A Decade of Hit Books

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Miranda W. (30 Lists)



Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. ButlerParable of the Talents by Octavia E. ButlerThe Drowned World by J.G. Ballard
Cli-Fi: Climate Change Fiction
469 books — 749 voters
Solaris by Stanisław LemFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyDune by Frank HerbertBrave New World by Aldous Huxley1984 by George Orwell
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,837 books — 26,142 voters

The Wall by Marlen Haushofer
Women in Translation
937 books — 314 voters
Crazy Like Us by Ethan WattersComing of Age in Samoa by Margaret MeadChrysanthemum and the Sword by Ruth BenedictThe Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne FadimanThe Cosmic Serpent by Jeremy Narby
Best Popular Anthropology Books on Goodreads
322 books — 53 voters

The Land of Open Graves by Jason De LeónCrafting Selves by Dorinne K. Kondo
Good Ethnography
141 books — 103 voters
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley1984 by George OrwellThe Children of Men by P.D. JamesPsychopolitics by Byung-Chul Han
Tech Criticism, Persuasive Technology, Technological Dystopias
158 books — 65 voters

Solaris by Stanisław LemDune by Frank HerbertFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Best Sci-Fi Books (Science Fiction Aficionados)
103 books — 29 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteLord of the Flies by William Golding
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,273 books — 11,706 voters

Solaris by Stanisław Lem
First Contact
300 books — 476 voters
Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyDune by Frank Herbert
Most Popular Science Fiction on Goodreads
361 books — 574 voters

Solaris by Stanisław Lem
Best Aliens
431 books — 337 voters
Solaris by Stanisław LemFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyDune by Frank HerbertThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Best Science Fiction
3,889 books — 8,033 voters

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
What a Wonderful World - A Celebration of Imaginative World-Building
322 books — 62 voters
Wool Omnibus by Hugh HoweyDoomsday Book by Connie Willis
Best Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
1,311 books — 3,587 voters

The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
The Oddest Books You've Ever Read
73 books — 33 voters
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,129 books — 3,698 voters

Solaris by Stanisław Lem
Best European Science Fiction Books
272 books — 212 voters
The Beach by Alex Garland
Best for Backpacking through Southeast Asia
317 books — 339 voters

The Turn of the Screw by Henry James
Books with Unreliable Narrators
507 books — 497 voters
The Turn of the Screw by Henry James
Unique Narrators
401 books — 351 voters

Dune by Frank HerbertSolaris by Stanisław LemWool by Hugh HoweyThe Beach by Alex GarlandBlack Like Me by John Howard Griffin
Wonderful World Building
141 books — 55 voters
Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleySolaris by Stanisław LemDune by Frank HerbertThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
100 Science Fiction & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
3,040 books — 3,794 voters

Dune by Frank HerbertAlice in Wonderland by Jane Carruth
Most Interesting World
8,270 books — 5,213 voters
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollDune by Frank HerbertOh, the Places You’ll Go! by Dr. Seuss
What Book Would You Like To Live In?
8,789 books — 9,044 voters

The Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyLord of the Flies by William Golding
Books that make you think.
1,183 books — 1,230 voters
Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard BachDune by Frank HerbertThey're Made Out of Meat by Terry Bisson
Books that Changed the Way You View Life
10,617 books — 6,113 voters

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsDune by Frank HerbertSolaris by Stanisław Lem
Intriguing Aliens
284 books — 180 voters
Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard BachThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Through Another's Eyes: Xenofiction
463 books — 289 voters

Solaris by Stanisław LemFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyDune by Frank HerbertThe Egg by Andy Weir
Philosophical Science Fiction
489 books — 502 voters
Quiet by Susan Cain
Must Read Non-Fiction
5,465 books — 5,184 voters