A Decade of Hit Books

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



The Help by Kathryn StockettThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Best Woman-Authored Books
9,044 books — 6,849 voters
1984 by George Orwell
Reddit Recommendations
581 books — 760 voters

The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
Behaviour change and social psychology: how people make decisions
285 books — 583 voters
Nefertiti by Michelle Moran
Best Books About Egypt
491 books — 577 voters

The History of the Ancient World by Susan Wise Bauer
Best History Books
4,101 books — 4,693 voters
Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri
Best Indian Fiction Books
939 books — 2,485 voters

Band of Brothers by Stephen E. Ambrose
Best Non-fiction War Books
2,264 books — 2,621 voters
Shōgun by James Clavell
Martial Arts Fiction
302 books — 230 voters

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Woman in the Dunes by Kōbō Abe
Japanese Fiction
416 books — 334 voters
Alanna by Tamora Pierce
Best Feminist Young Adult Books
1,326 books — 1,347 voters

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Best Teen Books About Real Problems
3,084 books — 12,512 voters
Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain
Food-Related Non-Fiction
1,386 books — 1,750 voters

The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
Best Books About Tudor England
645 books — 1,673 voters
A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn
Best American History Books
2,300 books — 3,119 voters

The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,417 books — 8,206 voters
The Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson
2011 Debut Authors (Young Adult and Middle Grade Lit.)
262 books — 2,067 voters

Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Best for Book Clubs
15,495 books — 20,010 voters
Lady of Ch'iao Kuo by Laurence Yep
The Royal Diaries
20 books — 267 voters