My Sister's Keeper by Jodi PicoultThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg LarssonEventide by Kent Haruf
Best Books of 2004
685 books — 252 voters
The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonThe Namesake by Jhumpa LahiriWe Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver
Best Books of 2003
661 books — 331 voters

The Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddThe Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
Best Books of 2002
685 books — 242 voters
Atonement by Ian McEwanLife of Pi by Yann MartelThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddBel Canto by Ann PatchettThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Best Books of 2001
555 books — 284 voters

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. RowlingAngels & Demons by Dan    BrownStargirl by Jerry Spinelli
Best Books of 2000
607 books — 320 voters
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
Best Books of 1999
518 books — 263 voters

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
Best Books of 1998
495 books — 228 voters
Midwives by Chris BohjalianMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Best Books of 1997
538 books — 246 voters

Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt
Best Books of 1996
465 books — 225 voters
Simple Abundance by Sarah Ban Breathnach
Best Books of 1995
431 books — 191 voters

The Giver by Lois Lowry
Best Books of 1993
396 books — 159 voters
Good Omens by Terry Pratchett
Best Books of 1990
370 books — 196 voters

The Remains of the Day by Kazuo IshiguroThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
Best Books of 1989
378 books — 229 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Best Books of 1985
336 books — 216 voters

The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
Best Books of 1982
285 books — 182 voters
The Silent Patient by Alex MichaelidesThe Testaments by Margaret AtwoodDaisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins ReidAn Anonymous Girl by Greer HendricksNinth House by Leigh Bardugo
Best Books 2019
1,143 books — 1,311 voters

The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil GaimanAllegiant by Veronica RothProdigy by Marie Lu
Best Books Published in 2013
3,585 books — 7,160 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsNever Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. RowlingThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Best Books of 2005
876 books — 639 voters

The Audacity of Hope by Barack ObamaSharp Objects by Gillian FlynnSarah's Key by Tatiana de RosnayThe Road by Cormac McCarthyThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson
Best Books of 2006
984 books — 746 voters
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingStill Alice by Lisa GenovaA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg Larsson
Best Books of 2007
1,115 books — 993 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsCity of Thieves by David BenioffThe Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth SteinThe Likeness by Tana FrenchThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
Best Books of 2008
1,643 books — 6,778 voters
The Help by Kathryn StockettCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsIf I Stay by Gayle Forman
Best Books of 2009
1,764 books — 6,931 voters

Unbroken by Laura HillenbrandRoom by Emma DonoghueMockingjay by Suzanne CollinsMajor Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen SimonsonMatched by Ally Condie
Best Books of 2010
1,574 books — 2,472 voters
Ready Player One by Ernest ClineThe Night Circus by Erin MorgensternThe Language of Flowers by Vanessa DiffenbaughBossypants by Tina FeyDivergent by Veronica Roth
Best Books of 2011
2,668 books — 6,702 voters

Gone Girl by Gillian FlynnThe Light Between Oceans by M.L. StedmanThe Fault in Our Stars by John GreenThe Rook by Daniel O'MalleyQuiet by Susan Cain
Best Books of 2012
3,523 books — 9,197 voters
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrWe Were Liars by E. Lockhart
Best Books of 2014
3,571 books — 6,353 voters


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