The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving
Best Books of the Decade: 1820s
201 books — 152 voters
Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyRip Van Winkle by Washington Irving
Best Books of the Decade: 1810s
144 books — 334 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
3,590 books — 5,145 voters
House of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiJimmy Corrigan by Chris Ware
Most Difficult Novels
602 books — 2,064 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
1,399 books — 2,047 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
33,261 books — 126,280 voters
Guards! Guards! by Terry PratchettSmall Gods by Terry PratchettWyrd Sisters by Terry PratchettMort by Terry PratchettSourcery by Terry Pratchett
The Best of Discworld!
90 books — 998 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
222 books — 308 voters
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Best Books of the Decade: 1860s
242 books — 407 voters

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
Best Books of the Decade: 1870s
261 books — 353 voters
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainTreasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
Best Books of the Decade: 1880s
370 books — 423 voters

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeThe War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
Best Books of the Decade: 1890s
497 books — 513 voters
The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
Best Books of the Decade: 1900s
480 books — 866 voters

Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood AndersonMy Ántonia by Willa Cather
Best Books of the Decade: 1910s
524 books — 780 voters
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueThe Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
Best Books of the Decade: 1920s
758 books — 1,137 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
876 books — 1,265 voters
1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Best Books of the Decade: 1940s
815 books — 1,162 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
1,166 books — 1,524 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
1,405 books — 1,786 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
1,921 books — 1,899 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
2,318 books — 2,450 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
3,132 books — 3,697 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
7,207 books — 28,379 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
7,684 books — 14,506 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 — 380 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
3,534 books — 6,888 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
198 books — 3,930 voters


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