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Fire by Kristin CashoreThe Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie RyanTales of the Madman Underground by John BarnesCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsWhen You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
YALSA 2010 Best Books for Young Adults
90 books — 345 voters
On the Jellicoe Road by Melina MarchettaThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakStolen by Lucy ChristopherFinnikin of the Rock by Melina MarchettaTomorrow, When the War Began by John Marsden
Best Australian YA Books
364 books — 518 voters

Into the Wild by Jon KrakauerWhite Fang by Jack LondonThe Call of the Wild by Jack LondonA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonThe Cactus Eaters by Dan White
Tales of Adventure
516 books — 477 voters
The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinleyHis Dark Materials by Philip PullmanThe Book of Three by Lloyd AlexanderThe Blue Sword by Robin McKinley
Best "Strong Female" Fantasy Novels
4,848 books — 19,114 voters

Cunt by Inga MuscioManifesta by Jennifer BaumgardnerThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodNative Tongue by Suzette Haden ElginThe Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Best Feminist Books
2,944 books — 4,273 voters
Speak by Laurie Halse AndersonThe Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. LockhartThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
MPPL's YA "Express Yourself" Summer Reading 2009
51 books — 62 voters

1984 by George OrwellThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Giver by Lois Lowry
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
4,039 books — 26,780 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Blind Assassin by Margaret AtwoodThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanTess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
Best Female Lead Characters
4,899 books — 6,032 voters

The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
Booker Prize Winners
62 books — 2,002 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverAnimal Farm by George OrwellJude the Obscure by Thomas HardyUncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Literature of Social Change
435 books — 314 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins1984 by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Giver by Lois Lowry
Dystopia!
1,244 books — 2,814 voters
The Dead-Tossed Waves by Carrie Ryan
2010 YA novels (part 2)
130 books — 280 voters

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Writers who committed suicide
538 books — 291 voters
Watchmen by Alan MooreThe Complete Maus by Art SpiegelmanThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiOne Hundred Demons by Lynda Barry
Best Graphic Novels
3,502 books — 6,792 voters

The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers
Books on Loneliness
516 books — 497 voters
Charlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisMatilda by Roald DahlA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
Favorite books from my childhood
4,516 books — 7,702 voters

The Giver by Lois LowrySloppy Firsts by Megan McCaffertyAngus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison
Must Read YA Fiction!
2,006 books — 2,872 voters
The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,337 books — 8,175 voters

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Best Feminist Fiction
1,546 books — 2,775 voters