A Decade of Hit Books

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Catelyn May (13 Lists)



Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathThe Stranger by Albert Camus
Must Read Classics
1,891 books — 4,758 voters
The Communist Manifesto by Karl MarxThe Federalist Papers by Alexander HamiltonThe Holy Bible by Anonymous
The Most Influential Books
1,499 books — 5,328 voters

The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. KingWhat Angels Fear by C.S. HarrisThe Secret History of the Pink Carnation by Lauren WilligChild 44 by Tom Rob Smith
Best Historical Mystery
2,319 books — 4,992 voters
Soulless by Gail CarrigerClockwork Angel by Cassandra ClareThe Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack by Mark Hodder
Best Steampunk Books
1,293 books — 4,160 voters

Possession by A.S. ByattThe Historian by Elizabeth KostovaThe Lake of Dead Languages by Carol GoodmanA Discovery of Witches by Deborah HarknessSpecial Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessl
Favorite Novels About Professors or Academics
507 books — 613 voters
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieThe Historian by Elizabeth KostovaPossession by A.S. Byatt
Best Literary Mysteries
2,707 books — 5,123 voters

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónPossession by A.S. ByattMr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
Stories For Book Lovers
8,519 books — 9,048 voters
The Sense of an Ending by Julian BarnesPossession by A.S. Byatt
Booker Prize Winners
63 books — 2,012 voters

The Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathA Room of One’s Own by Virginia WoolfTo the Lighthouse by Virginia WoolfI Capture the Castle by Dodie SmithPossession by A.S. Byatt
Jezebel's Books All Women Should Read
785 books — 1,402 voters
The Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathShe’s Come Undone by Wally LambWasted by Marya HornbacherThe Center Cannot Hold by Elyn R. Saks
Women and Mental Illness (fiction and nonfiction)
1,261 books — 2,647 voters

The Spiral Staircase by Karen ArmstrongThe Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom
Memoirs by Women
3,444 books — 3,874 voters
Possession by A.S. Byatt
Literary Historical Fiction
1,231 books — 1,555 voters

Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathA Room of One’s Own by Virginia WoolfMrs. Dalloway by Virginia WoolfPossession by A.S. Byatt
Best Woman-Authored Books
9,044 books — 6,849 voters