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 — 45,587 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 — 40,134 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 — 71,006 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 — 12,922 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 — 478,524 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 — 102,297 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 — 291,918 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 — 1,398,826 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) 4.12 avg rating — 1,721,144 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 — 1,779,293 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 — 175,735 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 — 1,889 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 — 45,912 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 — 453 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) 3.57 avg rating — 23,233 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) 3.60 avg rating — 23,852 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 — 11,010 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 — 4,711 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 — 20,691 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) 3.88 avg rating — 39,195 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) 3.96 avg rating — 574,807 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 — 861,259 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) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,267,050 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 — 10,188,646 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 — 6,355 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 — 22,471 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 3.95 avg rating — 49,063 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 — 66,473 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) 3.32 avg rating — 14,215 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) 3.45 avg rating — 75,774 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 — 777,172 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) 4.34 avg rating — 436,271 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 — 17,087 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 — 898,904 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 — 15,515 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 — 299 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 — 87,129 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) 4.12 avg rating — 47,907 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 — 317,013 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 — 1,873,735 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 (Twilight Saga, #1) by Stephenie Meyer 3.68 avg rating — 7,462,725 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 3.66 avg rating — 196,614 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 — 206,899 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 — 3,580,348 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 — 2,569,535 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 — 670,768 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 — 2,482,783 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 — 727,838 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 — 12,788 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) 4.33 avg rating — 365,253 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 — 2,756 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 — 3,077,135 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 — 1,490 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 — 80,665 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 — 93,412 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