A Decade of Hit Books

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Sue (26 Lists)



Watership Down by Richard Adams
Best Animal Books in Fantasy
291 books — 507 voters
Gerald's Game by Stephen King
Worst Stephen King books
63 books — 490 voters

Ghost Story by Peter Straub
Best of Peter Straub
13 books — 19 voters
The Shining by Stephen King
Best Stephen King books
50 books — 84 voters

The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia HighsmithThe Godfather by Mario PuzoJurassic Park by Michael CrichtonThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerSchindler’s List by Thomas Keneally
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,122 books — 10,103 voters
The Dark Side of Camelot by Seymour M. Hersh
Politics
571 books — 754 voters

Alex–The Life of a Child by Frank Deford
Heartbreaking Memoirs
78 books — 60 voters
Ghost Story by Peter Straub
Best Horror Books by People Other Than Stephen King
1,624 books — 1,642 voters

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Rooting for the Bad Guy
686 books — 1,482 voters
Miles to Go by Miley Cyrus
Books I Have No Intention of Reading
1,641 books — 5,999 voters

A Child Called "It" by Dave Pelzer
Most Depressing Book of All Time
1,231 books — 3,982 voters
The Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe Silence of the Lambs by Thomas HarrisThe Hotel New Hampshire by John IrvingThe Accidental Tourist by Anne TylerMisery by Stephen King
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,320 books — 2,449 voters

Shutter Island by Dennis LehaneMystic River by Dennis LehaneA Cruel Madness by Colin Thubron
Books With Twist Endings
107 books — 83 voters
If I Did It by O.J. Simpson
Dealbreakers: If You Like This Book, We Won't Get Along
2,043 books — 5,316 voters

The Shining by Stephen King
Thrillers
5,026 books — 6,690 voters
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,654 books — 18,678 voters

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Best Historical Fiction of the 21st Century
1,538 books — 3,044 voters
The Killing fields by Sydney SchanbergAll the President’s Men by Carl Bernstein
Best Books by Journalists
295 books — 112 voters

Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellLord of the Flies by William Golding
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,944 books — 125,085 voters
The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams Bianco
What Book Got You Hooked?
4,018 books — 10,992 voters

Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
Quality Dark Fiction
2,740 books — 3,991 voters
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Great Debut Novels
1,609 books — 1,513 voters

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyWar and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Most Difficult Novels
601 books — 2,066 voters
The Shoemaker by Flora Rheta SchreiberDeranged by Harold Schechter
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,273 books — 11,709 voters

Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwaySiddhartha by Hermann HesseThe Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,818 books — 49,884 voters
Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellSiddhartha by Hermann HesseWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëLord of the Flies by William Golding
Best Books Ever
79,432 books — 296,133 voters