A Decade of Hit Books

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Aileen (22 Lists)



Fixing Sex by Katrina Karkazis
Hermaphrodite & Intersex Main Characters
104 books — 110 voters
The Blessing Way by Tony Hillerman
Best Murder Mysteries Of All-Time
1,069 books — 903 voters

Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. SayersThe Complete Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
The Best British Crime/Mystery Fiction
1,218 books — 1,261 voters
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha ChristieThe Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John le CarréA Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan DoyleWhen Will There Be Good News? by Kate AtkinsonThe Ice House by Minette Walters
Best Literary Mysteries
2,707 books — 5,123 voters

The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Alienist by Caleb CarrThe Maltese Falcon by Dashiell HammettCase Histories by Kate Atkinson
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,509 books — 16,638 voters
They Found Him Dead by Georgette HeyerIn the Teeth of the Evidence by Dorothy L. SayersThe Thirteen Problems by Agatha Christie
1930s England
167 books — 115 voters

The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson
Sword and Laser Science Fiction list
1,135 books — 1,950 voters
The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
Favorite Medieval Mystery Writers
79 books — 143 voters

The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
Downton Abbey-esque Books
619 books — 1,019 voters
The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoDissolution by C.J. SansomAn Instance of the Fingerpost by Iain PearsThe Alienist by Caleb Carr
Best Historical Mystery
2,319 books — 4,992 voters

The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell HammettSkinwalkers by Tony HillermanThe Moving Finger by Agatha ChristieThe Sins of the Fathers by Lawrence BlockThe Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
Best Detective/Mystery Series
2,365 books — 2,938 voters
Dissolution by C.J. SansomOne Corpse Too Many by Ellis PetersSovereign by C.J. SansomGaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers
Favorite Historical Mystery Series
1,062 books — 1,287 voters

Good Omens by Terry PratchettRivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch
British Fantasy Authors
132 books — 118 voters
Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie
Women who Solve Crimes
923 books — 383 voters

The Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussThe Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott LynchThe Wise Man's Fear by Patrick RothfussThe Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie
Best Fantasy Books of the 21st Century
3,185 books — 10,204 voters
The Blade Itself by Joe AbercrombieThe Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott LynchThe Once and Future King by T.H. WhiteA Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinHis Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
Best Fantasy Series, Trilogies, and Duologies
2,258 books — 12,219 voters

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollLolita by Vladimir NabokovCatch-22 by Joseph Heller
Best Books Ever
79,416 books — 295,985 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Books that Blew Me Away and that I Still Think About
15,225 books — 15,972 voters

A Murder Is Announced by Agatha ChristieThe Body in the Library by Agatha Christie
Best Agatha Christie Book
104 books — 1,402 voters
Vorkosigan's Game by Lois McMaster BujoldThe Midwich Cuckoos by John WyndhamMirror Dance by Lois McMaster BujoldMona Lisa Overdrive by William Gibson
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,844 books — 26,137 voters

Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein
Excellent Space Opera
1,141 books — 3,980 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Best Books of 2008
1,647 books — 6,775 voters