The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington IrvingThe Night Before Christmas by Clement Clarke MooreThe Complete Poems by William BlakeThe Raven by Edgar Allan PoeThe Last Man by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Best Books of the Decade: 1820s
200 books — 150 voters
The Emperor's New Clothes by Hans Christian AndersenThe Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan PoeFairy Tales by Hans Christian AndersenTeutonic Mythology Vol. 1 by Jacob GrimmVoyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin
Best Books of the Decade: 1830s
244 books — 232 voters

A Christmas Carol by Charles DickensVanity Fair by William Makepeace ThackerayThe Little Match Girl by Hans Christian AndersenThe Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan PoeThe Bells and Other Poems by Edgar Allan Poe
Best Books of the Decade: 1840s
277 books — 380 voters
Walden or, Life in the Woods by Henry David ThoreauA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleLeaves of Grass by Walt WhitmanThe Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales by Jacob Grimm
Best Books of the Decade: 1850s
224 books — 302 voters

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis CarrollThe Woman in White by Wilkie CollinsLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottThe Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County by Mark TwainThe Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
Best Books of the Decade: 1860s
234 books — 397 voters
Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas HardyThe Return of the Native by Thomas HardyA Doll's House by Henrik IbsenThrough the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There by Lewis CarrollKleider machen Leute by Gottfried Keller
Best Books of the Decade: 1870s
258 books — 343 voters

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainAlice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis CarrollThe Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas HardyHeidi by Johanna SpyriA Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle
Best Books of the Decade: 1880s
377 books — 408 voters
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar WildeHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradTess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas HardyThe Golden Bough by James George FrazerA Shropshire Lad by A.E. Housman
Best Books of the Decade: 1890s
468 books — 498 voters

The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club by Dorothy L. SayersKristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid UndsetThe Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldA High Wind in Jamaica by Richard Hughes
Best Books of the Decade: 1920s
766 books — 1,134 voters
Glory in Death by J.D. RobbMurder Must Advertise by Dorothy L. SayersSylvester, or The Wicked Uncle by Georgette HeyerStill Life by Louise PennyWicked Prey by John Sandford
Most Addictive Books/Authors
384 books — 80 voters

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington IrvingThe Hot Zone by Jayne CastleCeremony in Death by J.D. RobbCircus of the Damned by Laurell K. HamiltonThe Outlaw Demon Wails by Kim Harrison
Best Halloween Books
697 books — 717 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenGaudy Night by Dorothy L. SayersKristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid UndsetWhy I Live at the P.O. by Eudora WeltyStill Life by Louise Penny
Best Woman-Authored Books
8,080 books — 5,132 voters

The American Language by H.L. MenckenThe 39 Steps by John BuchanThe Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr.Psmith in the City by P.G. WodehouseChicago Poems by Carl Sandburg
Best Books of the Decade: 1910s
532 books — 773 voters
Five Children and It by E. NesbitHeart of Darkness and The Secret Sharer by Joseph ConradMont-Saint-Michel and Chartres by Henry AdamsThe Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan DoyleThe Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
Best Books of the Decade: 1900s
466 books — 853 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville
Most Rated Book By Year
241 books — 911 voters
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. RowlingNaked in Death by J.D. RobbKilling Floor by Lee ChildIshmael by Daniel QuinnSimple Abundance by Sarah Ban Breathnach
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,141 books — 3,670 voters

Busman's Honeymoon by Dorothy L. SayersAn Infamous Army by Georgette HeyerThe Nine Tailors by Dorothy L. SayersSwallows and Amazons by Arthur RansomeThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
Best Books of the Decade: 1930s
905 books — 1,250 voters
A Time of Gifts by Patrick Leigh FermorWatership Down by Richard  AdamsLosing Battles by Eudora WeltyThe Blessing Way by Tony HillermanPlay It As It Lays by Joan Didion
Best Books of the Decade: 1970s
1,936 books — 1,869 voters

Brat Farrar by Josephine TeyMythology by Edith HamiltonThe Second Sex by Simone de BeauvoirArabella by Georgette HeyerThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Best Books of the Decade: 1940s
835 books — 1,142 voters
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienTo Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie WillisThe Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleyA Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,254 books — 24,500 voters

Catch-22 by Joseph HellerFrederica by Georgette HeyerOn Becoming a Person by Carl R. RogersTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeA Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.
Best Books of the Decade: 1960s
1,352 books — 1,777 voters
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Daughter of Time by Josephine TeyNight by Elie WieselThe Grand Sophy by Georgette Heyer
Best Books of the Decade: 1950s
1,190 books — 1,503 voters

The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Eyre Affair by Jasper FfordeA Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
The Most Popular Fantasy on Goodreads
649 books — 1,262 voters
Holiday in Death by J.D. RobbLord of Scoundrels by Loretta ChaseRavished by Amanda QuickIn Good Faith by Judith McWilliamsSylvester or The Wicked Uncle by Georgette Heyer
Humorous Romance Books
3,138 books — 6,693 voters

Let's Cook It Right by Adelle DavisThe New McCall's Cookbook by McCall'sBetty Crocker's Cooky Book by Betty CrockerFix-It and Forget-It Cookbook by Dawn J. RanckCeltic Folklore Cooking by Joanne Asala
Best Cookbooks
1,436 books — 1,105 voters
1,000 Books to Read Before You Die by James MustichThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleyCultural Amnesia by Clive JamesGaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,868 books — 7,001 voters

1,000 Books to Read Before You Die by James MustichOn Tyranny by Timothy SnyderAmerican Nations by Colin WoodardCosmos by Carl SaganThe Descent of Woman by Elaine Morgan
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,222 books — 8,062 voters
Morris's Disappearing Bag by Rosemary WellsWhere the Wild Things Are by Maurice SendakOur Animal Friends at Maple Hill Farm by Alice ProvensenA Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis StevensonRichard Scarry's Busy, Busy Town by Richard Scarry
Books for three-year-old children
785 books — 482 voters