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
377 books — 411 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
466 books — 500 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
466 books — 856 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
530 books — 776 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
5,273 books — 1,143 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
76,035 books — 282,446 voters
Clockwork Angel by Cassandra ClareDark Lover by J.R. WardThe Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Books That Should Be Made Into Movies
32,226 books — 68,025 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
2,066 books — 4,528 voters

Absalom, Absalom! by William FaulknerLight in August by William FaulknerMourning Becomes Electra by Eugene O'Neill
Best Books of the Decade: 1930s
904 books — 1,257 voters
Go Down, Moses by William FaulknerThree Famous Short Novels by William Faulkner
Best Books of the Decade: 1940s
819 books — 1,144 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
1,356 books — 1,780 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
1,946 books — 1,880 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 — 2,434 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
3,130 books — 3,678 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
7,189 books — 28,380 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
7,686 books — 14,156 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
2,518 books — 2,703 voters

Hawaii by James A. Michener
Best Books of the Decade: 1950s
1,181 books — 1,509 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
764 books — 1,134 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
1,029 books — 341 voters
Down to a Sunless Sea by David        Graham
Lesser Known End of the World Fiction
141 books — 128 voters

1984 by George Orwell
Smart Apocalyptic and Dystopian Fiction
531 books — 722 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,745 books — 25,983 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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