The Midwife's Apprentice by Karen CushmanThe Giver by Lois LowryThe Higher Power of Lucky by Susan PatronNumber the Stars by Lois LowryThe Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
The Most Deserving Newbery
105 books — 2,991 voters

The Midwife's Apprentice by Karen CushmanThe View from Saturday by E.L. KonigsburgThe Graveyard Book by Neil GaimanOut of the Dust by Karen HesseA Single Shard by Linda Sue Park
Newbery Medal Winner Books
104 books — 374 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe House of the Scorpion by Nancy FarmerLizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy by Gary D. Schmidt
Printz Award Winners and Honor Books
124 books — 967 voters

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,852 books — 21,809 voters
The Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan StroudThe Graveyard Book by Neil GaimanThe House of the Scorpion by Nancy FarmerThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsMatilda Bone by Karen Cushman
New Children's Classics
360 books — 441 voters

The House of the Scorpion by Nancy FarmerThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakShade's Children by Garth Nix
Best Stand Alone Young Adult Books
226 books — 308 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa GregoryMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Red Tent by Anita Diamant
Best Historical Fiction
7,274 books — 25,467 voters

How to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must) by Ann CoulterIf Democrats Had Any Brains, They'd Be Republicans by Ann CoulterSlander by Ann CoulterThe Way Things Ought to Be by Rush LimbaughTreason by Ann Coulter
Books I Have No Intention of Reading
1,637 books — 5,999 voters