A Decade of Hit Books

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Nineteen Eighty-Four by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldLolita by Vladimir NabokovOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Penguin Modern Classics
405 books — 490 voters
Animal Farm by George OrwellThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Giver by Lois Lowry
Quick Reads
1,093 books — 722 voters

The Complete Stories and Poems by Edgar Allan PoeThe Tell-Tale Heart and Other Writings by Edgar Allan PoeThe Martian Chronicles by Ray BradburyThe Complete Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan DoyleDubliners by James Joyce
Best Short Stories
1,778 books — 1,098 voters
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathReady Player One by Ernest ClineOn the Road by Jack KerouacNever Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
65 Books You Need to Read in Your 20s (according to Buzzfeed)
149 books — 109 voters

American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis1984 by George OrwellA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboLord of the Flies by William GoldingA Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,273 books — 11,705 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyThe Outsiders by S.E. HintonCatch-22 by Joseph Heller
Best Books of the Decade: 1960s
1,402 books — 1,785 voters

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsWatership Down by Richard AdamsThe Stand by Stephen KingThe Shining by Stephen KingThe Princess Bride by William Goldman
Best Books of the Decade: 1970s
1,921 books — 1,900 voters
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerMatilda by Roald DahlBeloved by Toni Morrison
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,320 books — 2,449 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling1984 by George Orwell
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,934 books — 125,057 voters