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
8,084 books — 5,802 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
1,873 books — 6,996 voters

The Long Ships by Frans G. Bengtsson
Viking Historical Fiction
198 books — 286 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
511 books — 424 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 Philosopher'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
13,179 books — 80,266 voters

Pillar of the Sky by Cecelia Holland
Best Stonehenge Books
25 books — 14 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
1,363 books — 1,776 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 — 1,884 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
2,258 books — 2,433 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
3,137 books — 3,678 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
7,185 books — 28,365 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
7,734 books — 14,278 voters

Penmarric by Susan HowatchRebecca by Daphne du MaurierThe King's General by Daphne du Maurier
Best Books Set in Cornwall
177 books — 137 voters


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