Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenEmma by Jane Austen
Best Books of the Decade: 1810s
141 books — 324 voters
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasThe Three Musketeers by Alexandre DumasQueen Margot by Alexandre Dumas
Best Books of the Decade: 1840s
280 books — 383 voters

On Liberty by John Stuart Mill
Best Books of the Decade: 1850s
223 books — 301 voters
War and Peace by Leo TolstoyGreat Expectations by Charles Dickens
Best Books of the Decade: 1860s
235 books — 398 voters

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Best Books of the Decade: 1870s
258 books — 346 voters
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
Best Books of the Decade: 1890s
466 books — 500 voters

Major Barbara by George Bernard ShawThe Unabridged Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose BierceThe Octopus by Frank Norris
Best Books of the Decade: 1900s
466 books — 854 voters
The Magnificent Ambersons by Booth TarkingtonOf Human Bondage by W. Somerset MaughamPygmalion by George Bernard ShawThe Unabridged Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce
Best Books of the Decade: 1910s
530 books — 775 voters

The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club by Dorothy L. SayersThe Twelve Chairs by Ilya Ilf
Best Books of the Decade: 1920s
764 books — 1,131 voters
The Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckCakes and Ale by W. Somerset MaughamArsenic and Old Lace by Joseph Kesselring
Best Books of the Decade: 1930s
904 books — 1,254 voters

Zorba the Greek by Nikos KazantzakisThe Razor’s Edge by W. Somerset Maugham1984 by George OrwellCry, the Beloved Country by Alan PatonThe Young Lions by Irwin Shaw
Best Books of the Decade: 1940s
819 books — 1,143 voters
The Quiet American by Graham GreeneThe Caine Mutiny by Herman WoukInherit the Wind by Jerome LawrenceTwelve Angry Men by Reginald RoseFrom Here to Eternity by James  Jones
Best Books of the Decade: 1950s
1,181 books — 1,507 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyThe Godfather by Mario PuzoKing Rat by James ClavellCatch-22 by Joseph Heller
Best Books of the Decade: 1960s
1,356 books — 1,779 voters
Shōgun by James ClavellThe Killer Angels by Michael ShaaraThe Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsThe Lords of Discipline by Pat ConroyThe Ascent of Man by Jacob Bronowski
Best Books of the Decade: 1970s
1,946 books — 1,880 voters

Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryThe Prince of Tides by Pat ConroyThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,257 books — 2,434 voters
Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,188 books — 28,375 voters

Inherit the Wind by Jerome LawrenceTamara by John KrizancTwelve Angry Men by Reginald RoseMoonlight And Magnolias by Ron Hutchinson
Best Plays Ever
853 books — 1,129 voters

The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar WildeMuch Ado About Nothing by William ShakespeareMajor Barbara by George Bernard ShawA Man for All Seasons by Robert BoltInherit the Wind by Jerome Lawrence
Theatrical Greatness
140 books — 30 voters
The Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy
Best Audiobooks Ever
1,972 books — 2,838 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenCatch-22 by Joseph HellerWatership Down by Richard  AdamsAnna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Best Books Ever
76,191 books — 283,325 voters