A Decade of Hit Books

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Elizabeth (33 Lists)



That Churchill Woman by Stephanie Barron
Historical Fiction 2019
433 books — 674 voters
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Oprah's Book Club Picks
133 books — 2,208 voters

Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
Best Books Published in 2013
3,587 books — 7,158 voters
Sons and Lovers by D.H. Lawrence
Novels about Motherhood
396 books — 215 voters

Lionel Asbo by Martin AmisBeautiful Ruins by Jess WalterThe Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson WalkerThe Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce
Amazon's Books of the Year: Top 100 Picks for 2012
100 books — 276 voters
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce
2012 Man Booker Prize Longlist
12 books — 176 voters

The Death of the Heart by Elizabeth Bowen
Novels of Domestic Life
423 books — 139 voters
A High Wind in Jamaica by Richard Hughes
War and Travel on The Guardian's 1000 novels everyone must read
132 books — 70 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Age of Innocence by Edith WhartonThe Death of the Heart by Elizabeth Bowen
"Love" on The Guardian's "1000 Novels Everyone Must Read" List
146 books — 135 voters
The Code of the Woosters by P.G. Wodehouse
The Guardian's "1000 Novels Everyone Must Read"
1,021 books — 613 voters

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel SparkLucky Jim by Kingsley AmisZuleika Dobson by Max Beerbohm
Favorite Novels About Professors or Academics
507 books — 613 voters
And the Band Played On by Randy Shilts
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,417 books — 8,207 voters

Slammerkin by Emma Donoghue
Best Historical Fiction
8,234 books — 27,162 voters
The Optimist's Daughter by Eudora WeltyThe Awakening by Kate Chopin
Best Southern Literature
1,410 books — 2,699 voters

The Ghost Map by Steven JohnsonThe Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester
Microhistory: Social Histories of Just One Thing
1,921 books — 2,286 voters
State of Wonder by Ann PatchettThe Forgotten Waltz by Anne EnrightThe Sealed Letter by Emma Donoghue
Orange Prize For Fiction Longlist 2012
20 books — 153 voters

Ship Ablaze by Edward T. O'Donnell
Shipwrecks!
124 books — 99 voters
Angel by Elizabeth TaylorWe Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel ShriverBehind the Scenes at the Museum by Kate AtkinsonThe Vagabond by ColetteTo the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
"Family & Self" on The Guardian's "1000 Novels Everyone Must Read"
147 books — 104 voters

State of Wonder by Ann Patchett
Amazon.com Best Books of 2011: The Top 100
100 books — 175 voters
Case Histories by Kate AtkinsonIn the Woods by Tana FrenchDark Places by Gillian Flynn
Best Literary Mysteries
2,707 books — 5,124 voters

Lucky Jim by Kingsley AmisThe Code of the Woosters by P.G. WodehouseScoop by Evelyn WaughDecline and Fall by Evelyn WaughA Handful of Dust by Evelyn Waugh
"Comedy" on The Guardian's "1000 Novels Everyone Must Read"
151 books — 105 voters
A Handful of Dust by Evelyn WaughThe Death of the Heart by Elizabeth Bowen
Random House 100
100 books — 49 voters

Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn WaughThe House of Mirth by Edith WhartonHowards End by E.M. ForsterThe Go-Between by L.P. HartleyA Room with a View by E.M. Forster
Downton Abbey-esque Books
619 books — 1,019 voters
Vile Bodies by Evelyn WaughThe Death of the Heart by Elizabeth BowenThe End of the Affair by Graham GreeneNecropolis by Catharine ArnoldMrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
London Calling
1,248 books — 647 voters

State of Wonder by Ann PatchettRules of Civility by Amor TowlesThe Marriage Plot by Jeffrey EugenidesFaith by Jennifer Haigh
Best Books of 2011
2,671 books — 6,701 voters
The Songs and Sonets of John Donne by John DonneWives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell
Title Search: Plural and Plural
266 books — 40 voters

Housekeeping by Marilynne RobinsonThe Mysteries of Pittsburgh by Michael ChabonOne Writer's Beginnings by Eudora Welty
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,320 books — 2,449 voters
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonThe Ghost Map by Steven Johnson
Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
1,971 books — 3,657 voters

Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T.S. Eliot
Great Cat Books
1,609 books — 1,141 voters
Ship Ablaze by Edward T. O'DonnellA Night to Remember by Walter Lord
Non-fiction Disaster Books
329 books — 333 voters


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