The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyAngela's Ashes by Frank McCourtThe Green Mile by Stephen  KingMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John BerendtThe Red Tent by Anita Diamant
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,140 books — 3,678 voters
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrThe Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,848 books — 22,143 voters

Invisible Man by Ralph EllisonTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,886 books — 49,787 voters
Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyA Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,719 books — 6,886 voters