A Decade of Hit Books

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by BookScout (20 Lists)



The Offing by Benjamin Myers
Man Booker Prize Eligible 2019
175 books — 186 voters
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel KeyesFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyThe Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy by Douglas Adams
SF Masterworks (new design)
185 books — 84 voters

The Overstory by Richard PowersEverything Under by Daisy Johnson
The 2018 Man Booker Prize Longlist
13 books — 91 voters
A Place of Execution by Val McDermidThe Woodcutter by Reginald HillThe Mistletoe Murder and Other Stories by P.D. JamesTurning Blue by Benjamin MyersThe Facts of Life and Death by Belinda Bauer
British Crime Fiction You Must Read
131 books — 82 voters

Method by Tom VowlerSomewhere Else, or Even Here by A.J. AshworthBroken Things by Padrika TarrantFates of the Animals by Padrika TarrantThe Rental Heart and Other Fairytales by Kirsty Logan
Salt
39 books — 5 voters
The Children Who Lived in a Barn by Eleanor Graham
Best Persephone Books
151 books — 168 voters

The North Water by Ian McGuire
Man Booker 2016 Longlist
13 books — 96 voters
The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran
Books that Changed My World View
483 books — 447 voters

Ex Libris by Anne Fadiman
Bibliomemoirs
109 books — 29 voters
Out by Natsuo Kirino
Best Japanese Books
716 books — 3,269 voters

Too Many Magpies by Elizabeth Baines
Books with birds in the title
2,023 books — 279 voters
HELP! A Bear is Eating Me! by Mykle HansenThe Love Curse of the Rumbaughs by Jack GantosBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyGabriel's Angel by Mark A. Radcliffe
Best Book Cover Art
12,388 books — 7,093 voters

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeA Prayer for Owen Meany by John IrvingA Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,878 books — 7,006 voters
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyWatership Down by Richard AdamsThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverSophie’s Choice by William StyronBleak House by Charles Dickens
I Should Probably Read This Sometime...
12,251 books — 11,542 voters

A Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryMidnight’s Children by Salman RushdieShalimar the Clown by Salman Rushdie
Best South Asian Fiction
772 books — 1,974 voters
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha ChristieThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldRebecca by Daphne du MaurierFingersmith by Sarah WatersThe Wasp Factory by Iain Banks
Best Twists
8,737 books — 9,918 voters

Animal Farm by George OrwellEducating Rita by Willy RussellComedians by Trevor GriffithsThe Rainbow by D.H. LawrenceFingersmith by Sarah Waters
I'm glad someone made me read this book
11,419 books — 11,084 voters
Midnight’s Children by Salman RushdieWise Children by Angela CarterShalimar the Clown by Salman RushdieThe Magic Toyshop by Angela CarterTainted Love by Anna Chilvers
Favorite Magical Realism Novels
1,382 books — 4,698 voters

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Best British and Irish Literature
1,185 books — 1,120 voters
Waterland by Graham SwiftRebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Best Books Ever
79,435 books — 296,150 voters