Anne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryAnne of Avonlea by L.M. MontgomeryThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
Best Books of the Decade: 1900s
467 books — 855 voters
The Prophet by Kahlil GibranThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder
Best Books of the Decade: 1920s
765 books — 1,129 voters

Brave New World by Aldous HuxleyTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonJohnny Got His Gun by Dalton TrumboThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Best Books of the Decade: 1930s
905 books — 1,255 voters
The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
Best Books of the Decade: 1940s
822 books — 1,145 voters

Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
Best Books of the Decade: 1950s
1,185 books — 1,509 voters
Catch-22 by Joseph HellerOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
Best Books of the Decade: 1960s
1,363 books — 1,777 voters

The Stand by Stephen  KingRoots by Alex Haley
Best Books of the Decade: 1970s
1,956 books — 1,881 voters
Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott CardEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardThe Drawing of the Three by Stephen  KingA Prayer for Owen Meany by John IrvingThe Gunslinger by Stephen  King
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,259 books — 2,432 voters

Blindness by José SaramagoHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingInsomnia by Stephen  King
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,134 books — 3,678 voters
The Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussThe History of Love by Nicole KraussExtremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran FoerEverything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran FoerHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,187 books — 28,372 voters