The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli
Best Books of the 16th Century
192 books — 545 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenEmma by Jane AustenSense and Sensibility by Jane AustenDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,719 books — 6,886 voters

The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
Best Books 1902
33 books — 24 voters
The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
Best Books of the Decade: 1900s
473 books — 857 voters

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
Best Books of the Decade: 1880s
378 books — 414 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenEmma by Jane AustenSense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Best Books of the Decade: 1810s
141 books — 326 voters

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Best Books of the Decade: 1920s
765 books — 1,130 voters
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Best Books of the Decade: 1930s
907 books — 1,256 voters

Grendel by John Gardner
Best Books of the Decade: 1970s
1,956 books — 1,884 voters
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Best Books 1925
61 books — 61 voters

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Best Books 1937
77 books — 41 voters
Grendel by John Gardner
Best Books 1971
160 books — 63 voters