The Big Books of Fall

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Deb (35 Lists)



Notes from a Small Island by Bill BrysonEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertWhatever You Do, Don't Run by Peter Allison
Humorous Memoirs and Non-Fiction
949 books — 1,692 voters
Touching the Void by Joe Simpson
Best True Survival Stories
434 books — 558 voters

Wuthering Heights by Emily BrontëIf I Stay by Gayle Forman
Is It Just Me? Books You Disliked That Everyone Else Seems To Love
2,064 books — 2,683 voters
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca WellsThe Horse Whisperer by Nicholas EvansCold Mountain by Charles FrazierCorelli’s Mandolin by Louis de BernièresShutter Island by Dennis Lehane
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,654 books — 18,678 voters

Still Alice by Lisa GenovaBefore I Go to Sleep by S.J. Watson
Women and Mental Illness (fiction and nonfiction)
1,258 books — 2,644 voters
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroThe Road by Cormac McCarthyWool by Hugh HoweyThe Passage by Justin Cronin
Best Dystopian Fiction of All Time
473 books — 1,374 voters

Atonement by Ian McEwanNever Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroVanity Fair by William Makepeace ThackerayThe Woman in White by Wilkie CollinsEmpire of the Sun by J.G. Ballard
Best British and Irish Literature
1,185 books — 1,120 voters
The English Patient by Michael OndaatjeThe Sense of an Ending by Julian BarnesSacred Hunger by Barry Unsworth
Booker Prize Winners
63 books — 2,012 voters

A Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryThe Glass Palace by Amitav GhoshA House for Mr Biswas by V.S. NaipaulCoolie by Mulk Raj Anand
Best Indian Fiction Books
938 books — 2,483 voters
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. RowlingMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
15,756 books — 18,074 voters

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniAtonement by Ian McEwanNever Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroThe Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,204 books — 28,385 voters
Ready Player One by Ernest ClineEleanor & Park by Rainbow RowellA Little Life by Hanya YanagiharaWe Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy FowlerI Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,670 books — 14,477 voters

Atonement by Ian McEwanNever Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroA Little Life by Hanya YanagiharaWe Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler
Major Award-Winning Fiction Since 1990
253 books — 569 voters
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler
Man Booker Prize for Fiction Shortlist 2014
6 books — 53 voters

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
Man Booker Prize shortlist 2015
6 books — 22 voters
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroReady Player One by Ernest ClineThe Diamond Age by Neal StephensonWorld Made by Hand by James Howard KunstlerIn the Country of Last Things by Paul Auster
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
4,086 books — 26,949 voters

Brick Lane by Monica AliHigh Fidelity by Nick Hornby
London Calling
1,242 books — 647 voters
On the Road by Jack KerouacThe Stranger by Albert CamusTrainspotting by Irvine WelshStranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
Cult Classics
1,576 books — 2,043 voters

Touching the Void by Joe SimpsonThe Snow Leopard by Peter MatthiessenTracks by Robyn Davidson
Extreme Classics: National Geographic's 100 Greatest Adventure Books of All Time
101 books — 263 voters
The Slap by Christos TsiolkasBreath by Tim WintonSouth of Darkness by John Marsden
Best Books Set in Australia
1,081 books — 596 voters

Breath by Tim Winton
Fictitious Australia
504 books — 136 voters
The Hands by Stephen Orr
Best books set in Adelaide and South Australia
125 books — 43 voters

In the Woods by Tana FrenchThe Woman in White by Wilkie CollinsThe Historian by Elizabeth KostovaNever Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
100 Mysteries and Thrillers to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
2,594 books — 6,276 voters
Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. JamesIf I Stay by Gayle Forman
I Don't Understand All That Fuss
1,032 books — 2,652 voters

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroGoodbye Tsugumi by Banana Yoshimoto
Japanese authors
238 books — 176 voters
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight by Alexandra FullerHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradWhatever You Do, Don't Run by Peter AllisonCocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness by Alexandra Fuller
Best books for an African Safari
484 books — 528 voters

Wild Swans by Jung ChangDon't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight by Alexandra Fuller
100 Biographies & Memoirs to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
1,995 books — 2,337 voters
The Beach by Alex Garland
Best Traveling Vicariously
2,224 books — 1,994 voters

Atonement by Ian McEwanShutter Island by Dennis LehaneThe Wasp Factory by Iain Banks
Best Twists
8,727 books — 9,882 voters
Shutter Island by Dennis LehaneSmilla's Sense of Snow by Peter Høeg
Best Modern Mystery, Crime fiction
2,055 books — 1,912 voters


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