A Decade of Hit Books

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Chris (13 Lists)



The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,816 books — 27,001 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeLes Misérables by Victor HugoThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezCatch-22 by Joseph Heller
Best Books Ever
79,432 books — 296,136 voters

A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer EganMatterhorn by Karl MarlantesThe Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2010 (fiction and nonfiction)
100 books — 663 voters
The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,505 books — 16,705 voters

The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Best for Book Clubs
15,497 books — 20,012 voters
The Road by Cormac McCarthyExtremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran FoerNo Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,825 books — 22,597 voters

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael ChabonThe Road by Cormac McCarthyExtremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran FoerJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeThe Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,197 books — 28,384 voters
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. RowlingThe Da Vinci Code by Dan BrownHoles by Louis Sachar
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,654 books — 18,678 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeLord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,948 books — 125,087 voters
Midnight’s Children by Salman RushdieOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,818 books — 49,884 voters

Matterhorn by Karl MarlantesCatch-22 by Joseph HellerThe Iliad by HomerLes Misérables by Victor HugoSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best War Novels
1,718 books — 1,468 voters
Catch-22 by Joseph HellerThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
Cult Classics
1,576 books — 2,046 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Best Fantasy Series, Trilogies, and Duologies
2,258 books — 12,221 voters