To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,546 books — 120,130 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteDune by Frank Herbert
Best Books of the Decade: 1960s
1,356 books — 1,779 voters

Watership Down by Richard  AdamsAll Creatures Great and Small by James HerriotBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownHelter Skelter by Vincent BugliosiRagtime by E.L. Doctorow
Best Books of the Decade: 1970s
1,946 books — 1,880 voters
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettA Prayer for Owen Meany by John IrvingThe Cider House Rules by John IrvingThe Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom WolfeThe Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,257 books — 2,434 voters