The Real Mother Goose by Blanche Fisher Wright
Best Books of the Decade: 1910s
530 books — 776 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
905 books — 1,255 voters

1984 by George OrwellGoodnight Moon by Margaret Wise BrownCry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton
Best Books of the Decade: 1940s
822 books — 1,145 voters
Charlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteLord of the Flies by William Golding
Best Books of the Decade: 1950s
1,185 books — 1,509 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
1,363 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
1,956 books — 1,881 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
2,259 books — 2,432 voters
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer'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
3,137 books — 3,678 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
7,188 books — 28,372 voters
Divergent by Veronica RothInsurgent by Veronica RothA Dance with Dragons by George R.R. Martin
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,702 books — 14,246 voters