Anne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank BaumThe Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan DoyleThe Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov
Best Books of the Decade: 1900s
467 books — 855 voters
Peter Pan by J.M. BarrieThe Phantom of the Opera by Gaston LerouxSpoon River Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters
Best Books of the Decade: 1910s
530 books — 776 voters

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldAll Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
Best Books of the Decade: 1920s
765 books — 1,129 voters
Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieAs I Lay Dying by William FaulknerOur Town by Thornton Wilder
Best Books of the Decade: 1930s
905 books — 1,255 voters

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryDeath of a Salesman by Arthur MillerThe Screwtape Letters by C.S. LewisAll the King's Men by Robert Penn WarrenThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
Best Books of the Decade: 1940s
822 books — 1,145 voters
Charlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteEast of Eden by John SteinbeckThe Once and Future King by T.H. White
Best Books of the Decade: 1950s
1,185 books — 1,509 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Outsiders by S.E. HintonThe Giving Tree by Shel SilversteinThe Phantom Tollbooth by Norton JusterThe Chosen by Chaim Potok
Best Books of the Decade: 1960s
1,363 books — 1,777 voters
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsWatership Down by Richard  AdamsThe Shining by Stephen  KingThe Silmarillion by J.R.R. TolkienThe Killer Angels by Michael Shaara
Best Books of the Decade: 1970s
1,956 books — 1,881 voters

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardMaus I by Art SpiegelmanA Light in the Attic by Shel SilversteinHowl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,259 books — 2,432 voters
The Giver by Lois LowryThe Things They Carried by Tim O'BrienMaus II by Art Spiegelman
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,137 books — 3,678 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonThe Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldHarry Potter Series Box Set by J.K. Rowling
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,188 books — 28,372 voters
The Fault in Our Stars by John GreenIn the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,703 books — 14,247 voters