A Decade of Hit Books

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Chesna (17 Lists)



The Historian by Elizabeth KostovaThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskyWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,878 books — 7,006 voters
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Crucible by Arthur MillerMarch by Geraldine BrooksThe Red Tent by Anita DiamantThe Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Best Historical Fiction
8,236 books — 27,166 voters

Confessions by Augustine of HippoOn the Unity of Christ by Cyril of Alexandria
The Best Books of the 5th Century
35 books — 57 voters
The plays of Hrotswitha of Gandersheim by Hrotsvitha
Best Books of the 10th Century
13 books — 73 voters

Hildegard of Bingen by Hildegard von Bingen
Best Books of the 12th Century
62 books — 153 voters
Revelations of Divine Love by Julian of Norwich
Best Books of the 14th Century
63 books — 356 voters

The Spiritual Exercises by Ignatius of Loyola
Best Books of the 16th Century
189 books — 547 voters
Macbeth by William Shakespeare
Best Books of the 17th Century
334 books — 713 voters

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary WollstonecraftClarissa, or, The History of a Young Lady by Samuel Richardson
Best Books of the 18th Century
374 books — 1,016 voters
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryRebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,818 books — 49,882 voters

The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Road by Cormac McCarthy
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,825 books — 22,592 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,744 books — 6,934 voters

War and Peace by Leo TolstoyThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskyCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Most Difficult Novels
601 books — 2,066 voters
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Books That Should Be Made Into Movies
32,649 books — 70,186 voters

Anne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryHarry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. RowlingWhere the Sidewalk Ends by Shel SilversteinLittle House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls WilderPippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren
What Book Got You Hooked?
4,018 books — 10,991 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeMacbeth by William ShakespeareHamlet by William ShakespearePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenBeowulf by Seamus Heaney
Required Reading in High School
817 books — 1,316 voters

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryJ.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set by J.R.R. TolkienThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniAnna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Best Books Ever
79,427 books — 296,109 voters