Hollowland by Amanda HockingSignificance by Shelly CraneBeautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuireExistence by Abbi GlinesThe Fallen Star by Jessica Sorensen
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2,676 books — 3,701 voters
Hush, Hush by Becca FitzpatrickTwilight by Stephenie MeyerThe Dark Divine by Bree DespainNew Moon by Stephenie MeyerThe Host by Stephenie Meyer
Judge A Book By Its Cover!
15,741 books — 17,732 voters

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyNever Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroGone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Best for Book Clubs
15,221 books — 19,358 voters
The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienBridge to Terabithia by Katherine PatersonThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
What To Read After Harry Potter
2,210 books — 6,313 voters

1984 by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyDivergent by Veronica RothThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,927 books — 26,281 voters
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
Best Young Adult Books
13,239 books — 80,337 voters

Insurgent by Veronica RothThe Fault in Our Stars by John GreenCinder by Marissa MeyerBlack Dawn by Rachel CaineThrone of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
YA Novels of 2012
1,263 books — 10,185 voters