The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienOn the Road by Jack KerouacOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyThe Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe
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14,190 books — 9,839 voters
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Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,203 books — 28,366 voters

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran FoerThe Raw Shark Texts by Steven  HallKilling Yourself to Live by Chuck KlostermanMagical Thinking by Augusten BurroughsLife of Pi by Yann Martel
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,850 books — 21,800 voters
James and the Giant Peach by Roald DahlThe Phantom Tollbooth by Norton JusterMr. Popper's Penguins by Richard AtwaterFrom the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. KonigsburgBunnicula by Deborah Howe
Favorite books from my childhood
4,396 books — 7,405 voters