A Decade of Hit Books

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Kyle (8 Lists)



The Goldfinch by Donna TarttThe Stories of John Cheever by John Cheever
Best of: All Pulitzer Winners
96 books — 36 voters
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
Gilmore Girls Complete Reading List
400 books — 667 voters

Life of Pi by Yann Martel1984 by George OrwellThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
One Million Ratings!
252 books — 1,098 voters
The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth KolbertGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondInto Thin Air by Jon KrakauerDevil in the Grove by Gilbert KingThe Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes
Pulitzer Prize General Nonfiction Winners and Finalists
140 books — 39 voters

In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel PhilbrickThe Boys in the Boat by Daniel James BrownDead Wake by Erik LarsonBorn to Run by Christopher McDougallUnbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
Microhistory: Social Histories of Just One Thing
1,921 books — 2,287 voters
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David SedarisA Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again by David Foster WallaceThe Boys in the Boat by Daniel James BrownA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,417 books — 8,205 voters

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldInfinite Jest by David Foster Wallace1984 by George OrwellAmerican Pastoral by Philip RothMiddlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
100 Essential Novels (from Pop Chart Lab poster)
105 books — 32 voters
Middlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy TooleAmerican Pastoral by Philip RothThe Underground Railroad by Colson WhiteheadThe Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
Pulitzer Prize Winners-Fiction
100 books — 275 voters