The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Best Feminist Books
2,478 books — 3,456 voters
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyThe Hours by Michael CunninghamThe God of Small Things by Arundhati RoySpeak by Laurie Halse Anderson
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,141 books — 3,668 voters

The Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsLife of Pi by Yann MartelThe Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldMe Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,224 books — 28,361 voters
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrThe Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,674 books — 14,009 voters