I Had Trouble in Getting to Solla Sollew by Dr. SeussThe Godfather by Mario PuzoA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Sneetches and Other Stories by Dr. Seuss
Best Books of the Decade: 1960s
1,363 books — 1,776 voters
Lolita by Vladimir NabokovJunky by William S. BurroughsThe Crucible by Arthur MillerThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
Best Books of the Decade: 1950s
1,185 books — 1,511 voters

Absalom, Absalom! by William FaulknerDubliners by James JoyceWatchmen by Alan             MooreSuttree by Cormac McCarthyHomicide by David Simon
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,888 books — 49,790 voters

Anna Karenina by Leo TolstoyMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradPère Goriot by Honoré de BalzacNotes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,720 books — 6,885 voters
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael ChabonThe Road by Cormac McCarthyLife of Pi by Yann MartelThe Angel's Command by Brian JacquesAngels & Demons by Dan    Brown
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,187 books — 28,367 voters

Watchmen by Alan             MooreA Fortunate Life by A.B. FaceyThe Names by Don DeLilloBlood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthyJoseph Banks by Patrick O'Brian
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,258 books — 2,431 voters
Homicide by David SimonRemembering Babylon by David MaloufUnderworld by Don DeLilloMason & Dixon by Thomas PynchonFever Pitch by Nick Hornby
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,137 books — 3,678 voters

Macbeth by William ShakespeareThe Crucible by Arthur MillerThe Glass Menagerie by Tennessee WilliamsJuno And the Paycock by Seán O'CaseyOthello by William Shakespeare
Best Plays Ever
856 books — 1,132 voters

Suttree by Cormac McCarthyThe Road by Cormac McCarthyBlood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthyThe Crossing by Cormac McCarthyNo Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
Best Cormac McCarthy Books
17 books — 182 voters
Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China by Ezra F. VogelThe Marriage Plot by Jeffrey EugenidesA Little Life by Hanya YanagiharaThe Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard FlanaganBleeding Edge by Thomas Pynchon
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,702 books — 14,271 voters

Absalom, Absalom! by William FaulknerDubliners by James JoyceWatchmen by Alan             MooreAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoySuttree by Cormac McCarthy
Best Books Ever
77,142 books — 287,417 voters