The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
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530 books — 773 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
1,001 books — 1,136 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
3,455 books — 6,758 voters

Cane by Jean ToomerThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldUlysses by James Joyce
Best Books of the Decade: 1920s
766 books — 1,134 voters
I, Robot by Isaac Asimov
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,300 books — 24,517 voters

Schindler’s List by Thomas Keneally
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,184 books — 11,144 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
1,355 books — 1,779 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
2,252 books — 2,429 voters
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Best Books of the Decade: 1930s
903 books — 1,252 voters

The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XSoul on Ice by Eldridge CleaverBlack Boy by Richard Wright
African American Lives
456 books — 204 voters
The Collected Poems by Langston Hughes
Best Poetry Books
2,970 books — 2,412 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
7,203 books — 28,367 voters
Song of Solomon by Toni MorrisonRoots by Alex HaleyGravity’s Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon
Best Books of the Decade: 1970s
1,943 books — 1,876 voters

Native Son by Richard WrightBlack Boy by Richard Wright1984 by George Orwell
Best Books of the Decade: 1940s
830 books — 1,143 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
1,180 books — 1,506 voters

All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthyParadise by Toni MorrisonAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,140 books — 3,671 voters
The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,560 books — 18,698 voters