The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyLord of the Flies by William GoldingLolita by Vladimir NabokovThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
Best Books of the Decade: 1950s
1,185 books — 1,510 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyCatch-22 by Joseph HellerCharlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
Best Books of the Decade: 1960s
1,363 books — 1,776 voters

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe World According to Garp by John IrvingFear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. ThompsonThe Neverending Story by Michael EndeThe Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
Best Books of the Decade: 1970s
1,956 books — 1,884 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerMatilda by Roald DahlBeloved by Toni MorrisonThe Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,259 books — 2,432 voters

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyBlindness by José SaramagoThe Reader by Bernhard SchlinkAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,140 books — 3,678 voters
Middlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesAmerican Gods by Neil GaimanWhite Teeth by Zadie SmithArtemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer2666 by Roberto Bolaño
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,187 books — 28,371 voters

A Little Life by Hanya YanagiharaBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesA Gentleman in Moscow by Amor TowlesHomegoing by Yaa GyasiDaisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,701 books — 14,259 voters
1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Stranger by Albert CamusA Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee WilliamsPippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren
Best Books of the Decade: 1940s
821 books — 1,145 voters

Brave New World by Aldous HuxleyThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckRebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Best Books of the Decade: 1930s
907 books — 1,255 voters
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldAll Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueThe Age of Innocence by Edith WhartonMrs. Dalloway by Virginia WoolfA Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
Best Books of the Decade: 1920s
765 books — 1,130 voters

1984 by George OrwellTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldHarry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. RowlingAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,886 books — 49,784 voters
Marked by P.C. CastThe Alchemyst by Michael  ScottMagyk by Angie SageThe Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan StroudThe Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien
Books That Should Be Made Into Movies
32,354 books — 69,156 voters

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Alchemyst by Michael  ScottThe Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan StroudThe Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee StewartRubinrot by Kerstin Gier
Best Young Adult Books
13,155 books — 80,228 voters
The Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaDubliners by James JoycePygmalion by George Bernard ShawA Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James JoyceSwann’s Way by Marcel Proust
Best Books of the Decade: 1910s
530 books — 777 voters

The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan DoyleThe Wind in the Willows by Kenneth GrahameA Room with a View by E.M. ForsterThe Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix PotterThe Jungle by Upton Sinclair
Best Books of the Decade: 1900s
471 books — 856 voters
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeDracula by Bram StokerThe Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar WildeThe Time Machine by H.G. WellsHeart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Best Books of the Decade: 1890s
471 books — 500 voters

A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan DoyleDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis StevensonA Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark TwainThe Canterville Ghost by Oscar WildeThe Portrait of a Lady by Henry James
Best Books of the Decade: 1880s
378 books — 414 voters
Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le FanuVenus in Furs by Leopold von Sacher-Masoch
Best Books of the Decade: 1870s
258 books — 347 voters

Lenz by Georg BüchnerLeonce und Lena by Georg BüchnerLa Morte Amoureuse by Théophile Gautier
Best Books of the Decade: 1830s
237 books — 217 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleySense and Sensibility by Jane AustenEmma by Jane AustenPersuasion by Jane Austen
Best Books of the Decade: 1810s
141 books — 326 voters

I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdyTomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle ZevinBabel by R.F. KuangCrying in H Mart by Michelle ZaunerShuggie Bain by Douglas   Stuart
Best Books of the Decade: 2020's
2,950 books — 5,467 voters
Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le FanuNorthanger Abbey by Jane AustenThe Vampyre by John William PolidoriLe Golem by Gustav MeyrinkBerenice by Edgar Allan Poe
Best Gothic Books of All Time
609 books — 3,531 voters

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
Best Cozy Mystery Series
2,592 books — 2,692 voters
Devil's Cub by Georgette HeyerA Quick Bite by Lynsay SandsThe Cruel Prince by Holly BlackFangirl by Rainbow RowellPucked by Helena Hunting
Cabbage Community
44 books — 2 voters