The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
Best Books of the Decade: 1950s
1,182 books — 1,509 voters
The Return of the King by J.R.R. TolkienThe Inheritors by William Golding
Best Books 1955
140 books — 80 voters

The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienThe Two Towers by J.R.R. TolkienLord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Return of the King by J.R.R. TolkienThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
Best Books 1954
121 books — 58 voters
The Go-Between by L.P. Hartley
Best Books 1953
138 books — 56 voters

Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett
Best Books 1952
111 books — 52 voters
The Day of the Triffids by John WyndhamShamanism by Mircea Eliade
Best Books 1951
105 books — 50 voters

Gormenghast by Mervyn PeakeThe Dying Earth by Jack VanceTitus Groan by Mervyn Peake
Best Books 1950
103 books — 41 voters
Abraham Lincoln by Carl SandburgAn Act of Love by Ira WolfertAway All Boats by Kenneth DodsonThe Bad Seed by William MarchThe Berlin Stories by Christopher Isherwood
Magill's Literary Annual 1954
100 books — 1 voter

The Atrocity Exhibition by J.G. BallardPlay It As It Lays by Joan DidionThe Tombs of Atuan by Ursula K. Le GuinTau Zero by Poul Anderson
Best Books 1970
210 books — 76 voters