Cinder by Marissa MeyerElla Enchanted by Gail Carson LevinePrincess of Glass by Jessica Day GeorgeThe Captive Maiden by Melanie DickersonGeekerella by Ashley Poston
Cinderella Retellings
382 books — 311 voters
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom RiggsThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakGo the Fuck to Sleep by Adam MansbachThe Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own M... by Catherynne M. Valente
I Picked It Up Because of the Title
7,926 books — 2,083 voters

The Night Circus by Erin MorgensternStardust by Neil GaimanCoraline by Neil GaimanThe Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela CarterThe Book of Lost Things by John Connolly
Fairy Tales for Grown Children
323 books — 282 voters
Nefertiti by Michelle    MoranFlow Down Like Silver by Ki LongfellowRiver God by Wilbur SmithThe Heretic Queen by Michelle    MoranCleopatra's Daughter by Michelle    Moran
Best Books About Egypt
490 books — 573 voters

Cleopatra VII by Kristiana GregoryMarie Antoinette by Kathryn LaskyAnastasia by Carolyn MeyerElizabeth I by Kathryn LaskyThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Our favorite diary books
197 books — 122 voters

The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan AikenGone-Away Lake by Elizabeth EnrightEmily of New Moon by L.M. MontgomeryBallet Shoes by Noel StreatfeildJohnny Tremain by Esther Forbes
Forgotten Kids Books of Quality
953 books — 343 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsDivergent by Veronica RothThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodCinder by Marissa MeyerThe Host by Stephenie Meyer
Best Science Fiction With a Female Protagonist
1,390 books — 2,826 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsMy Dirty California by Jason MosbergDivergent by Veronica RothA List of Cages by Robin RoeAbove the Sky by J.W. Lynne
Best Books Set in Present Tense
131 books — 19 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsDivergent by Veronica RothMockingjay by Suzanne CollinsA List of Cages by Robin Roe
YA 1st Person Present Tense
151 books — 41 voters
Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel SilversteinA Light in the Attic by Shel SilversteinA Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis StevensonWhen We Were Very Young by A.A. MilneNow We Are Six by A.A. Milne
Best Children's Poetry Books
521 books — 375 voters


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