The Goldfinch by Donna TarttStation Eleven by Emily St. John MandelThe Song of Achilles by Madeline MillerA Tale for the Time Being by Ruth OzekiNormal People by Sally Rooney
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,686 books — 14,172 voters
Macbeth by William ShakespeareHis Bloody Project by Graeme Macrae Burnet
Best Scottish Fiction
418 books — 285 voters

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettThe True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi
Best Chapter Books to Read Out Loud
789 books — 830 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodLife of Pi by Yann Martel
Best Canadian Literature
2,332 books — 1,147 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeLord of the Flies by William GoldingAnimal Farm by George OrwellWaiting for Godot by Samuel BeckettWuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Timeless Books
125 books — 19 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddLife of Pi by Yann MartelThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Best for Book Clubs
14,622 books — 18,463 voters

Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyEmma by Jane AustenNorthanger Abbey by Jane Austen
Best Books of the Decade: 1810s
141 books — 324 voters
Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëWuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Best Books of the Decade: 1840s
280 books — 383 voters

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel HawthorneNorth and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
Best Books of the Decade: 1850s
223 books — 301 voters
Great Expectations by Charles DickensCrime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Best Books of the Decade: 1860s
235 books — 398 voters

The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
Best Books of the Decade: 1900s
466 books — 854 voters
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettPeter Pan by J.M. Barrie
Best Books of the Decade: 1910s
530 books — 775 voters

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams BiancoThe Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell
Best Books of the Decade: 1920s
764 books — 1,131 voters
Of Mice and Men by John SteinbeckRebecca by Daphne du MaurierTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Best Books of the Decade: 1930s
904 books — 1,254 voters

Animal Farm by George OrwellThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Best Books of the Decade: 1940s
819 books — 1,143 voters
Waiting for Godot by Samuel BeckettLord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
Best Books of the Decade: 1950s
1,181 books — 1,507 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
Best Books of the Decade: 1960s
1,356 books — 1,779 voters
Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyNorth and South by Elizabeth GaskellEmma by Jane Austen
Penguin English Library
137 books — 444 voters

Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
Best Books of the Decade: 1970s
1,946 books — 1,880 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Remains of the Day by Kazuo IshiguroThe BFG by Roald Dahl
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,257 books — 2,434 voters

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverThe Giver by Lois LowryThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanThe Secret History by Donna Tartt
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,129 books — 3,677 voters
Life of Pi by Yann MartelThe Road by Cormac McCarthyHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingIn the Woods by Tana FrenchThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,188 books — 28,376 voters

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakLife of Pi by Yann MartelThe Road by Cormac McCarthyNever Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,832 books — 21,957 voters

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,807 books — 49,784 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldLord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,546 books — 120,145 voters


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