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 — 1,975 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
15,058 books — 16,726 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
9,447 books — 8,514 voters
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
Epistolary Fiction
855 books — 849 voters

The Shack by William Paul Young
Books So Bad I Couldn't Finish...
640 books — 577 voters
My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
Most Depressing Book of All Time
1,232 books — 3,916 voters

Water for Elephants by Sara GruenSnow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
Book Club List
739 books — 773 voters
The Help by Kathryn StockettLittle Bee by Chris Cleave
Best Books of 2009
1,765 books — 6,931 voters

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Best Books Ever
76,789 books — 285,720 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
7,187 books — 28,372 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
7,899 books — 49,787 voters
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
What To Read Next
20,579 books — 24,423 voters