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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
3,156 books — 3,681 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
7,216 books — 28,373 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
7,720 books — 14,356 voters
Wild Swans by Jung ChangTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinNicholas and Alexandra by Robert K. Massie
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,875 books — 6,999 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
3,286 books — 11,623 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 — 524 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
1,639 books — 5,992 voters
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
Best Books Ever
78,164 books — 291,490 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
7,875 books — 49,819 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
32,517 books — 123,797 voters

The Rule of Four by Ian Caldwell
The Worst Books of All Time
8,119 books — 19,891 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
1,229 books — 3,941 voters