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 — 44,510 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 — 38,066 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 — 70,553 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 — 12,820 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 — 477,394 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 — 101,967 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 — 289,933 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 — 1,373,213 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 — 1,707,336 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 — 1,761,053 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 — 173,947 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) 3.76 avg rating — 1,879 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 — 45,462 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 — 22,809 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 — 23,611 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 — 10,902 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 — 4,679 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 — 20,492 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 — 38,847 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 — 566,750 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
22	Dark Places by Gillian Flynn (Goodreads Author) 3.94 avg rating — 845,522 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 — 1,236,655 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 — 9,995,909 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 — 6,306 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 — 22,365 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 — 48,488 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 — 65,656 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 — 14,084 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 — 74,891 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 — 764,331 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 — 429,762 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 — 16,915 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 — 867,044 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 — 15,439 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 — 298 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 — 85,450 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 — 46,926 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 — 315,612 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 — 1,863,265 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 3.68 avg rating — 7,358,983 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 — 195,848 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 — 206,613 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 — 3,519,122 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 — 2,537,784 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 — 665,613 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 — 2,468,444 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 — 722,606 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 — 12,700 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 — 361,932 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 — 2,753 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 — 3,038,167 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 — 1,475 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 — 80,415 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 — 92,852 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