A Decade of Hit Books

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The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh LoftingMary Poppins by P.L. TraversMrs. Piggle-Wiggle by Betty MacDonaldMiss Pickerell Goes to Mars by Ellen MacGregorThe Twits by Roald Dahl
Adult Protagonists in Children's Fiction
21 books — 4 voters
The Wednesday Witch by Ruth ChewFather's Arcane Daughter by E.L. KonigsburgThe Blue-Nosed Witch by Margaret EmbryThe Secret Summer by Ruth ChewThe School for Cats by Esther Averill
Obscure Children's Vintage Gems
661 books — 240 voters

The Animal-Lover's Book of Beastly Murder by Patricia Highsmith
Animal Attacks
149 books — 97 voters
People Live Still in Cashtown Corners by Tony BurgessThe Killer Inside Me by Jim ThompsonThe Wasp Factory by Iain Banks
First-Person Serial Killer Fiction
77 books — 102 voters

The Killer Inside Me by Jim ThompsonGrifter's Game by Lawrence BlockKiss Tomorrow Goodbye by Horace McCoyStrangers on a Train by Patricia HighsmithI Married a Dead Man by William Irish
Best Hardboiled & Noir fiction
784 books — 1,024 voters
Earth Abides by George R. StewartParable of the Sower by Octavia E. ButlerParable of the Talents by Octavia E. ButlerMara and Dann by Doris LessingWhere Late the Sweet Birds Sang by Kate Wilhelm
Great Post Apocalyptic Science Fiction
53 books — 47 voters

Angels and Insects by A.S. Byatt
Title Search: Plural and Plural
266 books — 40 voters
Macbeth by William ShakespeareKing Lear by William ShakespeareThe Tempest by William ShakespeareRichard III by William Shakespeare
The Best Shakespeare Plays
39 books — 171 voters

Aftermath by LeVar BurtonShe Was Nice to Mice by Alexandra Elizabeth SheedyThe G-String Murders by Gypsy Rose Lee
Doubly Gifted
269 books — 35 voters
What Rough Beast by H.R. KnightThe Widening Gyre by Robert B. Parker
Titles from Yeats' Byzantium Poems
17 books — 6 voters

The Mysterious Disappearance of Leon [I Mean Noel] by Ellen Raskin
Best Mysteries for Young Readers
592 books — 480 voters
The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia HighsmithStrangers on a Train by Patricia HighsmithThe Prestige by Christopher PriestI Am Legend and Other Stories by Richard Matheson
Books with Completely Different Movie Endings
126 books — 141 voters

Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
Best Science Fiction Books with Female Main Characters
909 books — 940 voters
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
The series got worse and worse
171 books — 291 voters

Hamlet by William ShakespeareThe Spanish Tragedy by Thomas Kyd
Hamlet: The Play's the Thing!
97 books — 43 voters
Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard BachSiddhartha by Hermann Hesse
How DID They Become Classics?
110 books — 177 voters

Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfeild
YA Dance Books
214 books — 255 voters
Memoirs of Vidocq by Francois Eugene VidocqRaffles by E.W. HornungLes Misérables by Victor Hugo
Thieves
665 books — 1,271 voters

Amos Fortune, Free Man by Elizabeth Yates
Biographies for Kids
87 books — 37 voters
The Prestige by Christopher Priest
I Believe in Magic
88 books — 74 voters

The Complete Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan DoyleA Dark-Adapted Eye by Barbara VineThe Daughter of Time by Josephine TeyThe Moving Toyshop by Edmund CrispinAnna's Book by Barbara Vine
The Best British Crime/Mystery Fiction
1,218 books — 1,261 voters
Kids Are Americans Too by Bill O'Reilly
Worst Children's Books
78 books — 35 voters

Possession by A.S. ByattThe French Lieutenant's Woman by John FowlesAngels and Insects by A.S. ByattThe Blood Doctor by Barbara VineFlashman by George MacDonald Fraser
Best Victorian Historical Fiction Set In Britain
318 books — 668 voters
Macbeth by William ShakespeareThe Talented Mr. Ripley / Ripley Under Ground / Ripley's Game by Patricia HighsmithFlashman by George MacDonald FraserThe Exploits and Adventures of Brigadier Gerard by Arthur Conan DoyleThe Killer Inside Me by Jim Thompson
Best Anti-heroes in Books
602 books — 429 voters

Right Ho, Jeeves by P.G. WodehouseCarry On, Jeeves by P.G. WodehouseThe Inimitable Jeeves by P.G. WodehouseThe Code of the Woosters by P.G. WodehouseAmphigorey by Edward Gorey
Books that Make you Laugh
3,569 books — 5,141 voters
Sprout Mask Replica by Robert RankinSlaves of New York by Tama JanowitzThe Human Stain by Philip Roth
There Ought to be a Band
2,425 books — 1,101 voters

Rotten Ralph by Jack GantosThe Tale of Tom Kitten by Beatrix Potter
Picture Books About Cats
839 books — 276 voters
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang by Kate WilhelmNo Night is Too Long by Barbara VineAngels and Insects by A.S. ByattThings Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Most Poetic Book Titles
2,032 books — 900 voters

The Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathParable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
Best Books by American Women
566 books — 186 voters
A Tramp Abroad by Mark Twain
Luggage
112 books — 43 voters


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