A Decade of Hit Books

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Joan (12 Lists)



The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway
You Want to Read in 2010
1,079 books — 1,972 voters
The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniWater for Elephants by Sara GruenThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldMiddlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
15,762 books — 18,093 voters

Anne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Books With Unforgettable Characters
9,529 books — 8,764 voters
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
Epistolary Fiction
880 books — 868 voters

The Shack by William Paul Young
Books So Bad I Couldn't Finish...
642 books — 576 voters
My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
Most Depressing Book of All Time
1,231 books — 3,982 voters

Water for Elephants by Sara GruenSnow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
Book Club List
756 books — 789 voters
The Help by Kathryn StockettLittle Bee by Chris Cleave
Best Books of 2009
1,773 books — 6,933 voters

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Best Books Ever
79,432 books — 296,119 voters
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniWater for Elephants by Sara GruenThe Book of Negroes by Lawrence HillThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,197 books — 28,384 voters

A Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryThe Drifters by James A. MichenerTrinity by Leon UrisRandom Passage by Bernice MorganFall on Your Knees by Ann-Marie MacDonald
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,818 books — 49,883 voters
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
What To Read Next
21,094 books — 24,778 voters