One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Color Purple by Alice Walker
Best Page-Turners with Redeeming Social Value
8,097 books — 5,941 voters
The World According to Garp by John IrvingSchindler’s List by Thomas KeneallyShōgun by James ClavellThe Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleyThe Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,878 books — 7,000 voters

The Long Ships by Frans G. Bengtsson
Viking Historical Fiction
210 books — 302 voters
I, Claudius by Robert GravesFortune's Favorites by Colleen McCulloughClaudius the God and His Wife Messalina by Robert GravesThe First Man in Rome by Colleen McCulloughCleopatra's Daughter by Michelle    Moran
Best Novels Set in the Ancient World
527 books — 463 voters

The Outlaws of Sherwood by Robin McKinleyThe Arrow of Sherwood by Lauren  Johnson
Best Robin Hood Fiction
93 books — 139 voters
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottPride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Best Young Adult Books
13,323 books — 80,577 voters

Pillar of the Sky by Cecelia Holland
Best Stonehenge Books
26 books — 16 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyCharlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald DahlThe Godfather by Mario PuzoThe French Lieutenant’s Woman by John Fowles
Best Books of the Decade: 1960s
1,440 books — 1,778 voters
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Thorn Birds by Colleen McCulloughRoots by Alex HaleyThe World According to Garp by John IrvingShōgun by James Clavell
Best Books of the Decade: 1970s
1,956 books — 1,890 voters

The Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleyFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie FlaggA Brief History of Time by Stephen W. HawkingThe Sunne in Splendour by Sharon Kay Penman
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,272 books — 2,437 voters
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. RowlingGood Omens by Terry PratchettMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John BerendtRegeneration by Pat BarkerThe Winter King by Bernard Cornwell
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,182 books — 3,685 voters

Harry Potter Series Box Set by J.K. RowlingThe Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch AlbomNotes from an Exhibition by Patrick GaleRome by M.C. ScottDreaming the Hound by Manda Scott
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,272 books — 28,374 voters
Quiet by Susan CainThe Rosie Project by Graeme SimsionThe Casual Vacancy by J.K. RowlingThe Cuckoo's Calling by Robert GalbraithBurial Rites by Hannah Kent
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,754 books — 14,423 voters

Penmarric by Susan HowatchRebecca by Daphne du MaurierThe King's General by Daphne du Maurier
Best Books Set in Cornwall
177 books — 139 voters


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