The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving
Best Books of the Decade: 1820s
200 books — 150 voters
Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyRip Van Winkle by Washington Irving
Best Books of the Decade: 1810s
141 books — 323 voters

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsFear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. ThompsonA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy TooleThe Essential Calvin and Hobbes by Bill WattersonJohn Dies at the End by David  Wong
Books that Make you Laugh
3,488 books — 5,019 voters
House of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiJimmy Corrigan by Chris Ware
Most Difficult Novels
585 books — 2,042 voters

House of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiThe Shining by Stephen        KingIt by Stephen        KingJohn Dies at the End by David  WongCarrie by Stephen        King
The Definitive Horror Book List
1,370 books — 1,966 voters

Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleFrom Hell by Alan             MooreWatchmen by Alan             MooreThe Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot DíazLife of Pi by Yann Martel
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,307 books — 118,914 voters
Guards! Guards! by Terry PratchettSmall Gods by Terry PratchettWyrd Sisters by Terry PratchettMort by Terry PratchettSourcery by Terry Pratchett
The Best of Discworld!
87 books — 991 voters

Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleBartleby the Scrivener by Herman MelvilleThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Best Books of the Decade: 1850s
223 books — 300 voters
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Best Books of the Decade: 1860s
234 books — 396 voters

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
Best Books of the Decade: 1870s
258 books — 343 voters
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainTreasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
Best Books of the Decade: 1880s
377 books — 408 voters

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeThe War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
Best Books of the Decade: 1890s
466 books — 498 voters
The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
Best Books of the Decade: 1900s
466 books — 853 voters

Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood AndersonMy Ántonia by Willa Cather
Best Books of the Decade: 1910s
530 books — 773 voters
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueThe Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
Best Books of the Decade: 1920s
766 books — 1,134 voters

Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton TrumboBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienOf Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Best Books of the Decade: 1930s
903 books — 1,252 voters
1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Best Books of the Decade: 1940s
830 books — 1,143 voters

Night by Elie WieselLord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
Best Books of the Decade: 1950s
1,180 books — 1,506 voters
Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Hell's Angels by Hunter S. ThompsonUbik by Philip K. DickMother Night by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best Books of the Decade: 1960s
1,355 books — 1,779 voters

The Shining by Stephen        KingFear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. ThompsonThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsCarrie by Stephen        King’Salem’s Lot by Stephen        King
Best Books of the Decade: 1970s
1,941 books — 1,876 voters
Watchmen by Alan             MooreA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy TooleIt by Stephen        KingPet Sematary by Stephen        KingV for Vendetta by Alan             Moore
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,252 books — 2,429 voters

From Hell by Alan             MooreFight Club by Chuck PalahniukSnow Crash by Neal StephensonThe Sandman, Vol. 1 by Neil GaimanThe Green Mile by Stephen        King
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,140 books — 3,671 voters
House of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiLullaby by Chuck PalahniukThen We Came to the End by Joshua FerrisThe Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot DíazLife of Pi by Yann Martel
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,203 books — 28,366 voters

11/22/63 by Stephen        KingGone Girl by Gillian FlynnReady Player One by Ernest ClineFinders Keepers by Stephen        KingHomegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,644 books — 14,060 voters
Lullaby by Chuck PalahniukFight Club by Chuck PalahniukChoke by Chuck PalahniukInvisible Monsters by Chuck PalahniukSurvivor by Chuck Palahniuk
Best Chuck Palahniuk Books
24 books — 383 voters

From Hell by Alan             MooreWatchmen by Alan             MooreThe Sandman, Vol. 1 by Neil GaimanY by Brian K. VaughanBatman by Jeph Loeb
Best Graphic Novels
3,455 books — 6,758 voters
11/22/63 by Stephen        KingThe Shining by Stephen        KingIt by Stephen        KingCarrie by Stephen        KingThe Green Mile by Stephen        King
Best of Stephen King
176 books — 3,864 voters


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