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1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Stranger by Albert CamusMere Christianity by C.S. Lewis
Best Books of the Decade: 1940s
824 books — 1,150 voters

Lolita by Vladimir NabokovEast of Eden by John SteinbeckThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerOn the Road by Jack KerouacThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
Best Books of the Decade: 1950s
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Best Books of the Decade: 1960s
1,434 books — 1,777 voters

The Dead Zone by Stephen  King
Best Books of the Decade: 1970s
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Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
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All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
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Kitchen Confidential by Anthony BourdainMedium Raw by Anthony Bourdain
Food-Related Non-Fiction
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The World According to Garp by John IrvingA Prayer for Owen Meany by John IrvingThe Cider House Rules by John IrvingA Widow for One Year by John Irving
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The Passage by Justin CroninThe Road by Cormac McCarthyThe Year of the Flood by Margaret AtwoodWool Omnibus by Hugh HoweyOryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
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The Painted Bird by Jerzy KosińskiA Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinMiddlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesDune by Frank HerbertTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
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The Forever War by Joe Haldeman
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