A Decade of Hit Books

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Karen (40 Lists)



The Garland by Sigrid Undset
Best Woman-Authored Books
9,041 books — 6,915 voters
Aztec by Gary JenningsWhen Christ and His Saints Slept by Sharon Kay PenmanThe Last Kingdom by Bernard CornwellThe Far Pavilions by M.M. KayeForever Amber by Kathleen Winsor
Best Historical Fiction
8,240 books — 27,157 voters

Winter Brothers by Ivan Doig
Biography and Memoirs that are BETTER than Fiction
2,673 books — 3,647 voters
Extraordinary Story of Human Origins by Piero AngelaLost Discoveries by Dick TeresiThe First Chimpanzee by John GribbinThe First Human by Ann Gibbons
Most Engaging Scientific Nonfiction
369 books — 286 voters

Chicken Soup with Rice by Maurice SendakLittle Bear by Else Holmelund Minarik
Favourite Maurice Sendak book
23 books — 23 voters
A Distant Mirror by Barbara W. TuchmanThe Language Instinct by Steven PinkerThe Third Chimpanzee by Jared DiamondUndaunted Courage by Stephen E. Ambrose
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,417 books — 8,205 voters

A Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniMidnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie
Best South Asian Fiction
772 books — 1,972 voters
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever by Stephen R. Donaldson
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,813 books — 27,034 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienSnow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
Couldn't Put The Book Down
17,616 books — 17,867 voters
When Christ and His Saints Slept by Sharon Kay Penman
Medieval and Renaissance historical fiction
486 books — 413 voters

Night by Elie WieselThe Tin Drum by Günter Grass
Well-Written Holocaust Books
943 books — 3,185 voters
The Fortress of Solitude by Jonathan Lethem
Best Urban Fiction
270 books — 398 voters

Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan LethemThe Fortress of Solitude by Jonathan Lethem
Tales of New York City
1,759 books — 1,350 voters
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Most Difficult Novels
601 books — 2,065 voters

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,509 books — 16,627 voters
Heart of a Dog by Mikhail Bulgakov
Great "Dog" Books
1,355 books — 2,018 voters

The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Road by Cormac McCarthyLes Misérables by Victor HugoOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy
Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
15,758 books — 18,082 voters
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa SeeRickshaw Boy by Lao She
Best Books About China
757 books — 592 voters

Katherine by Anya Seton
Best Books About Mistresses
466 books — 767 voters
The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniLes Misérables by Victor HugoThe Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan RawlingsA Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryDombey and Son by Charles Dickens
Most emotional books
905 books — 1,007 voters

Into the Forest by Jean Hegland
Apocalypse: It's Over, Dude.
626 books — 775 voters
A Son of the Circus by John IrvingRed Earth and Pouring Rain by Vikram Chandra
Indian Books - Fiction
1,135 books — 2,497 voters

Catch-22 by Joseph HellerBirds Without Wings by Louis de BernièresAll Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
Literature of War - Fiction
200 books — 25 voters
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa SeeThe Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
Best Novels That Take Place in China
435 books — 1,110 voters

A Distant Mirror by Barbara W. TuchmanThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
Best Middle Ages Books
1,317 books — 1,932 voters
Night by Elie WieselCatch-22 by Joseph Heller
The Best of Jewish Authors
737 books — 215 voters

A Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryCry, the Beloved Country by Alan PatonStill Life with Woodpecker by Tom RobbinsThe Story of Ferdinand by Munro LeafThe Brothers K by David James Duncan
Best Books Ever
79,416 books — 295,984 voters
The Good Earth by Pearl S. BuckJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Books you have read more than one time
13,263 books — 8,284 voters

Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Books That Deserve a Higher Rating (Avg Rating < 4)
772 books — 261 voters
The Ancestor's Tale by Richard Dawkins
Popular Archaeology and Paleoanthropology
481 books — 181 voters


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