Hollowland by Amanda HockingSignificance by Shelly CraneBeautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuireExistence by Abbi GlinesThe Fallen Star by Jessica Sorensen
Best Independent Novels
2,675 books — 3,694 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!
15,102 books — 16,965 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
14,509 books — 18,314 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
2,156 books — 6,268 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
3,731 books — 25,952 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
13,102 books — 80,159 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
1,237 books — 10,183 voters