The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,258 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. RowlingBridget Jones’s Diary by Helen FieldingMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,129 books — 3,678 voters

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingDead to the World by Charlaine HarrisAmerica (The Book) by Jon   StewartLover Awakened by J.R. WardThe Summoning by Kelley Armstrong
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,187 books — 28,370 voters