Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr.Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice SendakThe Lorax by Dr. SeussThere's a Wocket in My Pocket! by Dr. SeussGoodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site by Sherri Duskey Rinker
Best Children's Books
5,399 books — 6,988 voters
Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site by Sherri Duskey RinkerBear Snores On by Karma WilsonBrown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr.Dear Zoo by Rod CampbellGood Night, Gorilla by Peggy Rathmann
Best Toddler Books
559 books — 417 voters

Lord of the Flies by William GoldingMy Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead GeorgeHatchet by Gary PaulsenNight by Elie WieselInto Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
Best Survival Stories
1,185 books — 1,673 voters
The Stand by Stephen  KingA Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.Oryx and Crake by Margaret AtwoodThe Postman by David BrinThe Waste Lands by Stephen  King
Best Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
1,289 books — 3,472 voters

Hamlet by William ShakespeareMacbeth by William ShakespeareOthello by William ShakespeareMuch Ado About Nothing by William ShakespeareRichard III by William Shakespeare
Best of William Shakespeare
106 books — 1,247 voters
Ceremony by Leslie Marmon SilkoIndian Killer by Sherman AlexieReservation Blues by Sherman AlexieThe Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven by Sherman Alexie
Native American Writers
72 books — 33 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeStardust by Neil Gaiman
Books Made into Movies
1,112 books — 453 voters
The Stand by Stephen  KingThe Gunslinger by Stephen  KingWizard and Glass by Stephen  KingSkeleton Crew by Stephen  KingThe Waste Lands by Stephen  King
Best of Stephen King
190 books — 3,890 voters

Watchmen by Alan MooreV for Vendetta by Alan Moore
Best Graphic Novels
3,475 books — 6,783 voters
Empire Falls by Richard RussoMiddlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesOryx and Crake by Margaret AtwoodAtonement by Ian McEwanReservation Blues by Sherman Alexie
Best for Book Clubs
15,396 books — 19,727 voters