Midwives by Chris BohjalianThe Reader by Bernhard SchlinkGreat Expectations by Charles DickensMiddlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Oprah's Book Club Picks
128 books — 2,202 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García MárquezThe Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. AuelThe Alchemist by Paulo CoelhoPerfume by Patrick Süskind
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,258 books — 2,431 voters

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverBridget Jones’s Diary by Helen FieldingGirl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy ChevalierAngela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,140 books — 3,678 voters
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Help by Kathryn Stockett
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,187 books — 28,370 voters

The Goldfinch by Donna TarttThe Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,701 books — 14,263 voters