The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
Best Books of the Decade: 1910s
530 books — 776 voters
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonNative Son by Richard WrightSong of Solomon by Toni MorrisonThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XInvisible Man by Ralph Ellison
Best African American Books
1,043 books — 1,139 voters

Watchmen by Alan             MooreBatman by Frank MillerMartha Washington Saves the World by Frank MillerSin City Volume 1 by Frank MillerBatman by Alan             Moore
Best Graphic Novels
3,450 books — 6,767 voters

Cane by Jean ToomerThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldUlysses by James Joyce
Best Books of the Decade: 1920s
765 books — 1,130 voters
I, Robot by Isaac Asimov
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,455 books — 24,725 voters

Schindler’s List by Thomas Keneally
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,214 books — 11,337 voters
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Confessions of Nat Turner by William Styron
Best Books of the Decade: 1960s
1,360 books — 1,778 voters

Watchmen by Alan             MooreBlood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthyBeloved by Toni Morrison
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,258 books — 2,432 voters
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Best Books of the Decade: 1930s
904 books — 1,255 voters

The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XSoul on Ice by Eldridge CleaverBlack Boy by Richard Wright
African American Lives
459 books — 207 voters
The Collected Poems by Langston Hughes
Best Poetry Books
2,988 books — 2,429 voters

The Road by Cormac McCarthyThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael ChabonWhat Is the What by Dave EggersNo Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,187 books — 28,368 voters
Song of Solomon by Toni MorrisonRoots by Alex HaleyGravity’s Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon
Best Books of the Decade: 1970s
1,955 books — 1,880 voters

Native Son by Richard WrightBlack Boy by Richard Wright1984 by George Orwell
Best Books of the Decade: 1940s
819 books — 1,145 voters
Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeInvisible Man by Ralph EllisonI, Robot by Isaac AsimovOn the Road by Jack KerouacLord of the Flies by William Golding
Best Books of the Decade: 1950s
1,182 books — 1,510 voters

All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthyParadise by Toni MorrisonAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,129 books — 3,678 voters
The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,561 books — 18,687 voters