We Were the Mulvaneys by Joyce Carol OatesWhere the Heart Is by Billie LettsI Know This Much Is True by Wally LambShe’s Come Undone by Wally LambMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,140 books — 3,678 voters
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin SchwartzThe Joy Luck Club by Amy TanFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie FlaggMisery by Stephen  KingThe Witches by Roald Dahl
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,258 books — 2,431 voters

Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'DellRoots by Alex HaleyFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
Best Historical Fiction
7,564 books — 25,786 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
Best Woman-Authored Books
8,388 books — 5,347 voters

Watership Down by Richard  AdamsCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteWhere the Red Fern Grows by Wilson RawlsDewey by Vicki MyronBecause of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
Best Books About Animals
1,847 books — 1,855 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeHarry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisThe Holy Bible by Anonymous
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,034 books — 121,630 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Help by Kathryn StockettOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckHarry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Best Books Ever
77,122 books — 287,137 voters