The Fault in Our Stars by John GreenGone Girl by Gillian FlynnMe Before You by Jojo MoyesEleanor & Park by Rainbow RowellRoom by Emma Donoghue
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,701 books — 14,262 voters

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyLooking for Alaska by John GreenIf I Stay by Gayle FormanGo Ask Alice by Beatrice Sparks
Best Teen Books About Real Problems
2,993 books — 12,441 voters
The Fault in Our Stars by John GreenThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyLooking for Alaska by John GreenIf I Stay by Gayle FormanPaper Towns by John Green
Best Young Adult Realistic Novels
2,688 books — 12,187 voters

All the Bright Places by Jennifer NivenI Was Here by Gayle FormanSaint Anything by Sarah DessenThe Last Time We Say Goodbye by Cynthia HandEmmy & Oliver by Robin Benway
2015 Contemporary YA
323 books — 1,302 voters
Everything, Everything by Nicola YoonAll the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven
YA Debuts 2015
440 books — 3,094 voters

Dewey by Vicki MyronHomer's Odyssey by Gwen CooperMaking Rounds with Oscar by David DosaLove Saves the Day by Gwen Cooper
Great Cat Books
1,581 books — 949 voters
The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins GilmanThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Fifth Child by Doris Lessing
Books I Read At University/College
1,010 books — 142 voters

One Day by David Nicholls
Contemporary British Novels
507 books — 389 voters
Homer's Odyssey by Gwen CooperDewey by Vicki MyronMaking Rounds with Oscar by David DosaLove Saves the Day by Gwen Cooper
Animal Memoirs
398 books — 223 voters

One Day by David Nicholls
Best Chick-Lit I've Ever Read
1,490 books — 2,694 voters
American Psycho by Bret Easton EllisThe Jungle by Upton Sinclair
Most Disturbing Books
253 books — 240 voters

Running with Scissors by Augusten BurroughsThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsMe Talk Pretty One Day by David SedarisDress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David SedarisLook Me in the Eye by John Elder Robison
Best Strange and Twisted Memoirs
717 books — 1,066 voters
My Sister's Keeper by Jodi PicoultThe Notebook by Nicholas SparksWe Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel ShriverThe Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldThe Pact by Jodi Picoult
Books That Made You Cry
1,606 books — 3,282 voters

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Campus Days
401 books — 298 voters

Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. SeussA Piece of Cake by Cupcake Brown
Food on the Cover
1,352 books — 433 voters
Blink by Malcolm Gladwell
Greatest Psychology Books
794 books — 1,332 voters

Nineteen Minutes by Jodi PicoultShutter Island by Dennis LehaneMy Sister's Keeper by Jodi PicoultThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniPlain Truth by Jodi Picoult
Best Twists
8,417 books — 9,168 voters
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodGirl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen
Best Female Lead Characters
4,874 books — 5,920 voters

Me Talk Pretty One Day by David SedarisDress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David SedarisRunning with Scissors by Augusten BurroughsWhen You Are Engulfed in Flames by David SedarisNaked by David Sedaris
Humorous Memoirs and Non-Fiction
953 books — 1,308 voters

Anne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryAre You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy BlumeForever... by Judy BlumeLittle Women by Louisa May Alcott
Best Young Adult Books
13,159 books — 80,230 voters
Twilight by Stephenie MeyerLife of Pi by Yann MartelThe Almost Moon by Alice SeboldThe Shack by William Paul Young
Disappointing Books
2,730 books — 4,600 voters

Night by Elie WieselThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankUnder the Banner of Heaven by Jon KrakauerThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsInto Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
Must Read Non-Fiction
5,289 books — 4,506 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankNight by Elie WieselThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
Books That Changed My World
3,289 books — 3,259 voters

Summer Sisters by Judy BlumeThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Last Summer of You and Me by Ann BrasharesSnow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
Best Adult Female Friendship Books
704 books — 1,190 voters

Little Bee by Chris CleaveThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyWater for Elephants by Sara Gruen
You Want to Read in 2010
1,079 books — 1,974 voters
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Red Tent by Anita DiamantSnow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
Best Historical Fiction
7,553 books — 25,764 voters


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