Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand
Best Books of 1999
518 books — 261 voters
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Best Books of 1998
495 books — 228 voters

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Best Books of 1997
538 books — 247 voters
A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
Best Books of 1995
431 books — 192 voters

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
Best Books of 1994
416 books — 145 voters
The Secret History by Donna TarttBooked to Die by John Dunning
Best Books of 1992
507 books — 200 voters

The Things They Carried by Tim O'BrienThe Face of a Stranger by Anne Perry
Best Books of 1990
369 books — 196 voters
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
Best Books of 1989
379 books — 229 voters

The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas  HarrisAlaska by James A. Michener
Best Books of 1988
379 books — 173 voters
Misery by Stephen  King+
Best Books of 1987
374 books — 186 voters

The Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy
Best Books of 1986
339 books — 172 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Cider House Rules by John Irving
Best Books of 1985
337 books — 216 voters

The Bourne Identity by Robert LudlumThe Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy
Best Books of 1980
327 books — 213 voters
Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner
Best Books 1972
235 books — 68 voters

The Godfather by Mario Puzo
Best Books 1969
147 books — 57 voters
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezWhat Do People Do All Day? by Richard Scarry
Best Books 1967
154 books — 64 voters

The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
Best Books 1966
159 books — 75 voters
The Logic of Collective Action by Mancur Olson
Best Books 1965
218 books — 64 voters

A Very Easy Death by Simone de Beauvoir
Best Books 1964
131 books — 69 voters
Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best Books 1963
129 books — 55 voters

Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
Best Books 1962
143 books — 92 voters