A Decade of Hit Books

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Kelly (207 Lists)



The Firefly Letters by Margarita Engle
Newbery 2011
154 books — 550 voters
Brightly Woven by Alexandra BrackenThe Tiger's Wife by Téa Obreht
Best Break Out
2,148 books — 4,094 voters

Carrier of the Mark by Leigh FallonEona by Alison GoodmanIn the Shadow of the Lamp by Susanne DunlapBlood Magic by Tessa Gratton
YA Novels of 2011
1,152 books — 6,724 voters
Coraline by Neil GaimanThe Wolves in the Walls by Neil GaimanNorth of Beautiful by Justina ChenWater for Elephants by Sara GruenWondrous Strange by Lesley Livingston
Judge a Book By its Cover
165 books — 143 voters

The Arabian Nights by AnonymousThe Iliad by HomerGreat Expectations by Charles DickensThe Divine Comedy by Dante AlighieriThe Histories by Herodotus
Clifton Fadiman's Lifetime Reading Plan
182 books — 110 voters
East o' the Sun and West o' the Moon by Peter Christen AsbjørnsenEast by Edith PattouEast of Eden by John SteinbeckThe Westing Game by Ellen RaskinNorthern Lights by Philip Pullman
Looking for Direction
153 books — 20 voters

Revolution by Jennifer DonnellyThe Red Umbrella by Christina Diaz GonzalezStarCrossed by Elizabeth C. Bunce
New YA historical fiction in 2010-2011
102 books — 424 voters
Matilda by Roald DahlA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonLooking for Alaska by John GreenThe Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
Books With Nerdy, Geeky, or Genius Heroes and Heroines
1,149 books — 1,055 voters

A Drowned Maiden's Hair by Laura Amy SchlitzA Certain Slant of Light by Laura WhitcombCut to the Quick by Kate RossThe Seer and the Sword by Victoria Hanley
Best Lesser-Known Books
1,717 books — 1,114 voters
Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran FoerThe Botany of Desire by Michael PollanOn Food and Cooking by Harold McGee
Food-Related Non-Fiction
1,383 books — 1,748 voters

A Voyage Long and Strange by Tony HorwitzThe Greenlanders by Jane SmileyThe Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael PollanGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondThe Reindeer People by Piers Vitebsky
Suggested Books for Human Geography
224 books — 64 voters
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienDragon Rider by Cornelia FunkeBeowulf by Seamus HeaneyThe Earthsea Trilogy by Ursula K. Le Guin
Dragons
1,918 books — 2,579 voters

Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters by Ben H. WintersJaws by Peter Benchley
Sea Monster Books!
160 books — 235 voters
The Sagas of Icelanders by Jane SmileyElves, Wights, and Trolls by Kveldúlf Hagan GundarssonNjal's Saga by Anonymous
Top Books on Germanic Paganism
114 books — 38 voters

Wuthering Heights by Emily BrontëJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Best of Brontë
24 books — 419 voters
The Once and Future King by T.H. WhiteThe Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleyI Am Morgan le Fay by Nancy SpringerThe Road to Avalon by Joan WolfTwilight of Avalon by Anna Elliott
Best Arthurian Fiction
488 books — 1,463 voters

Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondA Journal of the Plague Year by Daniel Defoe
Apocalypse by Epidemic
261 books — 298 voters
Sirena by Donna Jo NapoliThe Little Mermaid by Hans Christian AndersenThe Water Mirror by Kai Meyer
Sea Creatures
759 books — 1,010 voters

I Capture the Castle by Dodie SmithJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëCold Mountain by Charles FrazierAtonement by Ian McEwan
Books with an interwoven love story
178 books — 133 voters
The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamilloMrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'BrienThe Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary
Mice
281 books — 49 voters

East o' the Sun and West o' the Moon by Peter Christen AsbjørnsenEast by Edith PattouThe Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang
East of the Sun and West of the Moon
82 books — 187 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Best Books Without Sequels
728 books — 366 voters

The Tenderness of Wolves by Stef PenneyWhite Fang by Jack LondonLittle Red Riding Hood by Trina Schart Hyman
Best fiction about Wolves
41 books — 39 voters
The Children's Book by A.S. ByattMortal Love by Elizabeth HandPossession by A.S. Byatt
Best neo-victorian novels
117 books — 207 voters

The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing by Melissa BankDune by Frank HerbertHouse of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus IIISex and the City by Candace BushnellEldest by Christopher Paolini
The Worst Books of All Time
8,125 books — 19,916 voters
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'BrienThe Neverending Story by Michael EndeThe Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan RawlingsOld Yeller by Fred Gipson
The dog dies...a cautionary list.
370 books — 273 voters

The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleyAlanna by Tamora Pierce
Amazons, Valkyries, and Warrior Women
698 books — 538 voters
Nevermore by Kelly Creagh
Best Books with Guys That Sound Hot
125 books — 89 voters


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