A Decade of Hit Books

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Gabriel Oak (18 Lists)



Livia Lone by Barry Eisler
Kirkus Best Fiction of 2016
101 books — 28 voters
The Age of Innocence by Edith WhartonThe House of Mirth by Edith WhartonThe House on the Strand by Daphne du Maurier
Favorite Virago Modern Classics
270 books — 211 voters

The Wolf Road by Beth Lewis
Amazon Books of the Month in Fiction -- July 2016
49 books — 15 voters
He Kills Coppers by Jake ArnottCrime Novels by Robert PolitoThe Long Firm by Jake ArnottStreet of No Return by David GoodisShoot the Piano Player by David Goodis
Best Literary Mysteries
2,707 books — 5,123 voters

The North Water by Ian McGuireThe Sea Wolf by Jack LondonCaptains Courageous by Rudyard KiplingDas Boot by Lothar-Günther BuchheimThe Last Ship by William Brinkley
Nautical Tales
813 books — 407 voters
Road to Reckoning by Robert LautnerHard Country by Michael McGarrityDestry Rides Again by Max BrandThe Travels of Jaimie McPheeters by Robert Lewis TaylorLong Ride Home by W. Michael Gear
Best Western Historical Fiction
214 books — 103 voters

The Last Legion by Valerio Massimo ManfrediAugustus by John WilliamsThe Last Days of Pompeii by Edward Bulwer-LyttonDomina by Paul DohertyThe Sword of Attila by Michael Curtis Ford
Best Books About Ancient Rome
759 books — 1,149 voters
The Four Feathers by A.E.W. MasonThe World Is Not Enough by Zoé Oldenbourg
The Unknown, Hidden Gems of Historical Fiction
2,382 books — 1,484 voters

Time and Again by Jack FinneyIf I Never Get Back by Darryl Brock
The Best Time-Travel Romance Novels
1,065 books — 4,305 voters
The Giving Tree by Shel SilversteinThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckLord of the Flies by William Golding
Books that Blew Me Away and that I Still Think About
15,227 books — 15,975 voters

Every Man Dies Alone by Hans FalladaEscape from Sobibor by Richard RashkeGratitude by Joseph KertesThe Journey by Ida FinkSuite Française by Irène Némirovsky
Best Holocaust Novels
190 books — 278 voters
Every Man Dies Alone by Hans FalladaEscape from Sobibor by Richard RashkeThe Eye of the Abyss by Marshall BrowneGratitude by Joseph KertesThe Journey by Ida Fink
World War II/Holocaust Fiction & Non-fiction
1,033 books — 836 voters

The Pearl Diver by Jeff TalarigoThe Pearl by John Steinbeck
Down by the Sea
746 books — 566 voters
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownRiders of the Purple Sage by Zane GreyThe Ox-Bow Incident by Walter Van Tilburg ClarkThe Way West by A.B. Guthrie Jr.Shane by Jack Schaefer
Best Westerns
1,475 books — 1,633 voters

The Last of the Just by André Schwarz-BartEvery Man Dies Alone by Hans FalladaShip of Fools by Katherine Anne PorterEscape from Sobibor by Richard Rashke
Well-Written Holocaust Books
943 books — 3,185 voters
Suspicious River by Laura Kasischke
Most Depressing Book of All Time
1,231 books — 3,982 voters

Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz
Best YA Books Ever
551 books — 521 voters
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,837 books — 26,142 voters