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Bestsellers of the 2010s
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100

It's the Stephen King novel in which a secluded hotel’s winter caretaker slowly descends into madness.

What is The Shining

100

Shadow and Bone
Six of Crows
Ninth House

Who is Leigh Bardugo? 

100

This Rachel Carson book is credited with helping to launch the environmental movement. 

What is Silent Spring

100

2014
A YA novel by John Green dealing with cancer. 

What is the Fault in Our Stars? 

100

Invented, and used as the title of his 1516 book, Sir Thomas Moore invented this word, meaning an ideal or perfect society? 

What is utopia? 

200

This classic horror novel is presented as a collection of letters, diary entries, and newspaper clippings rather than a traditional narrative.

What is Dracula

200

Slaughterhouse-Five
Breakfast of Champions
Cats Cradle

What was Kurt Vonnegut? 

200

This one-word title was David McCullough's biography of the 33rd U.S. President. The only world leader to ever use a nuclear weapon. 

What is Truman

200

2016
All aboard to read this Paula Hawkins psychological thriller.

What is The Girl on the Train

200

Coined as the capital of hell, and meaning "wild uproar, chaos," John Milton created this word for Paradise Lost.

What is pandemonium? 

300

She is the author of Mexican Gothic.

Who is Silvia Moreno-Garcia? 

300

Ghost
Long Way Down
The Boy in the Black Suit

Who is Jason Reynolds? 

300

This Betty Friedan book is widely credited with launching the modern feminist movement in the U.S.

What is The Feminine Mystique

300

2012
EL James' indie to trad publishing sensation, spice included.

What is Fifty Shades of Grey

300

This hyphenated, feline-inspired word, meaning someone who is afraid, was invented by Dorothy Parker. 

What is scaredy-cat? 

400

This recently deceased author's first novel was the award-winning Song of Kali.

Who was Dan Simmons? 

400

Vicious
Vengeful
Victorious 
(forthcoming)

Who is V.E. Schwab? 

400

Her Becoming was the #1 bestselling book of 2018. 

Who is Michelle Obama?  

400

2015
The long-awaited sequel to To Kill a Mockingbird.

What is Go Set a Watchman?

400

Meaning a "rude, boorish person," this word appeared in Gulliver's Travels long before it was adopted as the name of a search engine in 1994.

What is yahoo

500

This Koji Suzuki novel features a cursed videotape that brings death to viewers within seven days?

What is The Ring

500

Beloved
Sula
Jazz

Who was Toni Morrison? 

500

Born Standing Up: A Comic's LIfe is his memoir. 

Who is Steve Martin? 

500

2017
Middle grade novel by R.J. Palaccio featuring a protagonist named Auggie. 

What is Wonder

500

It's a word invented by Robert Heinlein for his Hugo Award-winning novel Stranger in a Strange Land, meaning to understand at a visceral level. 

What is grok?