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The Wager by David GrannAnnette Kellerman, Australian Mermaid by Grantlee KiezaLibra by Don DeLilloGirl A by Abigail DeanMad Mabel by Sally Hepworth
2025: What People Born in the 1980s are Reading in 2025
676 books — 36 voters
Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëTomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle ZevinAgnes Grey by Anne BrontëThe House on the Strand by Daphne du MaurierSpider by Patrick McGrath
2024: What People Born in the 1980's are Reading in 2024
933 books — 41 voters

Absalom, Absalom! by William FaulknerThe Hamlet by William FaulknerLight in August by William FaulknerThe Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerThe Reivers by William Faulkner
Best of William Faulkner
85 books — 64 voters
The Hamlet by William FaulknerThe Odyssey by HomerJamaica Inn by Daphne du MaurierThe Passenger by Cormac McCarthyBlonde by Joyce Carol Oates
2023: What People Born in the 1980's are Reading in 2023
908 books — 39 voters

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
1,440 books — 1,778 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
1,207 books — 1,518 voters

Absalom, Absalom! by William FaulknerDubliners by James JoyceWatchmen by Alan MooreSuttree by Cormac McCarthyHomicide by David Simon
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,875 books — 49,842 voters
Boy Swallows Universe by Trent DaltonNelly Dean by Alison CaseThe Overstory by Richard PowersPower Without Glory by Frank J. HardyThe Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë
2022: What People Born in the 1980's are reading in 2022
1,150 books — 75 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
1,753 books — 6,913 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
7,272 books — 28,374 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
2,272 books — 2,437 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
3,181 books — 3,684 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
883 books — 1,136 voters
Richard II by William ShakespeareNight. Sleep. Death. The Stars. by Joyce Carol OatesThe Rainbow and the Rose by Nevil ShuteWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëCarthage by Joyce Carol Oates
2021: What People Born in the 1980s Have Read in 2021
1,317 books — 128 voters

Post Captain by Patrick O'BrianH.M.S. Surprise by Patrick O'BrianMaster & Commander by Patrick O'BrianThe Mauritius Command by Patrick O'BrianDesolation Island by Patrick O'Brian
The Aubrey-Maturin Series
18 books — 3 voters
Three Sea Stories by Joseph ConradJoseph Banks by Patrick O'BrianThe Nickel Boys by Colson WhiteheadThe Whites by Harry BrandtTreason's Harbour by Patrick O'Brian
2020: What People Born in the 1980's Have Read in 2020
1,403 books — 148 voters

Nostromo by Joseph ConradBreath by Tim WintonLight in August by William FaulknerThe Mauritius Command by Patrick O'BrianDesolation Island by Patrick O'Brian
2019: What People Born in the 1980's Have Read in 2019
1,424 books — 189 voters
The Angel's Command by Brian JacquesLord Brocktree by Brian JacquesSalamandastron by Brian JacquesMossflower by Brian JacquesPearls of Lutra by Brian Jacques
Redwall and Other Brian Jacques
37 books — 40 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 — 187 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
7,754 books — 14,423 voters

Absalom, Absalom! by William FaulknerDubliners by James JoyceWatchmen by Alan MooreAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoySuttree by Cormac McCarthy
Best Books Ever
78,982 books — 294,097 voters
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessThe New York Trilogy by Paul AusterTwilight by William GayThe Spare Room by Helen GarnerThe Sound of One Hand Clapping by Richard Flanagan
2016: What People Born in the 1980s Have Read in 2016
2,176 books — 410 voters

Moby Dick by Herman MelvilleLolita by Vladimir NabokovThe Mysteries Of Pittsburgh by Michael ChabonVineland by Thomas PynchonPost Captain by Patrick O'Brian
2017: What People Born in the 1980s Have Read in 2017
1,673 books — 359 voters
Remembering Babylon by David MaloufMiller Plays by Arthur MillerH.M.S. Surprise by Patrick O'BrianMoon Palace by Paul AusterA Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
2018: What People Born in the 1980's Have Read in 2018
1,706 books — 272 voters