4.24 avg rating — 43,508 ratings

"1974"

4.14 avg rating — 135,898 ratings

"1975"

3.81 avg rating — 89,056 ratings

"1976"

4.28 avg rating — 29,371 ratings

"1977"

3.92 avg rating — 13 ratings

"1978"

4.19 avg rating — 982 ratings

"1979"

4.22 avg rating — 261,379 ratings

"1980"

4.26 avg rating — 23,920 ratings

"1981"

4.33 avg rating — 2,227 ratings

"1982"

4.11 avg rating — 1,974 ratings

"1983"

3.84 avg rating — 59,141 ratings

"1984"

4.34 avg rating — 206 ratings

"1985"

4.36 avg rating — 4,820 ratings

"1986"

4.15 avg rating — 2,427,985 ratings

"1987"

4.27 avg rating — 2,394 ratings

"1988"

4.27 avg rating — 962 ratings

"1989"

4.18 avg rating — 33 ratings

"1990"

3.93 avg rating — 335 ratings

"1991"

4.16 avg rating — 1,327 ratings

"1992"

4.20 avg rating — 3,316 ratings

"1993"

3.90 avg rating — 84,496 ratings

"1994"

3.45 avg rating — 43,043 ratings

"1995"

3.84 avg rating — 256 ratings

"1996"

3.92 avg rating — 36 ratings

"1997"

3.94 avg rating — 2,152 ratings

"1998"

3.35 avg rating — 233 ratings

"1999"

3.75 avg rating — 12,262 ratings

"2000"

4.13 avg rating — 50,750 ratings

"2001"

4.62 avg rating — 8 ratings

"2002"

3.69 avg rating — 13,537 ratings

"2003"

4.20 avg rating — 147 ratings

"2004"

3.74 avg rating — 2,973 ratings

"2005"

4.23 avg rating — 22 ratings

"2006"

3.84 avg rating — 13,994 ratings

"2007"

3.76 avg rating — 409 ratings

"2008"

3.72 avg rating — 3,659 ratings

"2009 -- there IS no other book for 2009"

4.19 avg rating — 500 ratings

"2010"

3.79 avg rating — 45,120 ratings

"2011"

3.64 avg rating — 383 ratings

"2012"

3.77 avg rating — 216 ratings

"2013"

3.30 avg rating — 142 ratings

"2014"

3.24 avg rating — 71 ratings

"2015"

3.61 avg rating — 127 ratings

"2016"

4.26 avg rating — 153 ratings

"2017 (didn't come out of no-where, but it was the reigning spirit of the year) "