A Decade of Hit Books

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Cathy Willis (15 Lists)



The Fault in Our Stars by John GreenBomb by Steve SheinkinMoonbird by Phillip HooseWe've Got a Job by Cynthia Levinson
Newbery 2013
133 books — 1,296 voters
The Things a Brother Knows by Dana Reinhardt
Middle School Historical Fiction
2 books — 2 voters

Speak by Laurie Halse AndersonDrums, Girls & Dangerous Pie by Jordan SonnenblickAre You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy BlumeRunaway by Wendelin Van DraanenChinese Cinderella by Adeline Yen Mah
Best Teen Books About Real Problems
3,084 books — 12,512 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsMatched by Ally CondieUnwind by Neal ShustermanThe Maze Runner by James DashnerAmong the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix
YA Dystopia Novels
2,034 books — 11,592 voters

Insurgent by Veronica Roth
Best Books of 2012
3,517 books — 9,191 voters
Defiance by Valerie Hobbs
Books You've Read That Have Made You Weep
172 books — 97 voters

Speak by Laurie Halse AndersonMy Sister's Keeper by Jodi PicoultTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeTangerine by Edward Bloor
Best Real Life Young Adult Books
337 books — 140 voters
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales by Jon ScieszkaStone Soup by Marcia BrownThe Spider and the Fly by Mary Botham Howitt
Caldecott Honor Books
295 books — 238 voters

The Arrival by Shaun Tan
Wordless Picture Books
429 books — 394 voters
The Widow's Broom by Chris Van Allsburg
Best Halloween Picture Books
764 books — 606 voters

Water for Elephants by Sara GruenA Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Newton Peck
Most Depressing Book of All Time
1,231 books — 3,982 voters
Divergent by Veronica Roth
2010 Debut Authors (Young Adult & Middle Grade Literature)
288 books — 1,988 voters

The Maze Runner by James DashnerInsurgent by Veronica RothLegend by Marie LuThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsDivergent by Veronica Roth
Best Dystopian and Sci-fi Novel's
71 books — 46 voters
The Summer I Learned to Fly by Dana Reinhardt
YA & Children's Books Set in the San Francisco Bay Area
353 books — 82 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanThe Outsiders by S.E. HintonThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienStargirl by Jerry Spinelli
Top 100 Middle School Must-Reads
2,319 books — 3,832 voters