The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,215 books — 28,370 voters

Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,156 books — 3,680 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,256 books — 2,435 voters

In Cold Blood by Truman CapoteThe Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
Best Books of the Decade: 1960s
1,434 books — 1,776 voters
East of Eden by John Steinbeck
Best Books of the Decade: 1950s
1,195 books — 1,513 voters

The Razor’s Edge by W. Somerset Maugham
Best Books of the Decade: 1940s
824 books — 1,149 voters
The Sun Also Rises by Ernest HemingwayA Farewell to Arms by Ernest HemingwayA Passage to India by E.M. Forster
Best Books of the Decade: 1920s
779 books — 1,132 voters

Dracula by Bram Stoker
Best Books of the Decade: 1890s
488 books — 502 voters
The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
Best Historical Fiction
7,820 books — 26,077 voters