The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving
Best Books of the Decade: 1820s
200 books — 151 voters
Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyRip Van Winkle by Washington Irving
Best Books of the Decade: 1810s
141 books — 327 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
3,507 books — 5,093 voters
House of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiJimmy Corrigan by Chris Ware
Most Difficult Novels
592 books — 2,047 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
1,386 books — 1,984 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
32,079 books — 121,922 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 — 993 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 — 304 voters
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Best Books of the Decade: 1860s
235 books — 399 voters

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
Best Books of the Decade: 1870s
258 books — 347 voters
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainTreasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
Best Books of the Decade: 1880s
378 books — 414 voters

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeThe War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
Best Books of the Decade: 1890s
472 books — 502 voters
The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
Best Books of the Decade: 1900s
482 books — 857 voters

Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood AndersonMy Ántonia by Willa Cather
Best Books of the Decade: 1910s
532 books — 777 voters
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueThe Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
Best Books of the Decade: 1920s
770 books — 1,131 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
907 books — 1,255 voters
1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Best Books of the Decade: 1940s
821 books — 1,147 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
1,185 books — 1,511 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
1,363 books — 1,776 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
1,956 books — 1,884 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
2,258 books — 2,433 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
3,137 books — 3,678 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
7,185 books — 28,365 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
7,703 books — 14,274 voters
Lullaby by Chuck PalahniukFight Club by Chuck PalahniukChoke by Chuck PalahniukInvisible Monsters by Chuck PalahniukSurvivor by Chuck Palahniuk
Best Chuck Palahniuk Books
25 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
3,454 books — 6,777 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
200 books — 3,879 voters


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