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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Ryan Burke (10 Lists)



The Real Mother Goose by Blanche Fisher Wright
Best Books of the Decade: 1910s
534 books — 778 voters
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyMadeline by Ludwig Bemelmans
Best Books of the Decade: 1930s
909 books — 1,259 voters

1984 by George OrwellGoodnight Moon by Margaret Wise BrownCry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton
Best Books of the Decade: 1940s
824 books — 1,150 voters
Charlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteLord of the Flies by William Golding
Best Books of the Decade: 1950s
1,195 books — 1,516 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeGreen Eggs and Ham by Dr. SeussJames and the Giant Peach by Roald DahlThe Giving Tree by Shel SilversteinRosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard
Best Books of the Decade: 1960s
1,434 books — 1,777 voters
Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel SilversteinThe Lorax by Dr. SeussThe Neverending Story by Michael EndeFrog and Toad Are Friends by Arnold LobelSideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar
Best Books of the Decade: 1970s
1,949 books — 1,886 voters

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardHatchet by Gary PaulsenThe Essential Calvin and Hobbes by Bill WattersonA Light in the Attic by Shel SilversteinSpeaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,255 books — 2,435 voters
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. RowlingThe Giver by Lois LowryA Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,155 books — 3,682 voters

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,215 books — 28,375 voters
Divergent by Veronica RothInsurgent by Veronica RothA Dance with Dragons by George R.R. Martin
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,722 books — 14,372 voters