Bastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy AllisonGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellA Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams
Grit Lit
105 books — 76 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Best Book Boyfriends
10,726 books — 28,932 voters
Beloved by Toni MorrisonA Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,257 books — 2,433 voters

Blindness by José SaramagoThe Reader by Bernhard SchlinkCold Mountain by Charles FrazierAmerican Pastoral by Philip Roth
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,130 books — 3,678 voters
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Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,189 books — 28,378 voters

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,646 books — 14,154 voters