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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Melissa (23 Lists)



Five Quarters of the Orange by Joanne HarrisThe Joy Luck Club by Amy TanThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
Food-Related Fiction
1,206 books — 634 voters
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Books That Made Me Laugh Out Loud
2,097 books — 2,464 voters

A Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryKing Leary by Paul QuarringtonFall on Your Knees by Ann-Marie MacDonaldThe Stone Angel by Margaret LaurenceThe Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson
Best Canadian Literature
2,343 books — 1,158 voters
The Unwanted by Kien Nguyen
Memoirs that push boundaries and make a difference
36 books — 23 voters

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferThe Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
Best Historical Fiction
8,070 books — 26,738 voters
A Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryFall on Your Knees by Ann-Marie MacDonaldA Good House by Bonnie BurnardThe Antagonist by Lynn CoadyBloodletting & Miraculous Cures by Vincent Lam
Scotiabank Giller Prize Winners and Nominees
152 books — 59 voters

Les Misérables by Victor HugoThe Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales by Jacob GrimmThe Tell-Tale Heart and Other Writings by Edgar Allan Poe
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,739 books — 6,915 voters
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Help by Kathryn Stockett
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,833 books — 22,449 voters

Chocolat by Joanne HarrisFive Quarters of the Orange by Joanne HarrisThe Joy Luck Club by Amy TanJulie and Julia by Julie PowellLike Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
Nouvelle Cuisine
367 books — 249 voters
NurtureShock by Po BronsonFree-Range Kids by Lenore SkenazyCinderella Ate My Daughter by Peggy Orenstein
Parenting
70 books — 51 voters

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferPeople of the Book by Geraldine BrooksThe Gargoyle by Andrew DavidsonThe Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Best Books of 2008
1,647 books — 6,771 voters
Cutting for Stone by Abraham VergheseThe Help by Kathryn Stockett
Best Books of 2009
1,771 books — 6,928 voters

The Stone Angel by Margaret LaurenceThe Stone Diaries by Carol ShieldsThe Piano Man's Daughter by Timothy FindleyThe Antagonist by Lynn CoadyThe Deptford Trilogy by Robertson Davies
Compelling CanLit Fiction
371 books — 52 voters
A Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,816 books — 49,856 voters

A Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryCutting for Stone by Abraham VergheseThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniFamily Matters by Rohinton Mistry
Best South Asian Fiction
768 books — 1,951 voters
The Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckThe Good Earth by Pearl S. BuckThe Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf
Best Books of the Decade: 1930s
876 books — 1,263 voters

East of Eden by John SteinbeckCharlotte’s Web by E.B. White
Best Books of the Decade: 1950s
1,163 books — 1,520 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Best Books of the Decade: 1960s
1,401 books — 1,780 voters

Interview with the Vampire by Anne RiceFifth Business by Robertson DaviesThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Best Books of the Decade: 1970s
1,922 books — 1,893 voters
The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom WolfeThe Joy Luck Club by Amy TanThe Cider House Rules by John IrvingThe Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,228 books — 2,439 voters

A Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyThe Hours by Michael CunninghamWe Were the Mulvaneys by Joyce Carol Oates
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,133 books — 3,689 voters
The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniAtonement by Ian McEwanCutting for Stone by Abraham VergheseThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael ChabonMiddlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,206 books — 28,378 voters

King Leary by Paul QuarringtonLullabies for Little Criminals by Heather O'NeillNikolski by Nicolas Dickner
CBC Canada Reads Winners
21 books — 44 voters