The Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanSpeak by Laurie Halse Anderson
Best Young Adult Books
13,125 books — 80,193 voters
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice SendakWhere the Sidewalk Ends by Shel SilversteinRamona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly ClearyAmelia Bedelia by Peggy ParishThe Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
Favorite books from my childhood
4,420 books — 7,431 voters

His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
Best Fantasy Series, Trilogies, and Duologies
2,085 books — 11,753 voters
Snow Crash by Neal StephensonDune by Frank HerbertA Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.The Diamond Age by Neal StephensonOryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,481 books — 24,749 voters

Wuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathLolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Best Books Ever
76,701 books — 285,020 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Classics
218 books — 59 voters