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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Jonathan Wolf (7 Lists)



Station Eleven by Emily St. John MandelAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrThe Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern11/22/63 by Stephen KingThe Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,717 books — 14,309 voters
The Dream of Scipio by Iain PearsWinter in Madrid by C.J. Sansom
Most Brilliant Historical Novels in the past 45 yrs
1,123 books — 1,157 voters

When Will There Be Good News? by Kate AtkinsonThe Complaints by Ian RankinA Question of Blood by Ian Rankin
The Best British Crime/Mystery Fiction
1,214 books — 1,261 voters
The Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldAtonement by Ian McEwanFreakonomics by Steven D. LevittBel Canto by Ann PatchettThe Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,858 books — 22,285 voters

L'Assommoir by Émile ZolaCousin Bette by Honoré de BalzacCyrano de Bergerac by Edmond RostandThe Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays by Oscar WildeThe Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Andersen
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,731 books — 6,899 voters
Einstein’s Dreams by Alan Lightman
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,889 books — 49,803 voters

An Instance of the Fingerpost by Iain Pears
Best Historical Fiction
7,770 books — 26,017 voters