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 — 3,698 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!
15,573 books — 17,390 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
15,043 books — 18,929 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
2,171 books — 6,277 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
3,825 books — 26,072 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
13,155 books — 80,230 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
1,246 books — 10,178 voters