The Man Who Would Be King by Rudyard KiplingThe Portrait of a Lady by Henry JamesThe Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard PyleBen-Hur by Lew WallaceShe by H. Rider Haggard
Best Books of the Decade: 1880s
378 books — 414 voters
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeDracula by Bram StokerThe Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar WildeThe Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan DoyleTess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
Best Books of the Decade: 1890s
490 books — 502 voters

Kim by Rudyard KiplingThe Gift of the Magi by O. HenryWhere Angels Fear to Tread by E.M. ForsterThe Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du BoisThe Man of Property by John Galsworthy
Best Books of the Decade: 1900s
483 books — 859 voters
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettPeter Pan by J.M. BarrieHowards End by E.M. ForsterA Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James JoyceMy Ántonia by Willa Cather
Best Books of the Decade: 1910s
534 books — 778 voters

A Christmas Carol by Charles DickensLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottThe Gift of the Magi by O. HenryThe Little Match Girl by Hans Christian AndersenThe Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen
Mid-Winter Holiday Reads
140 books — 101 voters
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisHow the Grinch Stole Christmas! by Dr. SeussA Child's Christmas in Wales by Dylan ThomasNutcracker by E.T.A. HoffmannA Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings by Charles Dickens
Yuletide Reads
5,289 books — 1,168 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Best Books Ever
78,028 books — 291,015 voters
Clockwork Angel by Cassandra ClareDark Lover by J.R. WardThe Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Books That Should Be Made Into Movies
32,462 books — 69,767 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsThe Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg LarssonThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson
Badass Humans or Mortals
100 books — 90 voters
The Historian by Elizabeth KostovaThe Daughter of Time by Josephine TeyEye of the Needle by Ken FollettThe House on the Strand by Daphne du Maurier
Best Historical Mystery
2,274 books — 4,763 voters

Absalom, Absalom! by William FaulknerLight in August by William FaulknerMourning Becomes Electra by Eugene O'Neill
Best Books of the Decade: 1930s
909 books — 1,259 voters
Go Down, Moses by William FaulknerThree Famous Short Novels by William Faulkner
Best Books of the Decade: 1940s
824 books — 1,150 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessDune by Frank Herbert
Best Books of the Decade: 1960s
1,434 books — 1,777 voters
The Stand by Stephen  KingThe Shining by Stephen  KingThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanThe Thorn Birds by Colleen McCulloughThe World According to Garp by John Irving
Best Books of the Decade: 1970s
1,957 books — 1,886 voters

A Prayer for Owen Meany by John IrvingThe Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleyFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie FlaggThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,257 books — 2,436 voters
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinThe Green Mile by Stephen  KingA Clash of Kings by George R.R. MartinOutlander by Diana Gabaldon
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,156 books — 3,682 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Help by Kathryn StockettCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Da Vinci Code by Dan    Brown
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,216 books — 28,372 voters
11/22/63 by Stephen  KingThe Fault in Our Stars by John  GreenMockingjay by Suzanne CollinsA Dance with Dragons by George R.R. MartinFall of Giants by Ken Follett
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,719 books — 14,337 voters

The Black Rose by Thomas B. CostainCentennial by James A. MichenerWinter of the World by Ken FollettShōgun by James ClavellFrom Russia with Love by Ian Fleming
Best Action-Adventure Novels
2,632 books — 2,912 voters

Hawaii by James A. Michener
Best Books of the Decade: 1950s
1,195 books — 1,515 voters
Elmer Gantry by Sinclair LewisLook Homeward, Angel by Thomas WolfeTales of the Jazz Age by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Autobiography of Mark Twain by Mark TwainFlappers and Philosophers by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Best Books of the Decade: 1920s
779 books — 1,133 voters

Hamlet by William ShakespeareThe Stand by Stephen  KingAs I Lay Dying by William FaulknerThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckLittle Women by Louisa May Alcott
I Will Read Absolutely Anything S/He Writes
1,026 books — 341 voters
Down to a Sunless Sea by David        Graham
Lesser Known End of the World Fiction
140 books — 123 voters

1984 by George Orwell
Smart Apocalyptic and Dystopian Fiction
537 books — 737 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,980 books — 26,531 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellStranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. HeinleinThe Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy
Books I read over and over again
105 books — 13 voters


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