Best Books of the Decade: 1990s

1.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Harry Potter, #1) 4.47 avg rating — 11,062,718 ratings
2.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3) 4.58 avg rating — 4,676,868 ratings
3.
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2) 4.43 avg rating — 4,348,580 ratings
4.
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1) 4.45 avg rating — 2,673,694 ratings
5.
The Giver (The Giver, #1)
The Giver (The Giver, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 2,732,747 ratings
6.
Memoirs of a Geisha
Memoirs of a Geisha 4.16 avg rating — 2,082,419 ratings
7.
The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, #1)
The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 1,594,144 ratings
8.
The Poisonwood Bible
The Poisonwood Bible 4.11 avg rating — 779,701 ratings
9.
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
The Perks of Being a Wallflower 4.24 avg rating — 1,947,961 ratings
10.
Holes (Holes, #1)
Holes (Holes, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 1,332,824 ratings
11.
The Secret History
The Secret History 4.16 avg rating — 950,199 ratings
12.
Angela’s Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1)
Angela’s Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 650,921 ratings
13.
Jurassic Park (Jurassic Park, #1)
Jurassic Park (Jurassic Park, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 1,031,386 ratings
14.
Fight Club
Fight Club 4.18 avg rating — 629,379 ratings
15.
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch 4.25 avg rating — 809,752 ratings
16.
Bridget Jones’s Diary (Bridget Jones, #1)
Bridget Jones’s Diary (Bridget Jones, #1) 3.81 avg rating — 1,012,840 ratings
17.
A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2)
A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2) 4.42 avg rating — 1,000,038 ratings
18.
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Girl with a Pearl Earring 3.93 avg rating — 768,634 ratings
19.
The Virgin Suicides
The Virgin Suicides 3.78 avg rating — 395,231 ratings
20.
Outlander (Outlander, #1)
Outlander (Outlander, #1) 4.26 avg rating — 1,131,905 ratings
21.
Neverwhere (London Below, #1)
Neverwhere (London Below, #1) 4.16 avg rating — 555,410 ratings
22.
The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #1)
The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #1) 4.02 avg rating — 559,157 ratings
23.
The Green Mile
The Green Mile 4.49 avg rating — 351,341 ratings
24.
The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials, #2)
The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials, #2) 4.15 avg rating — 453,184 ratings
25.
The Things They Carried
The Things They Carried 4.14 avg rating — 337,423 ratings
26.
The God of Small Things
The God of Small Things 3.96 avg rating — 317,126 ratings
27.
Speak
Speak 4.05 avg rating — 622,639 ratings
28.
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (The Wicked Years, #1)
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (The Wicked Years, #1) 3.51 avg rating — 669,404 ratings
29.
Into the Wild
Into the Wild 4.02 avg rating — 1,165,484 ratings
30.
Ella Enchanted (Ella Enchanted, #1)
Ella Enchanted (Ella Enchanted, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 421,413 ratings
31.
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle 4.14 avg rating — 306,550 ratings
32.
Blindness
Blindness 4.18 avg rating — 324,603 ratings
33.
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil 3.92 avg rating — 289,181 ratings
34.
Sophie’s World
Sophie’s World 3.97 avg rating — 275,105 ratings
35.
Snow Falling on Cedars
Snow Falling on Cedars 3.86 avg rating — 192,451 ratings
36.
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 4.04 avg rating — 444,997 ratings
37.
Infinite Jest
Infinite Jest 4.25 avg rating — 98,648 ratings
38.
Oh, the Places You’ll Go!
Oh, the Places You’ll Go!
by: Dr. Seuss
4.37 avg rating — 435,018 ratings
39.
Stardust
Stardust 4.10 avg rating — 476,202 ratings
40.
High Fidelity
High Fidelity 3.90 avg rating — 211,763 ratings
41.
Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson
Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson 4.20 avg rating — 1,153,831 ratings
42.
The Red Tent
The Red Tent 4.20 avg rating — 623,929 ratings
43.
The Notebook (The Notebook, #1)
The Notebook (The Notebook, #1) 4.16 avg rating — 1,809,081 ratings
44.
White Oleander
White Oleander really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 363,313 ratings
45.
The Reader
The Reader 3.78 avg rating — 226,205 ratings
46.
The English Patient
The English Patient 3.86 avg rating — 137,373 ratings
47.
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster 4.26 avg rating — 550,888 ratings
48.
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail 4.07 avg rating — 436,071 ratings
49.
The Firm
The Firm 4.06 avg rating — 634,751 ratings
50.
Cold Mountain
Cold Mountain 3.89 avg rating — 248,096 ratings
51.
She’s Come Undone
She’s Come Undone 3.91 avg rating — 357,210 ratings
52.
The Sandman, Vol. 1: Preludes & Nocturnes
The Sandman, Vol. 1: Preludes & Nocturnes 4.25 avg rating — 271,314 ratings
53.
A Fine Balance
A Fine Balance 4.38 avg rating — 156,838 ratings
54.
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #1)
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #1) 3.81 avg rating — 273,155 ratings
55.
The Shipping News
The Shipping News 3.88 avg rating — 150,719 ratings
56.
All the Pretty Horses (The Border Trilogy, #1)
All the Pretty Horses (The Border Trilogy, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 140,241 ratings
57.
The Hours
The Hours 3.96 avg rating — 146,844 ratings
58.
Possession
Possession 3.90 avg rating — 83,116 ratings
59.
American Psycho
American Psycho 3.80 avg rating — 349,123 ratings
60.
Interpreter of Maladies
Interpreter of Maladies 4.18 avg rating — 203,015 ratings
61.
I Know This Much Is True
I Know This Much Is True 4.21 avg rating — 320,899 ratings
62.
Sabriel (Abhorsen, #1)
Sabriel (Abhorsen, #1)
by: Garth Nix
4.17 avg rating — 215,922 ratings
63.
Alias Grace
Alias Grace 4.04 avg rating — 153,238 ratings
64.
Disgrace
Disgrace 3.86 avg rating — 114,190 ratings
65.
Trainspotting (Mark Renton, #2)
Trainspotting (Mark Renton, #2) 4.11 avg rating — 174,898 ratings
66.
American Pastoral
American Pastoral 3.95 avg rating — 86,062 ratings
67.
The Eye of the World (The Wheel of Time, #1)
The Eye of the World (The Wheel of Time, #1) 4.19 avg rating — 575,701 ratings
68.
Corelli’s Mandolin
Corelli’s Mandolin 4.03 avg rating — 91,609 ratings
69.
Smilla's Sense of Snow
Smilla's Sense of Snow 3.73 avg rating — 51,267 ratings
70.
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China 4.30 avg rating — 120,266 ratings
71.
The Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials, #3)
The Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials, #3) 4.11 avg rating — 376,601 ratings
72.
Snow Crash
Snow Crash 4.01 avg rating — 293,440 ratings
73.
A Walk to Remember
A Walk to Remember 4.20 avg rating — 837,827 ratings
74.
Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began (Maus, #2)
Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began (Maus, #2) 4.42 avg rating — 156,013 ratings
75.
A Thousand Acres
A Thousand Acres 3.82 avg rating — 71,366 ratings
76.
The Kitchen God's Wife
The Kitchen God's Wife
by: Amy Tan
4.04 avg rating — 87,066 ratings
77.
Chocolat (Chocolat, #1)
Chocolat (Chocolat, #1) 3.96 avg rating — 129,678 ratings
78.
Brokeback Mountain
Brokeback Mountain 4.02 avg rating — 49,918 ratings
79.
About a Boy
About a Boy 3.80 avg rating — 140,009 ratings
80.
The Pelican Brief
The Pelican Brief 4.06 avg rating — 442,602 ratings
81.
Where the Heart Is
Where the Heart Is 4.04 avg rating — 251,777 ratings
82.
Naked
Naked 4.10 avg rating — 271,048 ratings
83.
Timeline
Timeline 3.87 avg rating — 214,262 ratings
84.
Cryptonomicon
Cryptonomicon 4.23 avg rating — 115,692 ratings
85.
L.A. Confidential (L.A. Quartet, #3)
L.A. Confidential (L.A. Quartet, #3) 4.18 avg rating — 35,726 ratings
86.
Notes from a Small Island
Notes from a Small Island 3.92 avg rating — 117,831 ratings
87.
Insomnia
Insomnia 3.84 avg rating — 165,072 ratings
88.
A Widow for One Year
A Widow for One Year 3.77 avg rating — 64,054 ratings
89.
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
by: Avi
3.86 avg rating — 87,616 ratings
90.
Regeneration (Regeneration, #1)
Regeneration (Regeneration, #1) 4.02 avg rating — 33,022 ratings
91.
Daughter of the Forest (Sevenwaters, #1)
Daughter of the Forest (Sevenwaters, #1) 4.29 avg rating — 69,721 ratings
92.
The Client
The Client 4.06 avg rating — 458,500 ratings
93.
Dragonfly in Amber (Outlander, #2)
Dragonfly in Amber (Outlander, #2) 4.34 avg rating — 378,205 ratings
94.
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (Bridget Jones, #2)
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (Bridget Jones, #2) 3.63 avg rating — 114,917 ratings
95.
The Tortilla Curtain
The Tortilla Curtain 3.66 avg rating — 34,020 ratings
96.
Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat (Calvin and Hobbes, #9)
Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat (Calvin and Hobbes, #9) 4.69 avg rating — 20,369 ratings
97.
One for the Money (Stephanie Plum, #1)
One for the Money (Stephanie Plum, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 573,246 ratings
98.
The Beach
The Beach 3.98 avg rating — 94,552 ratings
99.
We Were the Mulvaneys
We Were the Mulvaneys 3.75 avg rating — 104,194 ratings
100.
Underworld
Underworld 3.95 avg rating — 33,124 ratings
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