A Decade of Hit Books

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Cindy Brown (86 Lists)



A Knight in Shining Armor by Jude Deveraux
Time Travel Historical Romance
183 books — 158 voters
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van PeltThe Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon
Books becoming Movies in 2026
106 books — 10 voters

Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking by Marcella HazanBetter Homes and Gardens New Cook Book by Better Homes and GardensSoup by Barbara Kafka30-Minute Meals by Rachael Ray
Best Cookbooks Ever
549 books — 219 voters
The Fannie Farmer Cookbook by Marion CunninghamEssentials of Classic Italian Cooking by Marcella Hazan30-Minute Meals by Rachael RayThe Classic Italian Cook Book by Marcella Hazan
Best Cookbooks
1,485 books — 1,174 voters

LaBelle Cuisine by Patti LaBelleEva's Kitchen by Eva Longoria
Cookbooks by Celebrities
92 books — 13 voters
The Housemaid by Freida McFadden
Thrillers and suspense in Polls for our souls
80 books — 12 voters

The Frozen River by Ariel LawhonJohnny Tremain by Esther Forbes
Historical Fiction - New England
118 books — 28 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Best Southern Gothic Literature
357 books — 524 voters

The Lost Crown by Sarah MillerThe Romanov Bride by Robert AlexanderThe Kitchen Boy by Robert Alexander
Most Historically Accurate Romanov Fiction
21 books — 9 voters
Romanov by Nadine Brandes
Romanov Retellings
14 books — 12 voters

The Kitchen Boy by Robert Alexander
Romanov Fiction that Should be Made into Movies
11 books — 11 voters
The Kitchen Boy by Robert AlexanderA Gentleman in Moscow by Amor TowlesNicholas and Alexandra by Robert K. MassieBetween Shades of Gray by Ruta SepetysThe Tsarina's Daughter by Carolly Erickson
Best Russian Historical Fiction
91 books — 39 voters

Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
Russia in YA & Middle Grade Historical Fiction
123 books — 73 voters
The Lost Crown by Sarah Miller
Best Books of the Romanov Sisters
25 books — 52 voters

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-GarciaLike Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelThe Pearl by John Steinbeck
Historical Fiction set in Latin America
170 books — 163 voters
Like Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelThe Pearl by John Steinbeck
Books Set in Mexico
478 books — 191 voters

The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post by Allison PatakiA School for German Brides by Aimie K. RunyanLessons in Chemistry by Bonnie GarmusThe Christie Affair by Nina de GramontThe Paris Bookseller by Kerri Maher
Historical Fiction 2022
426 books — 523 voters
Before We Were Yours by Lisa WingateWhere the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
Mobtown Mommies Book List
24 books — 2 voters

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia OwensNights in Rodanthe by Nicholas SparksThe Notebook by Nicholas SparksThe Rosewood Casket by Sharyn McCrumb
North Carolina Setting and/or Author
484 books — 201 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Best Southern Literature
1,410 books — 2,699 voters

Woke Up Like This by Amy Lea
Mindy’s Book Studio
14 books — 4 voters
11/22/63 by Stephen KingTimeline by Michael Crichton
Time Travel Novels
287 books — 265 voters

11/22/63 by Stephen King
Best of time-travel + alternate Universe
200 books — 172 voters
The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa GregoryThe White Queen by Philippa GregoryThe Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa GregoryLove Letters to the Dead by Ava DellairaThe Lady of the Rivers by Philippa Gregory
Best Family Sagas
697 books — 793 voters

Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'DellThe Joy Luck Club by Amy TanThe Nature of Fragile Things by Susan Meissner
California Historical Fiction
292 books — 144 voters
A Stolen Life by Jaycee DugardIn Pieces by Sally FieldLove Life by Rob LoweStories I Only Tell My Friends by Rob Lowe
California Memoirs
289 books — 78 voters

The Joy Luck Club by Amy TanIsland of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'DellMurder Off Mike by Joyce KriegLightning by Dean Koontz
Best California Books
624 books — 239 voters
The Joy Luck Club by Amy TanIsland of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'DellHigh Country by Nevada BarrThe Girls by Emma Cline
Novels Set in California
970 books — 387 voters

Romanov by Nadine Brandes
Anastasia Retellings
28 books — 28 voters
Timeless Love by Judith O'Brien
Teen Timeslip Fiction
49 books — 15 voters


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