A Decade of Hit Books

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Catherine (21 Lists)



The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace by Jeff Hobbs
Powell's Best Nonfiction of 2014
10 books — 2 voters
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates11/9 by Casey LawrenceIn the Country We Love by Diane Guerrero
Books for Post-Election Understanding
202 books — 149 voters

The Lost Boy by Dave PelzerA Child Called "It" by Dave PelzerA Man Named Dave by Dave Pelzer
True Story Child Abuse Books
146 books — 312 voters
A Child Called "It" by Dave PelzerLord of the Flies by William GoldingUglies by Scott Westerfeld
Books that leave you disturbed
562 books — 517 voters

Redefining Realness by Janet Mock
Best Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Non-Fiction
837 books — 497 voters
Just Mercy by Bryan StevensonTwelve Years a Slave by Solomon NorthupThe Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace by Jeff HobbsThe Other Wes Moore by Wes MooreMonster by Walter Dean Myers
#BlackLivesMatter Reading List
632 books — 294 voters

Tangerine by Edward Bloor
Soccer Books! (for Middle Grade!)
179 books — 25 voters
Redeployment by Phil KlayThe Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers
Iraq/Afghanistan War Fiction
55 books — 117 voters

A Child Called "It" by Dave PelzerA Piece of Cake by Cupcake BrownThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankA Stolen Life by Jaycee DugardFinding Me by Michelle Knight
Best Strange and Twisted Memoirs
781 books — 1,235 voters
Just Mercy by Bryan StevensonBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesDreams from My Father by Barack ObamaI Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai
Book Riot's 100 Must-Read Memoirs
100 books — 58 voters

Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleThe Holy Bible by AnonymousWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyA Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,731 books — 13,309 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyAnimal Farm by George OrwellLord of the Flies by William GoldingUglies by Scott Westerfeld
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
4,088 books — 26,988 voters

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. TaylorNative Son by Richard WrightSister Citizen by Melissa V. Harris-Perry
Best African American Books
1,083 books — 1,352 voters
A Child Called "It" by Dave Pelzer
Best Teen Books About Real Problems
3,084 books — 12,511 voters

The Giver by Lois LowrySpeak by Laurie Halse AndersonThe Fault in Our Stars by John GreenThirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
Best Young Adult Books
13,359 books — 80,686 voters
Hamilton by Lin-Manuel Miranda
2016: What People Born in the 1980s Have Read in 2016
2,180 books — 421 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteThe Color Purple by Alice Walker
100 Books to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
16,084 books — 18,978 voters
Native Son by Richard WrightTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeInvisible Man by Ralph EllisonLetter from the Birmingham Jail by Martin Luther King Jr.The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,954 books — 125,093 voters

A Child Called "It" by Dave PelzerNight by Elie WieselThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankPush by SapphireNative Son by Richard Wright
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,273 books — 11,709 voters