Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Jane (12 Lists)



A Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonA Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenHoles by Louis Sachar
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,129 books — 3,680 voters
Cutting for Stone by Abraham VergheseA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniJohn Adams by David McCulloughRunning with Scissors by Augusten BurroughsThe Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,189 books — 28,370 voters

In the Garden of Beasts by Erik LarsonWhere'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria SempleThe Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David MitchellThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootAnd the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,689 books — 14,188 voters
Wild Swans by Jung ChangTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinNicholas and Alexandra by Robert K. Massie
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,874 books — 6,996 voters

The Exorcist by William Peter BlattyThe Silence of the Lambs by Thomas HarrisThe Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldWhite Oleander by Janet FitchRoom by Emma Donoghue
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,214 books — 11,324 voters
Cutting for Stone by Abraham VergheseThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverDon't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight by Alexandra FullerThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall SmithCry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton
Best books for an African Safari
476 books — 525 voters

Godless by Ann CoulterMiles to Go by Miley CyrusHow to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must) by Ann CoulterIf Democrats Had Any Brains, They'd Be Republicans by Ann CoulterSlander by Ann Coulter
Books I Have No Intention of Reading
1,637 books — 5,991 voters
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
Best Books Ever
76,443 books — 284,332 voters

Steppenwolf by Hermann HesseTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty SmithOf Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,899 books — 49,788 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniSiddhartha by Hermann Hesse
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,624 books — 120,426 voters

The Rule of Four by Ian Caldwell
The Worst Books of All Time
8,096 books — 19,878 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankAngela’s Ashes by Frank McCourtNight by Elie WieselLord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
Most Depressing Book of All Time
1,232 books — 3,911 voters