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
483 books — 859 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
779 books — 1,133 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
909 books — 1,259 voters
The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
Best Books of the Decade: 1940s
824 books — 1,150 voters

Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
Best Books of the Decade: 1950s
1,195 books — 1,515 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
1,434 books — 1,777 voters

The Stand by Stephen  KingRoots by Alex Haley
Best Books of the Decade: 1970s
1,957 books — 1,886 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
2,257 books — 2,436 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 Philosopher's Stone by J.K. RowlingInsomnia by Stephen  King
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,156 books — 3,682 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
7,216 books — 28,372 voters