Celebrating Silence by Ravi     Shankar
Best Spiritual Books
1,571 books — 1,435 voters
Catch-22 by Joseph HellerSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Thin Red Line by James  Jones
World War II Fiction
1,430 books — 2,061 voters

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsFear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. ThompsonJonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard BachIf on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino
Best Books of the Decade: 1970s
1,956 books — 1,886 voters
Watchmen by Alan             MooreThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García MárquezThe Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,256 books — 2,435 voters

Fight Club by Chuck PalahniukHigh Fidelity by Nick HornbyTrainspotting by Irvine WelshL.A. Confidential by James EllroyHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,156 books — 3,681 voters
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,839 books — 22,305 voters