A Decade of Hit Books

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Mich7637 (20 Lists)



The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley JacksonRosemary’s Baby by Ira LevinWe Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley JacksonRebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Best Horror Novels
2,130 books — 5,639 voters
The Beauty Queen of Leenane by Martin McDonagh
Best Plays Since 1990
207 books — 152 voters

Animal Farm by George Orwell1984 by George Orwell
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,936 books — 125,046 voters
Rebecca by Daphne du MaurierThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoPresumed Innocent by Scott TurowThe Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia HighsmithTinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carré
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,509 books — 16,607 voters

Lord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan KunderaThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
Best Philosophical Literature
1,215 books — 2,812 voters
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
Best Underrated/Overlooked Classics
183 books — 94 voters

Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. JamesThe Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
I Don't Understand All That Fuss
1,033 books — 2,654 voters
Animal Farm by George Orwell1984 by George Orwell
Books that Changed the Way You View Life
10,616 books — 6,112 voters

Stolen Lives by Malika Oufkir
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
6,684 books — 8,279 voters
Rebecca by Daphne du MaurierJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
Best Gothic Novels/Suspense Novels
448 books — 498 voters

Ulysses by James Joyce
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,728 books — 13,306 voters
A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O'ConnorDeliverance by James DickeyCat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee WilliamsThe Little Friend by Donna Tartt
Best Southern Gothic Literature
357 books — 524 voters

Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëLolita by Vladimir NabokovAtonement by Ian McEwan
Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
15,758 books — 18,082 voters
Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
Best Popular History Books on Goodreads
310 books — 62 voters

Unbroken by Laura HillenbrandThe Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,670 books — 14,482 voters
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Best Books Ever
79,407 books — 295,960 voters

Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëWuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Best Gothic Books of All Time
671 books — 3,636 voters
Stuff White People Like by Christian Lander
Guilty Pleasures - Crap You're Embarrassed to Love
401 books — 421 voters

Atonement by Ian McEwanCatch-22 by Joseph Heller
World War II Fiction
1,504 books — 2,282 voters
Lolita by Vladimir NabokovThe Holy Bible by Anonymous
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,273 books — 11,705 voters