The Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanSpeak by Laurie Halse Anderson
Best Young Adult Books
13,235 books — 80,501 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
4,502 books — 7,687 voters

His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
Best Fantasy Series, Trilogies, and Duologies
2,206 books — 12,192 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
8,745 books — 25,697 voters

Wuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathLolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Best Books Ever
78,466 books — 292,439 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Classics
218 books — 59 voters