Point Counter Point by Aldous Huxley
Best Books of the Decade: 1920s
779 books — 1,133 voters
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
Best Books of the Decade: 1930s
909 books — 1,259 voters

1984 by George OrwellFor Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway
Best Books of the Decade: 1940s
824 books — 1,150 voters
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerLord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayProfiles In Courage by John F. KennedyChurchill's History of the English-Speaking Peoples by Winston S. Churchill
Best Books of the Decade: 1950s
1,195 books — 1,515 voters

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseySlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Catch-22 by Joseph HellerIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteWhere the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
Best Books of the Decade: 1960s
1,434 books — 1,777 voters
Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein
Best Books of the Decade: 1970s
1,957 books — 1,886 voters

A Time to Kill by John GrishamThe Bourne Identity by Robert LudlumWhat We Talk About When We Talk About Love by Raymond CarverThe Last Best Place by William KittredgeDavita's Harp by Chaim Potok
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,257 books — 2,436 voters
Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourtThe Bad Beginning by Lemony SnicketThe Green Mile by Stephen  KingTuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,156 books — 3,682 voters

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonChoke by Chuck PalahniukMe Talk Pretty One Day by David SedarisThe Emperor of Ocean Park by Stephen L. CarterThe City of Falling Angels by John Berendt
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,216 books — 28,372 voters
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,720 books — 14,346 voters

An Elephant? by Lorna Balian
Obscure Children's Vintage Gems
662 books — 240 voters
1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerLord of the Flies by William Golding
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,479 books — 123,663 voters

Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy
Best Books of the Decade: 1890s
490 books — 502 voters
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark TwainAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyTent Life in Siberia by George Kennan
Best Books of the Decade: 1870s
259 books — 350 voters

Goforth Of China by Rosalind GoforthThe Hiding Place by Corrie ten BoomShadow of the Almighty by Elisabeth ElliotA Chance to Die by Elisabeth ElliotBill Wallace of China by Jesse C. Fletcher
Great Missionary Stories
151 books — 183 voters