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The Twenty Best Books of Each Decade - Page 5

Taken from Goodreads, these are twenty books with the most voters from each decade between now and 1900.
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
161
George Orwell
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
162
George Orwell
The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
The Diary of a Young Girl
163
Anne Frank
The Little Prince (Antoine De Saint-Exupéry)
The Little Prince
164
Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
165
Albert Camus
Pippi Longstocking (Astrid Lindgren)
Pippi Longstocking
166
Astrid Lindgren
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
167
Ernest Hemingway
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
168
Betty Smith
The Plague (Albert Camus)
The Plague
169
Albert Camus
Goodnight Moon (Margaret Wise Brown)
Goodnight Moon
170
Margaret Wise Brown
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
Brideshead Revisited
171
Evelyn Waugh
The Screwtape Letters (C.S. Lewis)
The Screwtape Letters
172
C.S. Lewis
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
173
Carson McCullers
Cannery Row (John Steinbeck)
Cannery Row
174
John Steinbeck
I Capture the Castle (Dodie Smith)
I Capture the Castle
175
Dodie Smith
The Pearl (John Steinbeck)
The Pearl
176
John Steinbeck
Cry, the Beloved Country (Alan Paton)
Cry, the Beloved Country
177
Alan Paton
Ficciones (Jorge Luis Borges)
Ficciones
178
Jorge Luis Borges
The Fountainhead (Ayn Rand)
The Fountainhead
179
Ayn Rand
Hiroshima (John Hersey)
Hiroshima
180
John Hersey
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
181
J.R.R. Tolkien
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
182
Aldous Huxley
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
183
Margaret Mitchell
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
184
John Steinbeck
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
185
John Steinbeck
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
186
Daphne Du Maurier
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None
187
Agatha Christie
Murder on the Orient Express (Agatha Christie)
Murder on the Orient Express
188
Agatha Christie
Little House in the Big Woods (Laura Ingalls Wilder)
Little House in the Big Woods
189
Laura Ingalls Wilder
The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck)
The Good Earth
190
Pearl S. Buck
Little House on the Prairie (Laura Ingalls Wilder)
Little House on the Prairie
191
Laura Ingalls Wilder
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
192
William Faulkner
Madeline (Ludwig Bemelmans)
Madeline
193
Ludwig Bemelmans
The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
The Big Sleep
194
Raymond Chandler
Tender Is the Night (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
Tender Is the Night
195
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
196
Zora Neale Hurston
Death on the Nile (Agatha Christie)
Death on the Nile
197
Agatha Christie
I, Claudius (Robert Graves)
I, Claudius
198
Robert Graves
The Maltese Falcon (Dashiell Hammett)
The Maltese Falcon
199
Dashiell Hammett
Mary Poppins (P.L. Travers)
Mary Poppins
200
P.L. Travers
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