Blonde by Joyce Carol Oates
Marilyn Monroe
39 books — 52 voters

The Road by Cormac McCarthyNaked by David SedarisBlonde by Joyce Carol OatesThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonNo Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,188 books — 28,370 voters
Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Best Books of the Decade: 1810s
141 books — 326 voters

A Shropshire Lad by A.E. HousmanThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeThe Awakening by Kate Chopin
Best Books of the Decade: 1890s
470 books — 500 voters
The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood
The Post-Trump Big Questions Canon
521 books — 275 voters

Into the Wild by Jon KrakauerNaked by David SedarisJesus’ Son by Denis JohnsonA Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinA Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,140 books — 3,677 voters
Matilda by Roald DahlTracks by Louise ErdrichLove Medicine by Louise ErdrichThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodRed Dragon by Thomas  Harris
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,259 books — 2,432 voters

Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Westing Game by Ellen RaskinThe Tombs of Atuan by Ursula K. Le GuinThe Farthest Shore by Ursula K. Le GuinThe Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
Best Books of the Decade: 1970s
1,956 books — 1,882 voters
In Cold Blood by Truman CapoteTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeTravels with Charley by John SteinbeckThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathCharlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
Best Books of the Decade: 1960s
1,363 books — 1,776 voters

The Old Wives' Tale by Arnold BennettAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryAnne of Avonlea by L.M. MontgomeryThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
Best Books of the Decade: 1900s
467 books — 856 voters
Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood AndersonThe Good Soldier by Ford Madox FordPeter Pan by J.M. BarrieSwann’s Way by Marcel ProustHerland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Best Books of the Decade: 1910s
530 books — 777 voters

To the Lighthouse by Virginia WoolfThe Holy Terrors by Jean CocteauPassing by Nella LarsenThe Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler WarnerSo Big by Edna Ferber
Best Books of the Decade: 1920s
765 books — 1,130 voters
Lolita by Vladimir NabokovFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Martian Chronicles by Ray BradburyAtlas Shrugged by Ayn RandCharlotte’s Web by E.B. White
Best Books of the Decade: 1950s
1,185 books — 1,509 voters

Of Mice and Men by John SteinbeckDeath in the Woods and Other Stories by Sherwood AndersonAnthem by Ayn RandThe Big Money by John Dos PassosThe 42nd Parallel by John Dos Passos
Best Books of the Decade: 1930s
906 books — 1,255 voters
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty  SmithThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellPippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren
Best Books of the Decade: 1940s
822 books — 1,145 voters