A Decade of Hit Books

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Rakeesha (19 Lists)



Beezus and Ramona by Beverly ClearyBecause of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
Poignant Elementary Reads
180 books — 6 voters
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton EllisFlowers in the Attic by V.C. Andrews
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,273 books — 11,708 voters

Beloved by Toni MorrisonThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerAmericanah by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieWhite Teeth by Zadie SmithWaiting to Exhale by Terry McMillan
Contemporary Black Women's Literature
575 books — 265 voters
Life of Pi by Yann MartelThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe White Tiger by Aravind AdigaThe God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyThe House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
Best Multicultural General Fiction
593 books — 386 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Giving Tree by Shel SilversteinMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,942 books — 125,081 voters
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerGone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,818 books — 49,882 voters

A People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnNickel and Dimed by Barbara EhrenreichSilent Spring by Rachel CarsonLies My Teacher Told Me by James W. Loewen
Best Progressive Reads
1,085 books — 753 voters
The Coldest Winter Ever by Sister SouljahPush by SapphireTrue to the Game by Teri WoodsI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouA Hustler's Wife by Nikki Turner
Good Urban Literature
167 books — 298 voters

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouBlack Boy by Richard WrightNarrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick DouglassDreams from My Father by Barack ObamaHaving Our Say by Sarah L. Delany
African American Memoirs
470 books — 218 voters
The Color Purple by Alice WalkerTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonKindred by Octavia E. ButlerBeloved by Toni MorrisonRoots by Alex Haley
Best Black Historical Fiction
348 books — 341 voters

The Coldest Winter Ever by Sister SouljahFlyy Girl by Omar TyreeThe Cartel by Ashley AntoinetteThe Cartel 2 by Ashley AntoinetteThe Cartel 3 by Ashley Antoinette
The Hottest Urban Fiction
419 books — 473 voters
The Color Purple by Alice WalkerTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonBeloved by Toni MorrisonNative Son by Richard WrightSong of Solomon by Toni Morrison
Best African American Books
1,081 books — 1,350 voters

The Color Purple by Alice WalkerMaurice by E.M. ForsterAnd the Band Played On by Randy ShiltsDeath in Venice by Thomas MannZami by Audre Lorde
Best LGBTQIA literature
1,953 books — 2,231 voters
Maurice by E.M. ForsterBrokeback Mountain by Annie ProulxGiovanni’s Room by James BaldwinThe Hours by Michael CunninghamDeath in Venice by Thomas Mann
Best Gay Fiction
2,743 books — 3,936 voters

Abide With Me by E. Lynn HarrisNot a Day Goes By by E. Lynn HarrisAnd This Too Shall Pass by E. Lynn HarrisAny Way the Wind Blows by E. Lynn HarrisJust As I Am by E. Lynn Harris
Favorite Gay Couples
3,813 books — 4,276 voters
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Best Mysteries from the 2010s
590 books — 556 voters

The Walter Mosley Omnibus by Walter MosleyBlack Betty by Walter MosleyAlways Outnumbered, Always Outgunned by Walter MosleyLittle Scarlet by Walter MosleyThe Man in My Basement by Walter Mosley
Best Cozy Mystery Series
2,793 books — 3,196 voters
One for the Money by Janet EvanovichDeath Comes to Pemberley by P.D. JamesThe Last Days of Ptolemy Grey by Walter MosleyDevil in a Blue Dress by Walter MosleyThe Man in My Basement by Walter Mosley
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,505 books — 16,704 voters

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonBlack Boy by Richard WrightCold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann BurnsTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeInvisible Man by Ralph Ellison
Best Books Ever
79,427 books — 296,109 voters