A Decade of Hit Books

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Desirae Murray (15 Lists)



Malice by Heather WalterThis Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron
Spooky sapphics
64 books — 22 voters
Circe by Madeline MillerThe Song of Achilles by Madeline MillerUprooted by Naomi NovikSpinning Silver by Naomi NovikThe Witch's Heart by Genevieve Gornichec
[ATY 2022] Mythology
221 books — 110 voters

The Dark Wife by Sarah DiemerCaptive in the Underworld by Lianyu Tan
Persephone and Hade's Love Stories
57 books — 120 voters
Uprooted by Naomi NovikSpinning Silver by Naomi Novik
Best Adult Fairytale Fantasy
200 books — 349 voters

Paradise Lost by John Milton
Novels Based on Events in the Book of Genesis
18 books — 9 voters
Metamorphoses by OvidThe Iliad by HomerThe Odyssey by HomerThe Epic of Gilgamesh by UnknownAesop’s Fables by Aesop
Best Books of the Ancient World
276 books — 299 voters

Cleopatra's Daughter by Michelle MoranThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy
Best Historical Fiction
8,232 books — 27,158 voters
1984 by George OrwellTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldHarry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,818 books — 49,881 voters

The Song of Achilles by Madeline MillerCirce by Madeline MillerThe Odyssey by HomerThe Aeneid by VirgilThe Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood
Best Trojan War Retellings
120 books — 144 voters
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleyInkheart by Cornelia FunkeThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
What Book Would You Like To Live In?
8,789 books — 9,044 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Giver by Lois LowryKindred by Octavia E. Butler
Science Fiction Books by Female Authors
1,729 books — 1,584 voters
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Giver by Lois LowryInkheart by Cornelia FunkeEnder’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Best Young Adult Books
13,358 books — 80,677 voters

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,934 books — 125,065 voters
The Song of Achilles by Madeline MillerCirce by Madeline Miller
Classical Fiction
71 books — 66 voters

Circe by Madeline MillerCleopatra's Daughter by Michelle MoranAntigone by SophoclesMedea by EuripidesThe Trojan Women by Euripides
Awesome Women of the Ancient World
479 books — 975 voters