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Best Books of the Decade: 1990's
The best books published during the 1990's decade (1990 - 1999)}.

1
The Poisonwood Bible
The Poisonwood Bible
by Barbara Kingsolver 76 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 7571
vote
2
Memoirs of a Geisha
Memoirs of a Geisha
by Arthur Golden 73 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 7217
vote
3
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
by J.K. Rowling 65 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 6386
vote
4
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Girl with a Pearl Earring
by Tracy Chevalier 48 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 4728
vote
5
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
by J.K. Rowling 45 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 4394
vote
6
Bridget Jones's Diary
Bridget Jones's Diary
by Helen Fielding 39 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 3787
vote
7
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
by J.K. Rowling 30 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 2901
vote
8
The Golden Compass
The Golden Compass
by Philip Pullman 29 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 2842
vote
9
The Virgin Suicides
The Virgin Suicides
by Jeffrey Eugenides 26 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 2667
vote
10
The Giver
The Giver
by Lois Lowry 27 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 2639
vote
11
The Secret History
The Secret History
by Donna Tartt 23 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 2377
vote
12
Sophie's World
Sophie's World
by Jostein Gaarder 23 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 2245
vote
13
Like Water for Chocolate: A Novel in Monthly Installments with Recipes, Romances, and Home Remedies
Like Water for Chocolate: A Novel in Monthly In...
by Laura Esquivel 23 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 2230
vote
14
Possession: A Romance
Possession: A Romance
by A.S. Byatt 20 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 2064
vote
15
Snow Falling on Cedars
Snow Falling on Cedars
by David Guterson 20 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 2063
vote
16
Blindness
Blindness
by José Saramago, Giovanni Pontiero (Translator) 18 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1885
vote
17
The English Patient
The English Patient
by Michael Ondaatje 16 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1554
vote
18
A Thousand Acres: A Novel
A Thousand Acres: A Novel
by Jane Smiley 14 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1477
vote
19
The God of Small Things
The God of Small Things
by Arundhati Roy 14 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1465
vote
20
Alias Grace
Alias Grace
by Margaret Atwood 14 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1450
vote
21
Corelli's Mandolin
Corelli's Mandolin
by Louis de Bernières 13 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1356
vote
22
All the Pretty Horses
All the Pretty Horses
by Cormac McCarthy 13 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1266
vote
23
Infinite Jest: A Novel
Infinite Jest: A Novel
by David Foster Wallace 10 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 988
vote
24
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
by Haruki Murakami, Jay Rubin (Translator) 9 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 982
vote
25
Smilla's Sense of Snow
Smilla's Sense of Snow
by Peter Høeg 10 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 966
vote
26
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch ...
by Gregory Maguire 10 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 955
vote
27
Snow Crash
Snow Crash
by Neal Stephenson 9 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 874
vote
28
The Sandman Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes
The Sandman Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes
by Neil Gaiman (Goodreads author), Sam Kieth (Illustrator) 9 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 872
vote
29
The Subtle Knife
The Subtle Knife
by Philip Pullman 9 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 842
vote
30
A Game of Thrones
A Game of Thrones
by George R.R. Martin 8 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 795
vote
31
A Fine Balance
A Fine Balance
by Rohinton Mistry 7 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 779
vote
32
The Power of One
The Power of One
by Bryce Courtenay 8 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 763
vote
33
L.A. Confidential
L.A. Confidential
by James Ellroy 7 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 688
vote
34
The Things They Carried
The Things They Carried
by Tim O'Brien 7 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 685
vote
35
Motherless Brooklyn
Motherless Brooklyn
by Jonathan Lethem 7 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 679
vote
36
A Soldier of the Great War
A Soldier of the Great War
by Mark Helprin 7 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 677
vote
37
The Tortilla Curtain
The Tortilla Curtain
by T.C. Boyle 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 593
vote
38
Regeneration
Regeneration
by Pat Barker 6 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 592
vote
39
The Shipping News : A Novel
The Shipping News : A Novel
by Annie Proulx 6 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 584
vote
40
Interpreter of Maladies
Interpreter of Maladies
by Jhumpa Lahiri 6 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 581
vote
41
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
by Alexander McCall Smith 6 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 575
vote
42
American Pastoral
American Pastoral
by Philip Roth 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 493
vote
43
Neverwhere: A Novel
Neverwhere: A Novel
by Neil Gaiman (Goodreads author) 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 486
vote
44
Skinny Legs and All
Skinny Legs and All
by Tom Robbins 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 485
vote
45
There Are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in The Other America
There Are No Children Here: The Story of Two Bo...
by Alex Kotlowitz 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 480
vote
46
A Widow for One Year
A Widow for One Year
by John Irving 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 477
vote
47
Insomnia
Insomnia
by Stephen King 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 470
vote
48
The Pianist
The Pianist
by WÅ‚adysÅ‚aw Szpilman 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 395
vote
48
Cryptonomicon
Cryptonomicon
by Neal Stephenson 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 395
vote
50
Ahab's Wife: Or, The Star-gazer: A Novel
Ahab's Wife: Or, The Star-gazer: A Novel
by Sena Jeter Naslund 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 393
vote
51
The Crossing
The Crossing
by Cormac McCarthy 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 390
vote
51
The Thief of Always: A Fable
The Thief of Always: A Fable
by Clive Barker 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 390
vote
53
The Reader
The Reader
by Bernhard Schlink, Carol Brown Janeway (Translator) 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 389
vote
53
High Fidelity
High Fidelity
by Nick Hornby 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 389
vote
55
Fatherland
Fatherland
by Robert Harris 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 379
vote
56
Speak
Speak
by Laurie Halse Anderson (Goodreads author) 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 378
vote
57
Moo
Moo
by Jane Smiley 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 366
vote
57
Notes from a Small Island
Notes from a Small Island
by Bill Bryson 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 366
vote
59
Mostly Harmless
Mostly Harmless
by Douglas Adams 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 360
vote
60
Microserfs
Microserfs
by Douglas Coupland 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 296
vote
60
Veronika Decides to Die: A Novel of Redemption
Veronika Decides to Die: A Novel of Redemption
by Paulo Coelho (Goodreads author) 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 296
vote
62
Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha
Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha
by Roddy Doyle 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 295
vote
63
A Suitable Boy: A Novel
A Suitable Boy: A Novel
by Vikram Seth 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 294
vote
64
Trainspotting
Trainspotting
by Irvine Welsh 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 292
vote
65
Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance
Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inhe...
by Barack Obama 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 286
vote
66
The Griffin & Sabine Trilogy Boxed Set: Griffin & Sabine/Sabine's Notebook/The Golden Mean
The Griffin & Sabine Trilogy Boxed Set: Gri...
by Nick Bantock 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 285
vote
66
Songs in Ordinary Time
Songs in Ordinary Time
by Mary McGarry Morris 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 285
vote
68
The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer
The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated...
by Neal Stephenson 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 281
vote
69
White Oleander
White Oleander
by Janet Fitch (Goodreads author) 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 280
vote
70
Holes
Holes
by Louis Sachar 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 270
vote
71
The Gold Bug Variations
The Gold Bug Variations
by Richard Powers 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 200
vote
72
Delores Claiborne/Insomnia/Rose Madder
Delores Claiborne/Insomnia/Rose Madder
by Stephen King 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 199
vote
73
Schoolgirls: Young Women, Self Esteem, and the Confidence Gap
Schoolgirls: Young Women, Self Esteem, and the ...
by Peggy Orenstein 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 198
vote
73
The Redneck Manifesto: How Hillbillies, Hicks, and White Trash Became America's Scapegoats
The Redneck Manifesto: How Hillbillies, Hicks, ...
by Jim Goad 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 198
vote
75
The Savage Detectives
The Savage Detectives
by Roberto Bolaño 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 197
vote
75
The Pilot's Wife
The Pilot's Wife
by Anita Shreve 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 197
vote
77
Your Blues Ain't Like Mine: A Novel
Your Blues Ain't Like Mine: A Novel
by Bebe Moore Campbell 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 196
vote
77
Fight Club: A Novel
Fight Club: A Novel
by Chuck Palahniuk 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 196
vote
79
The Iron Dragon's Daughter
The Iron Dragon's Daughter
by Michael Swanwick 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 195
vote
80
Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith
Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith
by Anne Lamott 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 194
vote
81
Galatea 2.2: A Novel
Galatea 2.2: A Novel
by Richard Powers 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 193
vote
82
Naked
Naked
by David Sedaris 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 192
vote
82
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of...
by Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman (Goodreads author) 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 192
vote
84
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
by Jung Chang 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 191
vote
84
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
by Helen Fielding 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 191
vote
86
A Home at the End of the World: A Novel
A Home at the End of the World: A Novel
by Michael Cunningham 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 190
vote
86
We Were the Mulvaneys
We Were the Mulvaneys
by Joyce Carol Oates 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 190
vote
86
Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader
Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader
by Anne Fadiman 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 190
vote
89
Chocolat
Chocolat
by Joanne Harris 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 188
vote
90
The Rifles
The Rifles
by William T. Vollmann 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 187
vote
91
The Best American Short Stories 1999
The Best American Short Stories 1999
by Amy Tan, Katrina Kenison 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 182
vote
92
Birdsong: A Novel of Love and War
Birdsong: A Novel of Love and War
by Sebastian Faulks 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 181
vote
93
The Kitchen God's Wife
The Kitchen God's Wife
by Amy Tan 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 177
vote
94
What a Carve Up!
What a Carve Up!
by Jonathan Coe 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 100
vote
94
My Awakening
My Awakening
by David Duke 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 100
vote
94
The Pattons: A Personal History of an American Family
The Pattons: A Personal History of an American ...
by Robert H. Patton 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 100
vote
94
Use of Weapons
Use of Weapons
by Iain M. Banks 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 100
vote
94
Waking the Moon
Waking the Moon
by Elizabeth Hand 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 100
vote
94
King: A Street Story
King: A Street Story
by John Berger 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 100
vote
94
The Master of Petersburg
The Master of Petersburg
by J.M. Coetzee 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 100
vote
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message 1: by Antoine (new)
Aug 31, 2008 12:14PM

795030 Several books here (Black Boy and Charlie and the Chocolate factory, to name two), are considerably older.


message 2: by Emily (new)
Dec 08, 2008 02:32PM

1100684 both have been removed. thanks for bringing this to our attention


message 3: by Killthepopular (last edited Jun 09, 2009 09:42AM) (new)
Jun 09, 2009 09:42AM

2252836 Can't believe more people have voted on this list than on the 19th century list. Phillistines!


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