To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane Austen1984 by George OrwellJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëLord of the Flies by William Golding
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
1,338 books — 5,929 voters
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasThe Three Musketeers by Alexandre DumasAtlas Shrugged by Ayn RandThe Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor HugoThe Once and Future King by T.H. White
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,876 books — 7,000 voters

Roots by Alex HaleyThe First Man in Rome by Colleen McCulloughThe Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel
Best Historical Fiction
7,981 books — 26,507 voters
The Outsiders by S.E. HintonSpeak by Laurie Halse AndersonGo Ask Alice by Beatrice SparksAre You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
Best Young Adult Books
13,247 books — 80,524 voters

From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. KonigsburgWalk Two Moons by Sharon CreechCaddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie BrinkThe Midwife's Apprentice by Karen CushmanRoll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
The Most Deserving Newbery
136 books — 3,034 voters