Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenEmma by Jane Austen
Best Books of the Decade: 1810s
143 books — 331 voters
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasThe Three Musketeers by Alexandre DumasQueen Margot by Alexandre Dumas
Best Books of the Decade: 1840s
281 books — 390 voters

On Liberty by John Stuart Mill
Best Books of the Decade: 1850s
223 books — 308 voters
War and Peace by Leo TolstoyGreat Expectations by Charles Dickens
Best Books of the Decade: 1860s
236 books — 402 voters

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Best Books of the Decade: 1870s
259 books — 351 voters
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
Best Books of the Decade: 1890s
494 books — 504 voters

Major Barbara by George Bernard ShawThe Unabridged Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose BierceThe Octopus by Frank Norris
Best Books of the Decade: 1900s
483 books — 860 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
537 books — 779 voters

The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club by Dorothy L. SayersThe Twelve Chairs by Ilya Ilf
Best Books of the Decade: 1920s
779 books — 1,134 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
913 books — 1,261 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
826 books — 1,151 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
1,201 books — 1,517 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
1,441 books — 1,776 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
1,957 books — 1,889 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
2,271 books — 2,435 voters
Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,263 books — 28,371 voters

Inherit the Wind by Jerome LawrenceTamara by John KrizancTwelve Angry Men by Reginald RoseMoonlight And Magnolias by Ron Hutchinson
Best Plays Ever
874 books — 1,136 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
1,980 books — 2,839 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
78,619 books — 292,931 voters