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Unbroken by Laura HillenbrandDivergent by Veronica RothThe Big Short by Michael LewisQuiet by Susan CainMockingjay by Suzanne Collins
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,753 books — 14,424 voters
Catch-22 by Joseph HellerUlysses by James JoyceMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyThe Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,710 books — 13,275 voters

The Effective Executive by Peter F. DruckerBuilt to Last by Jim CollinsManagement by Peter F. DruckerGood to Great by Jim CollinsThe Goal by Eliyahu M. Goldratt
Best Business Books
1,074 books — 2,019 voters
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
100 Books to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
16,067 books — 18,855 voters

The Book of General Ignorance by John LloydThe Wit & Wisdom of Mark Twain by Mark TwainThe Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln by Abraham LincolnWit and Wisdom of the American Presidents by Joslyn PineThoreau's Book of Quotations by Henry David Thoreau
Best Bathroom Books
434 books — 71 voters
Confessions by Augustine of Hippo
25 Books Every Christian Should Read
26 books — 12 voters

Steve Jobs by Walter IsaacsonThree Cups of Deceit by Jon KrakauerIn the Garden of Beasts by Erik LarsonThe Litigators by John Grisham
Best Books of 2011
2,667 books — 6,694 voters
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardThe Time Machine by H.G. WellsFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyA War of Gifts by Orson Scott Card
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,764 books — 25,824 voters

Unbroken by Laura HillenbrandColonel Roosevelt by Edmund MorrisThe Lost Cyclist by David V. HerlihySh*t My Dad Says by Justin HalpernThe Big Short by Michael Lewis
Best Books of 2010
1,576 books — 2,470 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakNight by Elie Wiesel
Well-Written Holocaust Books
930 books — 3,011 voters

1776 by David McCulloughTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinJohn Adams by David McCulloughAlexander Hamilton by Ron ChernowColonel Roosevelt by Edmund Morris
Best American History Books
2,259 books — 3,075 voters
War and Peace by Leo TolstoyCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyUncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher StoweA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensThe Authentic Life of Billy The Kid by Pat F. Garrett
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,753 books — 6,913 voters

The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry FieldingCandide by Voltaire
Best Books of the 18th Century
376 books — 1,011 voters
Celebration of Discipline by Richard J. FosterIslands in the Stream by Ernest HemingwayThe Nick Adams Stories by Ernest HemingwayMy Brother Sam Is Dead by James Lincoln Collier
Best Books of the Decade: 1970s
1,956 books — 1,890 voters

The Frontiersmen by Allan W. EckertThe Johnstown Flood by David McCulloughThe Winter of Our Discontent by John SteinbeckA Moveable Feast by Ernest HemingwayVice President in Charge of Revolution by Murray D. Lincoln
Best Books of the Decade: 1960s
1,440 books — 1,778 voters
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn RandNight by Elie WieselFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Best Books of the Decade: 1950s
1,207 books — 1,518 voters

For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest HemingwayThe Screwtape Letters by C.S. LewisA Testament of Devotion by Thomas R. Kelly
Best Books of the Decade: 1940s
838 books — 1,151 voters
The Cost of Discipleship by Dietrich BonhoefferThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Pilgrim's Regress by C.S. LewisMajesty's Rancho by Zane GreyTender Is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Best Books of the Decade: 1930s
922 books — 1,261 voters

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldA Farewell to Arms by Ernest HemingwayThis Side of Paradise by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
Best Books of the Decade: 1920s
784 books — 1,133 voters
The Lost World by Arthur Conan DoyleRiders of the Purple Sage by Zane GreyWinesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson
Best Books of the Decade: 1910s
542 books — 780 voters

The Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska OrczyThe Call of the Wild by Jack LondonThe Sea Wolf by Jack LondonWhere Angels Fear to Tread by E.M. Forster
Best Books of the Decade: 1900s
488 books — 860 voters
The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman
Best Books of 1981
326 books — 163 voters

Compassion by Henri J.M. NouwenChurch History in Plain Language by Bruce L. ShelleyThe One Minute Manager by Kenneth H. Blanchard
Best Books of 1982
287 books — 183 voters
The goal by Eliyahu M. Goldratt
Best Books of 1984
349 books — 160 voters

The Challenge of the Disciplined Life by Richard J. FosterEnder’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Best Books of 1985
342 books — 218 voters
Present Concerns by C.S. Lewis
Best Books of 1986
342 books — 173 voters

Touching the Void by Joe SimpsonThe Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Best Books of 1988
380 books — 175 voters
Truman by David McCulloughThe Pelican Brief by John GrishamLife of the Beloved by Henri J.M. Nouwen
Best Books of 1992
509 books — 202 voters

The Firm by Robin WaterfieldThe Partner/All God's Children/Medusa's Child/Only Son by John Grisham
Best Books of 1991
398 books — 173 voters
Eiger Dreams by Jon Krakauer
Best Books of 1990
369 books — 200 voters


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