Alexandra's votes on the list Best Books of the Decade: 2000s

Listopia > Alexandra's votes on the list Best Books of the Decade: 2000s (55 Books)

1	Portrait in Sepia by Isabel Allende (Goodreads Author) 4.03 avg rating — 44,064 ratings Alexandra rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Free Food for Millionaires by Min Jin Lee 3.85 avg rating — 37,255 ratings Alexandra rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Mudbound by Hillary Jordan (Goodreads Author) 4.06 avg rating — 70,239 ratings Alexandra rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	The Brief History of the Dead by Kevin Brockmeier 3.67 avg rating — 12,772 ratings Alexandra rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Marley and Me: Life and Love With the World’s Worst Dog by John Grogan 4.14 avg rating — 476,803 ratings Alexandra rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Lucky by Alice Sebold 3.77 avg rating — 101,795 ratings Alexandra rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris 4.12 avg rating — 289,117 ratings Alexandra rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls (Goodreads Author) 4.33 avg rating — 1,360,224 ratings Alexandra rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen (Goodreads Author) 4.11 avg rating — 1,699,556 ratings Alexandra rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Life of Pi by Yann Martel 3.94 avg rating — 1,752,005 ratings Alexandra rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls (Goodreads Author) 4.09 avg rating — 173,185 ratings Alexandra rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Souvenir by Therese Anne Fowler (Goodreads Author) 3.75 avg rating — 1,876 ratings Alexandra rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	The Tender Bar: A Memoir by J.R. Moehringer really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 45,251 ratings Alexandra rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Envy by Kathryn Harrison 3.09 avg rating — 451 ratings Alexandra rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	Back When We Were Grownups by Anne Tyler (Goodreads Author) 3.56 avg rating — 22,643 ratings Alexandra rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Digging to America by Anne Tyler (Goodreads Author) 3.59 avg rating — 23,527 ratings Alexandra rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	My Losing Season: A Memoir by Pat Conroy 3.91 avg rating — 10,856 ratings Alexandra rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	The Mango Season by Amulya Malladi (Goodreads Author) 3.62 avg rating — 4,664 ratings Alexandra rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	The Girl with No Shadow (Chocolat, #2) by Joanne Harris (Goodreads Author) 3.87 avg rating — 20,387 ratings Alexandra rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Five Quarters of the Orange by Joanne Harris (Goodreads Author) 3.87 avg rating — 38,660 ratings Alexandra rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Atonement by Ian McEwan (Goodreads Author) 3.95 avg rating — 562,821 ratings Alexandra rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Dark Places by Gillian Flynn (Goodreads Author) 3.94 avg rating — 837,668 ratings Alexandra rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn (Goodreads Author) 4.01 avg rating — 1,220,116 ratings Alexandra rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) by Suzanne Collins 4.35 avg rating — 9,889,816 ratings Alexandra rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Not Becoming My Mother: and Other Things She Taught Me Along the Way by Ruth Reichl 3.59 avg rating — 6,284 ratings Alexandra rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	Comfort Me with Apples: More Adventures at the Table by Ruth Reichl 4.05 avg rating — 22,325 ratings Alexandra rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise by Ruth Reichl 3.94 avg rating — 48,226 ratings Alexandra rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld (Goodreads Author) 3.78 avg rating — 65,312 ratings Alexandra rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	The Man of My Dreams by Curtis Sittenfeld (Goodreads Author) 3.31 avg rating — 14,019 ratings Alexandra rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld (Goodreads Author) 3.44 avg rating — 74,498 ratings Alexandra rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 757,812 ratings Alexandra rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese (Goodreads Author) 4.33 avg rating — 426,230 ratings Alexandra rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	The Twentieth Wife (Taj Mahal Trilogy, #1) by Indu Sundaresan (Goodreads Author) 4.07 avg rating — 16,825 ratings Alexandra rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (Goodreads Author) 3.85 avg rating — 851,761 ratings Alexandra rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	Alice I Have Been by Melanie Benjamin (Goodreads Author) 3.65 avg rating — 15,409 ratings Alexandra rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	Losing Charlotte by Heather Clay 2.70 avg rating — 296 ratings Alexandra rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	The Solitude of Prime Numbers by Paolo Giordano 3.65 avg rating — 84,499 ratings Alexandra rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	Island Beneath the Sea by Isabel Allende (Goodreads Author) 4.11 avg rating — 46,464 ratings Alexandra rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	Good in Bed (Cannie Shapiro, #1) by Jennifer Weiner (Goodreads Author) 3.76 avg rating — 314,992 ratings Alexandra rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,856,801 ratings Alexandra rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	Twilight (The Twilight Saga, #1) by Stephenie Meyer 3.67 avg rating — 7,301,970 ratings Alexandra rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich 3.65 avg rating — 195,451 ratings Alexandra rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal by Eric Schlosser 3.75 avg rating — 206,503 ratings Alexandra rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (Goodreads Author) 4.36 avg rating — 3,487,264 ratings Alexandra rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2) by Dan Brown (Goodreads Author) 3.94 avg rating — 2,520,647 ratings Alexandra rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides 4.04 avg rating — 663,097 ratings Alexandra rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold 3.86 avg rating — 2,460,878 ratings Alexandra rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris 4.01 avg rating — 720,369 ratings Alexandra rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	The Senator's Wife by Sue Miller 3.32 avg rating — 12,657 ratings Alexandra rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51	Still Alice by Lisa Genova (Goodreads Author) 4.32 avg rating — 360,229 ratings Alexandra rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52	Mathilda Savitch by Victor Lodato (Goodreads Author) 3.18 avg rating — 2,750 ratings Alexandra rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53	The Help by Kathryn Stockett (Goodreads Author) 4.47 avg rating — 3,017,086 ratings Alexandra rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
54	Gossip of the Starlings by Nina de Gramont (Goodreads Author) 3.30 avg rating — 1,476 ratings Alexandra rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
55	A Reliable Wife by Robert Goolrick 3.28 avg rating — 80,313 ratings Alexandra rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
56	Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali 4.20 avg rating — 92,589 ratings Alexandra rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars