4.24 avg rating — 43,894 ratings

"1974"

4.14 avg rating — 140,427 ratings

"1975"

3.81 avg rating — 90,380 ratings

"1976"

4.28 avg rating — 29,477 ratings

"1977"

3.92 avg rating — 13 ratings

"1978"

4.19 avg rating — 987 ratings

"1979"

4.22 avg rating — 272,191 ratings

"1980"

4.26 avg rating — 24,218 ratings

"1981"

4.33 avg rating — 2,233 ratings

"1982"

4.11 avg rating — 2,006 ratings

"1983"

3.84 avg rating — 59,921 ratings

"1984"

4.34 avg rating — 206 ratings

"1985"

4.36 avg rating — 5,008 ratings

"1986"

4.15 avg rating — 2,502,333 ratings

"1987"

4.27 avg rating — 2,476 ratings

"1988"

4.27 avg rating — 980 ratings

"1989"

4.18 avg rating — 33 ratings

"1990"

3.94 avg rating — 342 ratings

"1991"

4.15 avg rating — 1,335 ratings

"1992"

4.20 avg rating — 3,372 ratings

"1993"

3.90 avg rating — 85,538 ratings

"1994"

3.44 avg rating — 43,589 ratings

"1995"

3.84 avg rating — 264 ratings

"1996"

3.92 avg rating — 38 ratings

"1997"

3.93 avg rating — 2,181 ratings

"1998"

3.33 avg rating — 237 ratings

"1999"

3.75 avg rating — 12,492 ratings

"2000"

4.13 avg rating — 51,249 ratings

"2001"

4.62 avg rating — 8 ratings

"2002"

3.69 avg rating — 14,202 ratings

"2003"

4.22 avg rating — 146 ratings

"2004"

3.74 avg rating — 3,041 ratings

"2005"

4.23 avg rating — 22 ratings

"2006"

3.84 avg rating — 14,168 ratings

"2007"

3.76 avg rating — 414 ratings

"2008"

3.72 avg rating — 3,699 ratings

"2009 -- there IS no other book for 2009"

4.19 avg rating — 512 ratings

"2010"

3.79 avg rating — 45,885 ratings

"2011"

3.64 avg rating — 387 ratings

"2012"

3.76 avg rating — 216 ratings

"2013"

3.30 avg rating — 142 ratings

"2014"

3.25 avg rating — 72 ratings

"2015"

3.59 avg rating — 132 ratings

"2016"

4.26 avg rating — 155 ratings

"2017 (didn't come out of no-where, but it was the reigning spirit of the year) "