Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson RawlsThe Giving Tree by Shel SilversteinThe Waste Land by T.S. Eliot
Most Depressing Book of All Time
1,232 books — 3,913 voters
Fire by Kristin CashoreThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanThe Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleDaughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor
Most Interesting Magic System
2,650 books — 8,769 voters

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerWhere the Red Fern Grows by Wilson RawlsOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckThe Amber Spyglass by Philip PullmanHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
Books that Made You Cry!
3,357 books — 7,955 voters
Sloppy Firsts by Megan McCaffertyThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanAlanna by Tamora PierceThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Best Feminist Young Adult Books
1,320 books — 1,341 voters

War for the Oaks by Emma Bull
The Best Urban Fantasy
4,409 books — 12,559 voters
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
Top 100 New Classics
262 books — 417 voters

Sloppy Firsts by Megan McCaffertyHope Was Here by Joan Bauer
Best Chick-Lit I've Ever Read
1,488 books — 2,692 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Best Books Ever
76,541 books — 284,704 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,698 books — 120,574 voters
Winter's Tale by Mark Helprin
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,899 books — 49,785 voters