Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensSiddhartha by Hermann Hesse
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Best Books of the Decade: 1810s
141 books — 324 voters

1984 by George OrwellFor Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest HemingwayAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Best Books of the Decade: 1940s
819 books — 1,144 voters
Of Mice and Men by John SteinbeckBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Best Books of the Decade: 1930s
904 books — 1,256 voters

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Sun Also Rises by Ernest HemingwaySiddhartha by Hermann Hesse
Best Books of the Decade: 1920s
764 books — 1,133 voters
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,130 books — 3,678 voters
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardThe Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan KunderaHyperion by Dan Simmons
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,257 books — 2,434 voters

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. PirsigThe Forever War by Joe Haldeman
Best Books of the Decade: 1970s
1,946 books — 1,880 voters
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
Best Books of the Decade: 1960s
1,356 books — 1,778 voters

East of Eden by John SteinbeckThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Best Books of the Decade: 1950s
1,181 books — 1,508 voters
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
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The Road by Cormac McCarthy
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Hyperion by Dan SimmonsSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardThe Forever War by Joe HaldemanFlowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Best Science Fiction
3,652 books — 6,972 voters
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
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The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
The Great American Novel
670 books — 1,090 voters