A Decade of Hit Books

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The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Reader by Bernhard Schlink
Books about Books
1,394 books — 1,522 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónDubliners by James JoyceA Passage to India by E.M. Forster
Foreign Lands
2,383 books — 2,256 voters

The Shipping News by Annie ProulxThe Beach by Alex GarlandThe Summer Book by Tove JanssonOn Chesil Beach by Ian McEwanTo the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
Down by the Sea
746 books — 566 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerBeloved by Toni MorrisonThe Shipping News by Annie ProulxAmerican Pastoral by Philip Roth
Pulitzer Winners: Fiction & Novels
100 books — 951 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins GilmanThe Awakening by Kate ChopinJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Best Feminist Fiction
1,548 books — 2,776 voters
The Blue Fox by Sjón
Best Scandinavian and Nordic Literature
1,229 books — 1,254 voters

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakRebecca by Daphne du MaurierEmma by Jane Austen
ONE DAY Best Summer Reads
1,666 books — 5,983 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakAtonement by Ian McEwanEmpire of the Sun by J.G. BallardThe Reader by Bernhard Schlink
World War II Fiction
1,504 books — 2,282 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,935 books — 125,039 voters
Blindness by José SaramagoLike Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Stolen Child by Keith DonohueDreamer by Daniel Quinn
Highbrow Fantasy Books
425 books — 633 voters

Beloved by Toni Morrison
World Book Night 2011 (UK)
25 books — 34 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Magic Apple Tree by Susan HillThe Shipping News by Annie ProulxThe Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
What Book Would You Like To Live In?
8,789 books — 9,044 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeEast of Eden by John SteinbeckThe Stolen Child by Keith DonohueFar from the Madding Crowd by Thomas HardyGreenmantle by Charles de Lint
Trees on Covers
937 books — 189 voters
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
Best South Asian Fiction
772 books — 1,972 voters

The God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyFasting, Feasting by Anita Desai
Best Indian Fiction Books
939 books — 2,485 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodEmpire of the Sun by J.G. BallardAtonement by Ian McEwanThe Van by Roddy DoyleFasting, Feasting by Anita Desai
Non-Winners of the Man Booker
274 books — 245 voters

Moments of Reprieve by Primo LeviThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Reader by Bernhard Schlink
Well-Written Holocaust Books
943 books — 3,185 voters
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Best for Book Clubs
15,490 books — 20,006 voters

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodAnimal Farm by George OrwellBlindness by José Saramago
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
4,090 books — 26,963 voters
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Color Purple by Alice Walker
Books That Made You Cry
1,609 books — 3,297 voters

The Stolen Child by Keith DonohueMoonheart by Charles de LintA Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare
Books about Faery
1,156 books — 2,349 voters
Jude the Obscure by Thomas HardyOrlando by Virginia Woolf
The Worst Books of All Time
8,124 books — 19,916 voters

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisEast of Eden by John SteinbeckThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodA Prayer for Owen Meany by John IrvingBeloved by Toni Morrison
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,818 books — 49,881 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Complete Works by William ShakespeareGreat Expectations by Charles DickensFar From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy
Best British and Irish Literature
1,185 books — 1,120 voters

The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoTo the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
Most Difficult Novels
601 books — 2,065 voters