1984 by George OrwellOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckLolita by Vladimir NabokovThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,815 books — 49,771 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakLife of Pi by Yann MartelThe Road by Cormac McCarthyAtonement by Ian McEwanNo Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,856 books — 21,922 voters

1984 by George OrwellThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Best Books of the Decade: 1940s
831 books — 1,144 voters
In Cold Blood by Truman CapoteStranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. HeinleinPapillon by Henri Charrière
Best Books of the Decade: 1960s
1,354 books — 1,780 voters

Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthyThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver Sacks
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,258 books — 2,432 voters
The Green Mile by Stephen        KingGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondInto Thin Air by Jon KrakauerAll the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,129 books — 3,676 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Road by Cormac McCarthyNo Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,189 books — 28,374 voters
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayLolita by Vladimir NabokovHawaii by James A. Michener
Best Books of the Decade: 1950s
1,180 books — 1,509 voters

Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondThe God Delusion by Richard DawkinsOn Writing by Stephen        KingThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver Sacks
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,222 books — 8,064 voters