The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Giver by Lois LowryDivergent by Veronica RothEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardDelirium by Lauren Oliver
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,768 books — 26,025 voters
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerTimeline by Michael Crichton
Best Time Travel Fiction
1,981 books — 5,259 voters

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingTwilight by Stephenie MeyerThe Giver by Lois LowryTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Best Young Adult Books
13,133 books — 80,201 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie FlaggThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark TwainBastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison
Best Southern Literature
1,344 books — 2,573 voters

Insurgent by Veronica Roth
Best Books of 2012
3,523 books — 9,198 voters
The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison AllenGarden Spells by Sarah Addison AllenFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie FlaggThe Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison AllenThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
Quirky Southern Fiction
969 books — 1,894 voters

Delirium by Lauren OliverBossypants by Tina FeyThe Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison Allen
Best Books of 2011
2,669 books — 6,702 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsTwilight by Stephenie MeyerHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingThe Host by Stephenie Meyer
Couldn't Put The Book Down
17,063 books — 16,920 voters

The Complete Novels by Jane AustenItalian Folktales by Italo Calvino
What To Read Next
20,553 books — 24,403 voters
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferThe Host by Stephenie MeyerI Was Told There'd Be Cake by Sloane CrosleyBreaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
Best Books of 2008
1,644 books — 6,778 voters

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran FoerThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingWater for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,187 books — 28,371 voters
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverTwilight by Stephenie MeyerThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Best Books Ever
76,714 books — 285,307 voters