A Decade of Hit Books

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Hestia (29 Lists)



The September House by Carissa OrlandoThe House Next Door by Anne Rivers SiddonsRosemary’s Baby by Ira Levin
Haunted Houses
612 books — 616 voters
Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots
In Her Villain Era
12 books — 8 voters

The Rise and Fall of Alexandria by Justin Pollard
Histories of Cities
260 books — 106 voters
Waiting for the Galactic Bus by Parke Godwin
Fiction For Wiccans
109 books — 9 voters

Mindplayers by Pat Cadigan
Best Forgotten Science Fiction of the 20th Century
582 books — 112 voters
Space Opera by Catherynne M. Valente
Popsugar 2022 #21 - A book about a band or musical group
168 books — 226 voters

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins ReidThe Change by Kirsten MillerMexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
2022: What Women Born In The 1970s Read In 2022
6,696 books — 580 voters
The Seventh Swan by Nicholas Stuart GrayBeauty by Robin McKinleyDeerskin by Robin McKinleyThe Shape-Changer's Wife by Sharon ShinnThe Silent Strength of Stones by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
Recommended Reading from The Beastly Bride
72 books — 6 voters

Lilith's Brood by Octavia E. ButlerWhen Gravity Fails by George Alec EffingerKillashandra by Anne McCaffreyDreamsnake by Vonda N. McIntyreBloodchild and Other Stories by Octavia E. Butler
Most Under-rated Science Fiction
2,178 books — 2,689 voters
1979 by Val McDermid
When Was That? Dates in Titles
666 books — 112 voters

The Birthgrave by Tanith LeeMemoirs of a Spacewoman by Naomi Mitchison
Speculative Fiction Classics (pre-1980) by Female Authors
171 books — 101 voters
Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
Best Science Fiction Ever Written.
1,830 books — 4,137 voters

Venus of Dreams by Pamela SargentVenus of Shadows by Pamela Sargent
Venus Colonist's Reading List
52 books — 5 voters
How Do You Lose Those Ninth Grade Blues? by Barthe DeClements
The Blues
515 books — 38 voters

Wintering by Katherine MayThe Snow Queen and Other Winter Tales by Hans Christian AndersenSmilla's Sense of Snow by Peter HøegThe Snow Child by Eowyn IveySnow by Giles Whittell
Winter, snow & cold
47 books — 8 voters
Moving Mars by Greg Bear
Classic Science Fiction - 1990-1999
379 books — 188 voters

Daughter of the Bear King by Eleanor ArnasonTo the Resurrection Station by Eleanor ArnasonFool's Run by Patricia A. McKillipCyteen by C.J. CherryhWave Without a Shore by C.J. Cherryh
80s SF&F by Women
107 books — 7 voters
The Thread That Binds the Bones by Nina Kiriki HoffmanThe Etched City by K.J. BishopWave Without a Shore by C.J. CherryhMindplayers by Pat CadiganThe Girl Who Was Plugged In by James Tiptree Jr.
Great science fiction and fantasy you may not know
49 books — 1 voter

Fallen by Lauren KateThe Secret History by Donna Tartt
Books I wish I had never read
1,300 books — 1,381 voters
Mindplayers by Pat Cadigan
Classic Science Fiction - 1980-1989
325 books — 260 voters

Nothing's Fair in Fifth Grade by Barthe DeClementsInto the Dream by William Sleator
Scholastic Apple Paperbacks
362 books — 70 voters
Book Lust by Nancy Pearl
Best Non-Fiction Books About Books and Reading
1,110 books — 693 voters

Bone Dance by Emma BullThe Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le GuinAncillary Justice by Ann LeckieDragonsong by Anne McCaffreyThe Silver Metal Lover by Tanith Lee
Science Fiction Books by Female Authors
1,729 books — 1,584 voters
The Serpent and the Pearl by Kate Quinn
Historical Fiction 2013
420 books — 2,174 voters

The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Best Arthurian Fiction
488 books — 1,463 voters
Cordelia's Honor by Lois McMaster BujoldSong of Scarabaeus by Sara CreasyThe Silver Metal Lover by Tanith Lee
Best Sci-Fi/Futuristic Romance
1,463 books — 1,402 voters

Fallen by Lauren KateInkheart by Cornelia FunkeTwilight by Stephenie MeyerEvernight by Claudia Gray
I read the first one and didn't feel compelled to finish the trilogy/series
886 books — 2,053 voters
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
Best Steampunk Books
1,293 books — 4,160 voters

East by Edith PattouHowl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne JonesBeauty by Robin McKinley
The Best Fairytales and Retellings
2,864 books — 9,237 voters