A Decade of Hit Books

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Annie (24 Lists)



A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
Best Books Ever
79,425 books — 296,087 voters
Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear
WWI: The Great War (Historical Fiction)
595 books — 411 voters

Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryBlood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy
Best Westerns
1,475 books — 1,633 voters
The Radium Girls by Kate Moore
Best Books of 2017
1,733 books — 3,080 voters

Outlander by Diana GabaldonI Know This Much Is True by Wally LambThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniShe’s Come Undone by Wally Lamb
Light but not (too) dumb
857 books — 844 voters
The Alienist by Caleb CarrThe Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
Best Historical Mystery
2,319 books — 4,992 voters

Outlander by Diana GabaldonDoomsday Book by Connie Willis
Best Time Travel Fiction
2,217 books — 5,515 voters
The Wasp Factory by Iain BanksThe Road by Cormac McCarthyLord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Jungle by Upton Sinclair
Unconventional, Seductive, Intelligent and Dizzyingly Surreal
741 books — 388 voters

Outlander by Diana GabaldonGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
Men I Wish Were Real
1,682 books — 1,284 voters
Look Homeward, Angel by Thomas Wolfe
Best Books Set in Appalachia
803 books — 846 voters

The Hummingbird's Daughter by Luis Alberto UrreaThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniOryx and Crake by Margaret AtwoodAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,824 books — 22,590 voters
The Hummingbird's Daughter by Luis Alberto UrreaLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonCold Mountain by Charles FrazierThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
Top 100 New Classics
262 books — 417 voters

Raintree County by Ross Lockridge Jr.To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryLook Homeward, Angel by Thomas WolfeOf Time and the River by Thomas Wolfe
The Great American Novel
673 books — 1,111 voters
Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton TrumboThe Exorcist by William Peter BlattyThe Silence of the Lambs by Thomas HarrisOn the Beach by Nevil ShuteThe Jungle by Upton Sinclair
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,273 books — 11,708 voters

Remembering Laughter by Wallace StegnerHow Green Was My Valley by Richard Llewellyn
The obscure: Best books most haven't read (or even heard of)
538 books — 362 voters
The Holy Bible by AnonymousTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankJohnny Got His Gun by Dalton TrumboThe Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales by Jacob Grimm
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,942 books — 125,073 voters

The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner by Stephenie MeyerFifty Shades of Grey by E.L. JamesMidnight Sun [2008 Draft] by Stephenie Meyer
Books I Have No Intention of Reading (Fiction)
645 books — 712 voters
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,505 books — 16,704 voters

Rhett Butler's People by Donald McCaigThe Lost Symbol by Dan BrownBreaking Dawn by Stephenie MeyerDianetics by L. Ron HubbardGossip Girl by Cecily von Ziegesar
Dealbreakers: If You Like This Book, We Won't Get Along
2,043 books — 5,316 voters
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryCold Mountain by Charles FrazierRoots by Alex HaleyGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Killer Angels by Michael Shaara
Best Historical Fiction
8,234 books — 27,162 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottPeter Pan by J.M. BarrieLord of the Flies by William Golding
Very Favorite Books
663 books — 469 voters
Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
The Worst Books of All Time
8,125 books — 19,914 voters