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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Candy Tiley (30 Lists)



Long Bright River by Liz MooreHome Before Dark by Riley SagerThe Other Mrs. by Mary Kubica
Mystery & Thriller 2020
358 books — 625 voters
Surviving Savannah by Patti Callahan Henry
Goodreads Choice Awards 2021 (eligible for write-in only)
2,646 books — 3,821 voters

The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. JamesTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
[ATY 2022] Set in a Small Town
329 books — 103 voters
Blue Monday by Nicci FrenchThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Born in the 1950s - What we've read in 2018
346 books — 26 voters

Outlander by Diana GabaldonLife of Pi by Yann MartelThe Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
Wanderlust
1,100 books — 1,229 voters
Hamlet by William ShakespeareAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrThe Goldfinch by Donna TarttRoom by Emma DonoghueWhere the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
Best Books Ever
78,946 books — 293,966 voters

Long Bright River by Liz Moore
Crime, mystery & Thrillers, 2020
172 books — 126 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
All Sorts Favourites
1,661 books — 1,507 voters

The Secret History by Donna TarttGone Girl by Gillian FlynnAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieIn Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Best Literary Mysteries
2,684 books — 5,095 voters
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
Best Books of 2018
1,650 books — 2,959 voters

The Likeness by Tana FrenchThe Wire in the Blood by Val McDermidMurder on the Orient Express by Agatha ChristieA Great Deliverance by Elizabeth GeorgeStill Life by Louise Penny
Best Detective/Mystery Series
2,336 books — 2,650 voters
War and Peace by Leo TolstoySwann’s Way by Marcel Proust
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,709 books — 13,274 voters

The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,651 books — 18,683 voters
A Great Deliverance by Elizabeth GeorgeThe Secret History by Donna TarttThe Poet by Michael Connelly
100 Mysteries and Thrillers to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
2,555 books — 5,879 voters

The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy by Joyce RachelOrdinary Grace by William Kent KruegerThe Goldfinch by Donna TarttLife After Life by Kate Atkinson
Books I really want pick for book club
306 books — 119 voters
Love You More by Lisa Gardner
Best Mystery/Thriller/Suspense Novels Of 2011
271 books — 1,000 voters

An Instance of the Fingerpost by Iain PearsThe Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton
Best Historical Mystery
2,297 books — 4,826 voters
Gone Girl by Gillian FlynnThe Goldfinch by Donna TarttLife After Life by Kate AtkinsonDefending Jacob by William LandayOrdinary Grace by William Kent Krueger
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,753 books — 14,424 voters

Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Stand by Stephen KingDavid Copperfield by Charles DickensThe Goldfinch by Donna TarttThe Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,876 books — 6,999 voters
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
Novels That Are Great Enough (and fun enough) to Read *Twice*
405 books — 212 voters

The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
Best Humor Writing
871 books — 988 voters
The Stand by Stephen KingThe Shining by Stephen KingEye of the Needle by Ken FollettAll Things Bright and Beautiful by James Herriot
Best Books of the Decade: 1970s
1,956 books — 1,890 voters

Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie FlaggMisery by Stephen KingThe Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,273 books — 2,437 voters
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John BerendtSnow Falling on Cedars by David GutersonThe Shipping News by Annie ProulxThe Secret History by Donna Tartt
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,181 books — 3,684 voters

The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth SteinMrs. Dalloway by Virginia WoolfThe Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,835 books — 124,614 voters
The Fountainhead by Ayn RandSnow Falling on Cedars by David GutersonThe Complete Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan DoyleWild by Cheryl StrayedA Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf
100 Books to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
16,067 books — 18,850 voters

In Cold Blood by Truman CapotePerfume by Patrick SüskindThe Secret History by Donna Tartt
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,479 books — 16,386 voters
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Poet by Michael ConnellyThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldBel Canto by Ann PatchettMarley and Me by John Grogan
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,272 books — 28,374 voters