A Decade of Hit Books

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Tasha (73 Lists)



The Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathMy Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa MoshfeghPlay It As It Lays by Joan DidionBunny by Mona AwadRebecca by Daphne du Maurier
sad girl books
44 books — 50 voters
The Secret Books of Paradys by Tanith LeeFaces Under Water by Tanith LeeDown Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuireThe Drowning Girl by Caitlín R. KiernanRadiance by Catherynne M. Valente
Female-Authored Weird Fiction
468 books — 187 voters

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Best Mentally Ill Characters
266 books — 266 voters
The Last Tale of the Flower Bride by Roshani Chokshi
Hugo 2024 Eligible Novels
97 books — 93 voters

Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
British Science Fiction Association Awards for Best Novel
54 books — 27 voters
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienLooking for Alaska by John GreenVampire Academy by Richelle MeadInkheart by Cornelia FunkeEnder’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Best Young Adult Books
13,358 books — 80,677 voters

Assassin's Apprentice by Robin HobbThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. RowlingThe Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussThe Princess Bride by William Goldman
The Best Fantasy Books
1,747 books — 1,527 voters
The Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. RowlingThe Authoritative Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson
Highest Rated Books on Goodreads (with at least 100 ratings)
319 books — 444 voters

Holy Bible by AnonymousThe Stand by Stephen King
Overrated books (Avg rating >3.99)
351 books — 110 voters
Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Favorite Poorly Rated Books
1,407 books — 267 voters

The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
The Great American Read - What They Missed
547 books — 578 voters
Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleDune by Frank HerbertRebecca by Daphne du MaurierThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
PBS’s The Great American Read: List of America’s Top 100 Books
100 books — 2,372 voters

The Blind Geometer / The New Atlantis by Kim Stanley RobinsonThe Unending Night by George Henry SmithElement 79 by Fred HoyleThe Insect Warriors by Rex Dean Levie
Best Science Fiction on Goodreads with fewer than 100 ratings
391 books — 144 voters
Nova by Samuel R. DelanyTime and Again by Clifford D. SimakThe Black Cloud by Fred HoyleA Case of Conscience by James BlishThe Romulan Way by Diane Duane
Most Under-rated Science Fiction
2,178 books — 2,689 voters

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsA Dirty Job by Christopher MooreThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanCatch-22 by Joseph HellerGuards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett
Books that Make you Laugh
3,569 books — 5,141 voters
Fate's Needle by Jerry AutieriFinn's Fate by Michael E. Wills
Vikings
198 books — 180 voters

Guards! Guards! by Terry PratchettThe Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. LewisAssassin's Quest by Robin HobbFool's Fate by Robin HobbTooth and Claw by Jo Walton
Dragons
1,924 books — 2,578 voters
1984 by George OrwellDune by Frank HerbertThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
100+ Science Fiction Novels Everyone Should Read
250 books — 446 voters

Robin by Chuck DixonBatman & Robin, Vol. 2 by Grant MorrisonNightwing, Vol. 1 by Tim SeeleyGrayson, Volume 3 by Tim Seeley
Dick Grayson - Robin, Nightwing & Batman
55 books — 26 voters
1Q84 by Haruki MurakamiA Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,670 books — 14,482 voters

Assassin's Apprentice by Robin HobbThe Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott LynchJhereg by Steven Brust
SF/F Assassins!
324 books — 818 voters
Nova by Samuel R. DelanyThe Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le GuinThe Black Cloud by Fred HoyleThe Day of the Triffids by John WyndhamA Case of Conscience by James Blish
Best Old Time Sci-Fi
17 books — 5 voters

Perdido Street Station by China MiévilleHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiThe Graveyard Book by Neil GaimanThe Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories by H.P. LovecraftSomething Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
Best Weird Fiction Books
1,281 books — 1,188 voters
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwaySiddhartha by Hermann HesseThe Magic Mountain by Thomas MannPygmalion by George Bernard ShawThe Bridge on the Drina by Ivo Andrić
The Best by Nobel Prize Authors
381 books — 284 voters

Perdido Street Station by China MiévilleThe Time Machine by H.G. WellsThe League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 1 by Alan MooreTwenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules VerneFullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 1 by Hiromu Arakawa
Best Steampunk Books
1,293 books — 4,160 voters
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Books that SHOULD be on the 1001-list but aren't
444 books — 129 voters

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsA Dirty Job by Christopher Moore
Best Humorous Fantasy and Science Fiction
1,130 books — 1,287 voters
Assassin's Apprentice by Robin HobbThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingAssassin's Quest by Robin Hobb
Favorites of the Fantasy Book Club
814 books — 1,732 voters

Bóvedas de acero by Isaac AsimovDune by Frank HerbertThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury1984 by George Orwell
Best Science Fiction
3,889 books — 8,033 voters
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoIf on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino
Books on Books: Bookmaking, Biblioclasm, Bibliophilia
428 books — 370 voters


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