Room by Emma DonoghueGone Girl by Gillian FlynnLife After Life by Kate AtkinsonThe Goldfinch by Donna TarttThe Son by Philipp Meyer
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,722 books — 14,388 voters
Water for Elephants by Sara GruenA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Road by Cormac McCarthyEmpire Falls by Richard RussoWe Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,215 books — 28,375 voters

Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourtShe’s Come Undone by Wally LambNaked by David SedarisThe Tortilla Curtain by T. Coraghessan BoyleThe Ice Storm by Rick Moody
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,157 books — 3,684 voters
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John IrvingThe Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. AuelThe Accidental Tourist by Anne TylerStill Life with Woodpecker by Tom RobbinsDinner at the Homesick Restaurant by Anne Tyler
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,255 books — 2,435 voters

The Shining by Stephen  KingThe Thorn Birds by Colleen McCulloughThe World According to Garp by John IrvingGo Ask Alice by Beatrice SparksBreakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best Books of the Decade: 1970s
1,949 books — 1,888 voters
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleRamona the Pest by Beverly ClearyHarriet the Spy by Louise FitzhughThe Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
Best Books of the Decade: 1960s
1,434 books — 1,777 voters

Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Stand by Stephen  KingSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Life of Pi by Yann MartelTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,583 books — 124,046 voters