Time
1,312 books — 1,682 voters

The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Thickest Books Ever
895 books — 2,495 voters
Death of a Salesman by Arthur MillerEquus by Peter ShafferDie Physiker by Friedrich Dürrenmatt
Best Plays Ever
869 books — 1,138 voters

His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,815 books — 26,998 voters
Inkheart by Cornelia FunkeThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
What To Read After Harry Potter
2,257 books — 6,399 voters

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Books set during the Summer
508 books — 235 voters
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,818 books — 49,885 voters

The Oxford Guide to Arthurian Literature and Legend by Alan Lupack
Best Arthurian Non-Fiction
17 books — 21 voters
Inkheart by Cornelia FunkeThe Neverending Story by Michael EndeThe City of Dreaming Books by Walter Moers
Books about Books
1,394 books — 1,524 voters

Dune by Frank Herbert1984 by George OrwellSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,837 books — 26,145 voters
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,197 books — 28,384 voters

Atonement by Ian McEwanThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
What To Read Next
21,095 books — 24,782 voters
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Best Books Ever
79,437 books — 296,156 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldTolkien On Fairy-stories by J.R.R. TolkienThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupérySlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,949 books — 125,091 voters
Inkheart by Cornelia FunkeThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienHis Dark Materials by Philip PullmanThe Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Best Fantasy Series, Trilogies, and Duologies
2,258 books — 12,222 voters

The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleyThe Winter King by Bernard CornwellEnemy of God by Bernard CornwellExcalibur by Bernard CornwellThe Forest House by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Best Arthurian Fiction
488 books — 1,463 voters