A Decade of Hit Books

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Sarah (29 Lists)



Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonThe Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
Best African American Books
1,081 books — 1,350 voters
Castle Waiting, Vol. 1 by Linda MedleyThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiSaga, Volume 1 by Brian K. VaughanChew, Vol. 1 by John LaymanI Kill Giants by Joe Kelly
Best Graphic Novels
3,518 books — 6,822 voters

Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
Books About Paris
724 books — 584 voters
Angelfall by Susan EeThe Giver by Lois LowryThe Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline KellyThe Chosen One by Carol Lynch WilliamsThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Freethinkers/Skeptics/Agnostic YA Fiction
66 books — 87 voters

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. RowlingThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,197 books — 28,384 voters
The Body Finder by Kimberly DertingDesires of the Dead by Kimberly Derting
Best YA Spy/Mystery Novels
633 books — 1,635 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Best Feminist Young Adult Books
1,326 books — 1,347 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Best Feminist Fiction
1,537 books — 2,770 voters

Briar Rose by Jane YolenWicked by Gregory MaguireDust City by Robert Paul Weston
The Best Fairytales and Retellings
2,864 books — 9,238 voters
Please Ignore Vera Dietz by A.S. King
Printz 2011
27 books — 39 voters

Castle Waiting, Vol. 1 by Linda MedleyThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePersepolis by Marjane SatrapiThe Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
Jezebel's Books All Women Should Read
783 books — 1,400 voters
The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
The Most Influential Books
1,499 books — 5,329 voters

The Complete Stories by Flannery O'ConnorA Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O'ConnorThe Complete Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan DoyleEverything That Rises Must Converge by Flannery O'Connor
Collections of Short Stories
2,976 books — 2,095 voters
Wither by Lauren DeStefanoThe Giver by Lois LowryThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsGathering Blue by Lois LowryInside Out by Maria V. Snyder
YA Dystopia Novels
2,034 books — 11,592 voters

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Best Books Ever
79,429 books — 296,112 voters
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Best Young Adult Books
13,359 books — 80,681 voters

The Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Best Feminist Books
3,010 books — 4,352 voters
The Walking Dead, Vol. 1 by Robert KirkmanThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Required Reading Graphic Novels
1,243 books — 2,030 voters

Harry Potter Series Box Set by J.K. Rowling
The Best Omnibuses and Box Sets
673 books — 1,510 voters
Harry Potter Series Box Set by J.K. Rowling
Series Reading List
1,433 books — 2,975 voters

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Best Fantasy Series, Trilogies, and Duologies
2,258 books — 12,221 voters
Wayside School Is Falling Down by Louis SacharHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
Young Adult Series Books published in the '80s & '90s
701 books — 584 voters

Rot & Ruin by Jonathan Maberry
2010 Debut Authors (Young Adult & Middle Grade Literature)
288 books — 1,988 voters
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe NumeroffRamona the Pest by Beverly Cleary
Best Children's Books
5,461 books — 7,069 voters

Rosemary’s Baby by Ira LevinCarrie by Stephen King
Best Horror Novels
2,130 books — 5,691 voters
Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John GreenMiddlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Best Gay Fiction
2,743 books — 3,936 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Giver by Lois Lowry
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
4,089 books — 26,987 voters
The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie RyanThe Dead-Tossed Waves by Carrie RyanThe Walking Dead, Vol. 1 by Robert KirkmanRot & Ruin by Jonathan Maberry
Zombies!
1,717 books — 4,386 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsHarry Potter Series Box Set by J.K. RowlingSpeak by Laurie Halse AndersonThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Best Young Adult Fiction
3,652 books — 7,022 voters