Charlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteThe Long Winter by Laura Ingalls WilderCaddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie BrinkBy the Shores of Silver Lake by Laura Ingalls WilderOn the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Best Newberry Award Winner
40 books — 7 voters
The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCulloughA Town Like Alice by Nevil ShutePicnic at Hanging Rock by Joan LindsayThe Secret River by Kate GrenvilleThe Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman
Historical fiction: Australia
227 books — 108 voters

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Around the World One Book from Each Country
1,092 books — 984 voters
The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCulloughA Town Like Alice by Nevil ShuteTomorrow, When the War Began by John MarsdenCloudstreet by Tim WintonIn a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson
Best Books Set in Australia
1,071 books — 591 voters

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
Best Historical Fiction
7,797 books — 26,093 voters