A Decade of Hit Books

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Nancy R. (38 Lists)



Still Waters by Viveca Sten
[ATY 2027] Set in the EU
403 books — 32 voters
When It All Burns by Jordan Thomas
[ATY 2027] Fire
229 books — 32 voters

The Camomile Lawn by Mary Wesley
Books that feature visits to relative's house
94 books — 13 voters
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
[ATY 2026] Z in Title or Author
846 books — 66 voters

The Human Stain by Philip RothThe Remains of the Day by Kazuo IshiguroGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Goldfinch by Donna TarttAtonement by Ian McEwan
[ATY 2026] Character with a Clue Occupation
304 books — 63 voters
Just Mercy by Bryan StevensonThe Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne FadimanThe Big Short by Michael LewisThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown
Best Narrative Non-Fiction
164 books — 36 voters

Amity and Prosperity by Eliza Griswold
Journalism - The New Yorker
144 books — 24 voters
Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensSense and Sensibility by Jane AustenGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellAnimal Farm by George Orwell
The Great Classics You Have Not Read Yet
780 books — 1,844 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaThe Jungle by Upton SinclairBastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy AllisonTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,273 books — 11,705 voters
The Lost Bank by Kirsten Grind
Books Set in Washington State
569 books — 156 voters

The Premonition by Michael Lewis
Best Books of the Decade: 2020's
3,023 books — 5,570 voters
The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown
Vicarious Thrills
427 books — 455 voters

Janesville by Amy Goldstein
Best Books of 2017
1,733 books — 3,080 voters
Janesville by Amy Goldstein
FT (Financial Times) McKinsey Business Book of the Year 2017 — the longlist
17 books — 22 voters

Ghettoside by Jill LeovyCadillac Desert by Marc ReisnerThe Big Short by Michael LewisThe Underground Girls of Kabul by Jenny NordbergDeep Down Dark by Héctor Tobar
Books by Journalists
438 books — 106 voters
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. ShirerThe New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander1984 by George OrwellNight by Elie WieselNickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich
Books to Read under the Trump Administration
1,180 books — 662 voters

Dear Committee Members by Julie SchumacherWe Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver
Last Names Derived from Professions
543 books — 28 voters
The Outside World by Tova Mirvis
Jewish Fiction
131 books — 115 voters

Snow Falling on Cedars by David GutersonThe Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
Pacific Northwest Fiction
227 books — 153 voters
While the City Slept by Eli SandersThe Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown
Books about Seattle
46 books — 25 voters

I Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb
Manic depression and bi-polar illness in literature
171 books — 202 voters
Shots on the Bridge by Ronnie Greene
Archery
146 books — 40 voters

The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh NguyenDisappearing Acts by Terry McMillanMidnight in Broad Daylight by Pamela Rotner SakamotoWhere Peachtree Meets Sweet Auburn by Gary M. PomerantzThe New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
Diverse Voices
222 books — 61 voters
Little Women by Louisa May AlcottMadeline by Ludwig Bemelmans
Favorite books from my childhood
4,523 books — 7,731 voters

The New Yorker Visits the Guggenheim by Charles Addams
Books by New Yorker Cartoonists
85 books — 16 voters
God Is an Englishman by R.F. Delderfield...And Ladies of the Club by Helen Hooven Santmyer
Family Saga Novels
935 books — 1,049 voters

The Last Lion by William ManchesterThe Shell Seekers by Rosamunde PilcherWhy the Right Went Wrong by E.J. Dionne Jr.The Immortal Irishman by Timothy Egan67 Shots by Howard Means
Alliterations
1,183 books — 102 voters
The Egg and I by Betty MacDonald
Pacific Northwest Books
934 books — 626 voters

Catch-22 by Joseph HellerMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleHeart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,728 books — 13,306 voters
The Outpost by Jake TapperToms River by Dan FaginUnited States of Jihad by Peter L. Bergen13 Hours by Mitchell Zuckoff
Journalist Authors
196 books — 22 voters


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