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
1,318 books — 5,844 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
1,874 books — 6,995 voters

Roots by Alex HaleyThe First Man in Rome by Colleen McCulloughThe Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel
Best Historical Fiction
7,415 books — 25,598 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
13,095 books — 80,187 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
116 books — 2,999 voters