A Decade of Hit Books

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Chrissie (59 Lists)



Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen1984 by George OrwellThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Guardian's "1000 Novels Everyone Must Read"
1,021 books — 613 voters
Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculo... by Fyodor DostoevskyA Hero of Our Time by Mikhail LermontovThe Road by Cormac McCarthy1984 by George OrwellFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Darkest Books of All Time
1,312 books — 1,682 voters

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann BrasharesThe Outsiders by S.E. HintonRoll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. TaylorGo Ask Alice by Beatrice Sparks
Must Read YA Fiction!
2,010 books — 2,880 voters
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
Worst Ending
269 books — 562 voters

How it Ended by Jay McInerney
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2009 (fiction and nonfiction)
100 books — 118 voters
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Books that Embody an Artistic Expression of the Disability Experience.
213 books — 152 voters

The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullersJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëPersuasion by Jane AustenMansfield Park by Jane Austen1984 by George Orwell
Books on Loneliness
518 books — 499 voters
Peter Pan by J.M. BarrieLittle House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls WilderThe Outsiders by S.E. HintonThrough the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There by Lewis CarrollAlice in Wonderland by Jane Carruth
Best Children/Teen Books Of The Last 150 years
336 books — 132 voters

Our Band Could Be Your Life by Michael AzerradFargo Rock City by Chuck KlostermanSongbook by Nick HornbyThe Replacements by Jim WalshCash by Johnny Cash
Best Non Fiction About Music
1,522 books — 1,450 voters
Baby-Sitters Little Sister Boxed Set #1 by Ann M. Martin
Best loved Series for K-3rd grade
112 books — 60 voters

Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculo... by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullersThe Stranger by Albert Camus
Most Depressing Book of All Time
1,231 books — 3,982 voters
1984 by George OrwellThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon
Best Ending
8,147 books — 6,328 voters

Cathedral by Raymond CarverThe Road by Cormac McCarthyNaked by David SedarisHigh Fidelity by Nick HornbyA Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers
Entertainment Weekly New Classics
104 books — 257 voters
Someone Like You by Sarah DessenGo Ask Alice by Beatrice Sparks
YA Sex & Pregnancy Novels
330 books — 603 voters

The Snowman by Raymond Briggs
Wordless Picture Books
429 books — 394 voters
Please Don't Kill the Freshman by Zoe TropeThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
LGBTQ for YA
1,268 books — 2,226 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankNumber the Stars by Lois Lowry
Best World War Two Books
72 books — 56 voters
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
Stories For Book Lovers
8,519 books — 9,049 voters

Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëGreat Expectations by Charles Dickens
What to read when you've finished Jane Austen
520 books — 680 voters
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Books That Should Be Made Into Movies
32,652 books — 70,192 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerA Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave EggersMe Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
6,700 books — 8,292 voters
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
I Wish I Could Read it Again for the First Time
12,100 books — 8,201 voters

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. TaylorDear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly ClearyCaddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink
The Most Deserving Newbery
141 books — 3,066 voters
Sloppy Firsts by Megan McCaffertyThe Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares
Favorite Chick-Lit
2,411 books — 4,626 voters

Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
Teen Historical Fiction
1,517 books — 3,279 voters
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger1984 by George OrwellFreakonomics by Steven D. Levitt
Best for Book Clubs
15,497 books — 20,012 voters

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverThe Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey EugenidesSchoolgirls by Peggy Orenstein
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,129 books — 3,698 voters
Beowulf by Seamus HeaneyThe Rape of the Lock by Alexander Pope
Read These In School - Would Have Preferred A Root Canal
464 books — 1,595 voters

Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,417 books — 8,208 voters
The Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckThe Trial by Franz KafkaMiddlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,730 books — 13,308 voters


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