The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerLord of the Flies by William GoldingFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyEast of Eden by John SteinbeckOn the Road by Jack Kerouac
Best Books of the Decade: 1950s
1,182 books — 1,510 voters
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
Best Books of the Decade: 1960s
1,360 books — 1,778 voters

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerBeloved by Toni MorrisonIt by Stephen  KingThe Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,258 books — 2,433 voters
She’s Come Undone by Wally Lamb
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,129 books — 3,678 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniTwilight by Stephenie MeyerCatching Fire by Suzanne Collins
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,186 books — 28,369 voters
Gone Girl by Gillian FlynnReady Player One by Ernest ClineA Dance with Dragons by George R.R. MartinRoom by Emma DonoghueFangirl by Rainbow Rowell
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,688 books — 14,211 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenLord of the Flies by William GoldingAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
Books that stay with you forever
586 books — 198 voters
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensGreat Expectations by Charles DickensOliver Twist by Charles Dickens
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,704 books — 6,877 voters

The Help by Kathryn StockettThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerThe Road by Cormac McCarthyCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsMiddlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,845 books — 22,030 voters