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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Anna (18 Lists)



The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. KluneI'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdyRemarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van PeltThe Thursday Murder Club by Richard OsmanThe Wager by David Grann
Best Books of the Decade: 2020's
3,029 books — 5,543 voters
Never Flinch by Stephen KingThe Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones
2025 Goodreads Choice Awards Predictions
189 books — 323 voters

The Holy Bible by Anonymous
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,301 books — 11,670 voters
Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis StevensonThe Raven by Edgar Allan Poe
Best Gothic Books of All Time
646 books — 3,642 voters

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakLittle Women by Louisa May Alcott
Best Young Adult Books
13,323 books — 80,576 voters
Evermore by Alyson NoelMarked by P.C. Cast
Never finished it and never will
16 books — 4 voters

The Help by Kathryn StockettA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,843 books — 124,671 voters
Inkheart by Cornelia FunkeThe Little Ghost by Otfried PreußlerDas fliegende Klassenzimmer by Erich KästnerDie Känguru-Chroniken by Marc-Uwe KlingDie Wilden Hühner by Cornelia Funke
Best German Authors
620 books — 709 voters

The Martian by Andy WeirThe Lost Hero by Rick RiordanRoom by Emma DonoghueThe House of Hades by Rick Riordan
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,754 books — 14,424 voters
The Help by Kathryn StockettThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenRoom by Emma Donoghue
Best for Book Clubs
15,479 books — 19,986 voters

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingThe Help by Kathryn Stockett
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,843 books — 22,459 voters
Kindersucher by Paul GrossmanMärzgefallene by Volker Kutscher
Crime Thriller, set in Berlin 1920-1940
41 books — 35 voters

Suite Française by Irène Némirovsky
Stories For Book Lovers
8,509 books — 8,988 voters
The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren WeisbergerForrest Gump by Winston GroomThe Shining by Stephen KingThe Godfather by Mario PuzoSex and the City by Candace Bushnell
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,138 books — 10,095 voters

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoGone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Best Literary Mysteries
2,684 books — 5,102 voters
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónPerfume by Patrick SüskindChild 44 by Tom Rob Smith
Best Historical Mystery
2,300 books — 4,833 voters

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónA Time to Kill by John GrishamPerfume by Patrick SüskindCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyMurder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,482 books — 16,416 voters
Twilight by Stephenie MeyerBreaking Dawn by Stephenie MeyerNew Moon by Stephenie MeyerEclipse by Stephenie MeyerFifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James
The Worst Books of All Time
8,115 books — 19,898 voters