Educated by Tara Westover
Best Books of 2018
1,655 books — 2,957 voters
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonLove Anthony by Lisa GenovaThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Autism in Fiction
481 books — 514 voters

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrThe Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John BoyneThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakA Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Best Historical Fiction
7,501 books — 25,711 voters
1984 by George OrwellThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckThe Giver by Lois Lowry
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,889 books — 49,787 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonExtremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran FoerThe Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,187 books — 28,369 voters
The Giver by Lois LowrySnow Falling on Cedars by David GutersonThe Green Mile by Stephen  King
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,140 books — 3,678 voters

The Essential Calvin and Hobbes by Bill WattersonThe BFG by Roald Dahl
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,259 books — 2,432 voters
The Stand by Stephen  KingThe Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff
Best Books of the Decade: 1970s
1,956 books — 1,883 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Best Books of the Decade: 1960s
1,363 books — 1,776 voters
Lord of the Flies by William GoldingNight by Elie WieselHarold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson
Best Books of the Decade: 1950s
1,185 books — 1,509 voters

1984 by George OrwellPippi Longstocking by Astrid LindgrenGoodnight Moon by Margaret Wise BrownMake Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey
Best Books of the Decade: 1940s
821 books — 1,145 voters
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Best Books of the Decade: 1930s
906 books — 1,255 voters

Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. MilneThe Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams Bianco
Best Books of the Decade: 1920s
765 books — 1,130 voters
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Best Books of the Decade: 1910s
530 books — 777 voters

The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
Best Books of the Decade: 1900s
467 books — 856 voters
The Jungle Books by Rudyard KiplingThe Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
Best Books of the Decade: 1890s
471 books — 500 voters

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
Best Books of the Decade: 1880s
378 books — 414 voters
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
Best Books of the Decade: 1870s
258 books — 347 voters

Silas Marner by George Eliot
Best Books of the Decade: 1860s
235 books — 399 voters
A Christmas Carol by Charles DickensThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Best Books of the Decade: 1840s
280 books — 385 voters

The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo
Best Books of the Decade: 1830s
237 books — 217 voters
The Night Before Christmas by Clement Clarke Moore
Best Books of the Decade: 1820s
200 books — 150 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Best Books of the Decade: 1810s
141 books — 326 voters
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootUnbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,705 books — 14,257 voters

Unbroken by Laura HillenbrandInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootBonhoeffer by Eric Metaxas
Best Biographies
1,684 books — 2,962 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Best Young Adult Books
13,151 books — 80,225 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellLord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Holy Bible by Anonymous
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,974 books — 121,384 voters



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