How the Grinch Stole Christmas! by Dr. SeussThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteThe Cat in the Hat by Dr. SeussHorton Hears a Who! by Dr. Seuss
Best Books of the Decade: 1950s
1,195 books — 1,514 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeWhere the Wild Things Are by Maurice SendakThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X
Best Books of the Decade: 1960s
1,434 books — 1,777 voters

Helter Skelter by Vincent BugliosiAll the President’s Men by Carl BernsteinThe Grass Is Always Greener over the Septic Tank by Erma BombeckThe Other Side of Midnight by Sidney SheldonOrdinary People by Judith Guest
Best Books of the Decade: 1970s
1,956 books — 1,886 voters
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,256 books — 2,436 voters

Holes by Louis SacharTuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,156 books — 3,682 voters
Freakonomics by Steven D. LevittFast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,215 books — 28,371 voters

Unbroken by Laura HillenbrandBossypants by Tina Fey
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,718 books — 14,321 voters