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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Chrissy Baker (45 Lists)



Project Hail Mary by Andy WeirThe House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. KluneThe Midnight Library by Matt HaigMalibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins ReidRemarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
Best Books of the Decade: 2020's
2,999 books — 5,524 voters
Wayward by Chuck Wendig
2022 most anticipated
79 books — 67 voters

Survive the Night by Riley SagerThe Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris
June 2021 Book Releases
79 books — 101 voters
Christy by Catherine Marshall
Best Books Set in Appalachia
802 books — 845 voters

The Holdout by Graham MooreThe Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
Best Books 2020
592 books — 403 voters
Wonder by R.J. Palacio
Best Read-Aloud Chapter Books
1,213 books — 1,581 voters

Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano
Anticipated 2020 Literary Fiction
599 books — 1,278 voters
American Sherlock by Kate Winkler DawsonWe Will Rise by Steve Beaven
Goodreads Choice Awards 2020 (eligible for write-in only)
876 books — 639 voters

No Bad Deed by Heather Chavez
Crime, mystery & Thrillers, 2020
170 books — 122 voters
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
Can't Wait Books of 2020
1,115 books — 2,477 voters

One of Us Is Next by Karen M. McManusAll Your Twisted Secrets by Diana Urban
YA Novels of 2020
821 books — 2,635 voters
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
Best Young Adult Books
13,215 books — 80,469 voters

Dark Matter by Blake CrouchBefore the Fall by Noah HawleyThe Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth WareAll the Missing Girls by Megan MirandaBehind Closed Doors by B.A. Paris
Goodreads Picks for Tournament of Books 2017
521 books — 2,010 voters
Beartown by Fredrik Backman
Best Books of 2017
1,736 books — 3,082 voters

Gone by Michael Grant
Books That Should Be Made Into Movies
32,528 books — 69,907 voters
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
YA Novels of 2017
1,126 books — 6,589 voters

Final Girls by Riley Sager
2017 Crime Books You're Excited For!
165 books — 489 voters
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingMockingjay by Suzanne CollinsMy Sister's Keeper by Jodi PicoultHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
Books That Had You Sobbing
888 books — 1,466 voters

Catch-22 by Joseph HellerThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleThe Holy Bible by AnonymousThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,703 books — 13,226 voters
The Time Machine by H.G. WellsTimeline by Michael CrichtonSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleA Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain
Best Time Travel Fiction
2,158 books — 5,438 voters

Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerThe Notebook by Nicholas SparksThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniMen Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus by John Gray
Everyone's Read It But Me
782 books — 4,675 voters
Atonement by Ian McEwanMystic River by Dennis LehaneWhale Talk by Chris CrutcherDreamcatcher by Stephen King
Best Books of 2001
557 books — 284 voters

Gerald's Game by Stephen KingA Child Called "It" by Dave PelzerThe First Evil by R.L. StineThe Prom Queen by R.L. StineShe’s Come Undone by Wally Lamb
Best Books of 1992
508 books — 201 voters
The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline B. CooneyThe Waste Lands by Stephen KingNeedful Things by Stephen King
Best Books of 1991
396 books — 172 voters

Jurassic Park by Michael CrichtonOh, the Places You’ll Go! by Dr. SeussManiac Magee by Jerry SpinelliFour Past Midnight by Stephen KingMidnight in the Dollhouse by Marjorie Filley Stover
Best Books of 1990
369 books — 198 voters
A Time to Kill by John GrishamThe True Story of the 3 Little Pigs by Jon ScieszkaA Prayer for Owen Meany by John IrvingWayside School Is Falling Down by Louis SacharThe Doll in the Garden by Mary Downing Hahn
Best Books of 1989
380 books — 230 voters

Matilda by Roald DahlAll I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten by Robert Fulghum
Best Books of 1988
379 books — 174 voters
The Drawing of the Three by Stephen KingTexasville by Larry McMurtryMisery by Stephen KingOutbreak by Robin CookCharly by Jack Weyland
Best Books of 1987
376 books — 187 voters

It by Stephen KingThe Prince of Tides by Pat ConroyWait Till Helen Comes by Mary Downing HahnThis Place Has No Atmosphere by Paula Danziger
Best Books of 1986
340 books — 173 voters
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryLocked in Time by Lois DuncanThe Castle in the Attic by Elizabeth WinthropThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Dance of Anger by Harriet Lerner
Best Books of 1985
339 books — 218 voters


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