A Decade of Hit Books

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Sasha (19 Lists)



Fates and Furies by Lauren GroffPurity by Jonathan FranzenThe Story of the Lost Child by Elena FerranteHow to be Both by Ali Smith
Goodreads Picks For Tournament of Books 2016
284 books — 1,362 voters
The Way We Live Now by Anthony TrollopeAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyBleak House by Charles DickensWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,744 books — 6,934 voters

Rossetti by Evelyn Waugh
The Pre-Raphaelites
35 books — 22 voters
Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienBleak House by Charles Dickens
Size Doesn't Matter - The Long and Large Classics of Literature
306 books — 399 voters

The Scourging Angel by Benedict GummerThe Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England by Ian Mortimer
Best Medieval History Books
831 books — 403 voters
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkePerfume by Patrick Süskind
World Fantasy Award Winners
57 books — 277 voters

North and South by John JakesLove and War by John JakesThe Forsyte Saga by John GalsworthyThe Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough
Family Saga Novels
935 books — 1,049 voters
Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellScoop by Evelyn WaughVile Bodies by Evelyn WaughBrighton Rock by Graham Greene
Best Books of the Decade: 1930s
876 books — 1,269 voters

Out of Africa by Isak DinesenThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Africa (fiction and nonfiction)
1,902 books — 1,799 voters
A Suitable Boy by Vikram SethThe Age of Kali by William Dalrymple
Books Set in India
501 books — 433 voters

Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellRebecca by Daphne du MaurierThe Shell Seekers by Rosamunde PilcherA Room with a View by E.M. ForsterThe Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
The Best of the Best Romance Novels of the Twentieth Century
656 books — 2,253 voters
The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Secret History by Donna TarttThe Woman in White by Wilkie CollinsCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Best Literary Mysteries
2,707 books — 5,124 voters

Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryInterview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
Best Books Ever
79,426 books — 296,083 voters
The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel FaberPossession by A.S. Byatt
Best Victorian Historical Fiction Set In Britain
318 books — 668 voters

Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Woman in White by Wilkie CollinsBleak House by Charles DickensVanity Fair by William Makepeace ThackerayNorth and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
Victorian Novels
215 books — 532 voters
The Shining by Stephen KingIt by Stephen KingGhost Story by Peter StraubInterview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
Best Horror Novels
2,130 books — 5,691 voters

Over Sea, Under Stone by Susan CooperHarry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Best Series
3,721 books — 9,948 voters
The Pilot's Wife by Anita Shreve
The Worst Books of All Time
8,125 books — 19,914 voters

Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryKatherine by Anya Seton
Best Historical Fiction
8,234 books — 27,162 voters