Over the past decade we spent more time online than ever before. We started watching television on the Internet, thanks to the advent of streaming services, and social media took over our lives. But somehow, the sacred act of cracking open a good book endured. Thrillers, memoirs, and novels like Gone Girl, Becoming, and Americanah didn't just command our attention (and help us avoid the latest terrible push alert, at least for an hour or two), but also helped us envision other worlds.

To revisit the best books of the decade—listed below in no particular order—we called upon some of the most voracious readers we know: Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi, co-host of TODAY with Hoda & Jenna Jenna Bush Hager, U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo, New York Times bestselling author Brit Bennett, actor Emma Roberts (and her book club cofounder Karah Press), and some of the best readers on Glamour's staff. Read on for their selections.