Locked Down, Locked Out by Maya Schenwar
Prison Abolition
137 books — 50 voters
Lolita by Vladimir NabokovStory of the Eye by Georges BatailleAda, or Ardor by Vladimir Nabokov
Literary Smut
145 books — 107 voters

Amulet by Roberto Bolaño
Best New Directions Books
262 books — 179 voters

A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba BrayCarpe Diem by Autumn CornwellThe Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey EugenidesTender Morsels by Margo LanaganMatter by Iain M. Banks
Best Book Cover Art
12,378 books — 7,093 voters
In Youth is Pleasure & I Left My Grandfather’s House by Denton WelchMaiden Voyage by Denton Welch
Best Books About China
747 books — 587 voters

David Copperfield by Charles DickensDombey and Son by Charles DickensOliver Twist by Charles Dickens
Best of Charles Dickens
109 books — 258 voters
The Fish Can Sing by Halldór LaxnessThe Sagas of Icelanders by Jane SmileyIndependent People by Halldór LaxnessThe Ice Palace by Tarjei Vesaas
Best Scandinavian and Nordic Literature
1,210 books — 1,243 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsPaper Towns by John GreenThe Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
2009 Printz Contenders
59 books — 1,450 voters
The Bone Collector by Jeffery Deaver
Best Fiction With Disfigured/Disabled Leads
1,170 books — 1,058 voters

2666 by Roberto Bolaño
Thickest Books Ever
889 books — 2,487 voters
The Coffin Dancer by Jeffery Deaver
Best Plot Twist
408 books — 652 voters

Marcelo in the Real World by Francisco X. Stork
Printz 2010
58 books — 246 voters
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
2009 Newbery Contenders
75 books — 606 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Books Made into Movies
1,101 books — 448 voters
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollBridge to Terabithia by Katherine PatersonThe Origin of Species by Charles DarwinThe Holy Bible by Anonymous
Best Banned, Censored, and Challenged Books
924 books — 2,379 voters

The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
Books that Made You Cry!
3,357 books — 7,968 voters
The Lucifer Effect by Philip G. Zimbardo
Greatest Psychology Books
794 books — 1,331 voters