Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Greg Cantrell (20 Lists)



To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyThe Outsiders by S.E. HintonThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathIn Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Best Books of the Decade: 1960s
1,362 books — 1,777 voters
The Shining by Stephen King’Salem’s Lot by Stephen KingThe Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
Best Books of the Decade: 1970s
1,955 books — 1,881 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie FlaggThe Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,259 books — 2,432 voters
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyOutlander by Diana GabaldonSpeak by Laurie Halse AndersonBrokeback Mountain by Annie ProulxNaked by David Sedaris
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,130 books — 3,678 voters

The Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsRunning with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,187 books — 28,372 voters
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrThe Girl on the Train by Paula HawkinsA Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,694 books — 14,232 voters

Project Hail Mary by Andy WeirThe House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. KluneBeach Read by Emily HenryMexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-GarciaThe Housemaid by Freida McFadden
Best Books of the Decade: 2020's
2,926 books — 5,465 voters
A Little Life by Hanya YanagiharaThe Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
Anticipated 2015 Literary Fiction
196 books — 545 voters

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Anticipated 2016 Literary Fiction
330 books — 701 voters
Pachinko by Min Jin LeeBluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke
Anticipated / Best 2017 Literary Fiction
176 books — 123 voters

Normal People by Sally Rooney
Anticipated 2019 Literary Fiction
221 books — 332 voters
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Anticipated 2020 Literary Fiction
590 books — 1,245 voters

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Anticipated 2021 Literary Fiction
446 books — 587 voters
Our Best Intentions by Vibhuti JainHello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano
Anticipated 2023 Literary Fiction
367 books — 207 voters

Intermezzo by Sally RooneyMargo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi ThorpeThe God of the Woods by Liz MooreJames by Percival EverettMartyr! by Kaveh Akbar
Anticipated 2024 Literary Fiction
313 books — 94 voters
The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean VuongWild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy
Anticipated Literary Fiction 2025
328 books — 144 voters

Intermezzo by Sally RooneyMargo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi ThorpeThe Wedding People by Alison EspachMartyr! by Kaveh AkbarAll Fours by Miranda July
2025 Tournament of Books Longlist
85 books — 325 voters
The Color Purple by Alice WalkerI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouA Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine HansberryRoll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. TaylorGiovanni’s Room by James Baldwin
Best African American Books
1,043 books — 1,139 voters

Project Hail Mary by Andy WeirNaked by David SedarisBlind Your Ponies by Stanley Gordon West'Salem's Lot by Stephen KingStoner by John Williams
incredible Audiobooks
540 books — 97 voters
Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensThe Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Must Read Classics
1,866 books — 4,661 voters