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 — 346 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
368 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
513 books — 474 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
4,447 books — 18,186 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
2,498 books — 3,505 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
3,732 books — 25,962 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
4,846 books — 5,874 voters

The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
Booker Prize Winners
60 books — 1,985 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
433 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!
1,218 books — 2,753 voters
The Dead-Tossed Waves by Carrie Ryan
2010 YA novels (part 2)
130 books — 283 voters

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Writers who committed suicide
456 books — 285 voters
Watchmen by Alan             MooreThe Complete Maus by Art SpiegelmanThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiOne Hundred Demons by Lynda Barry
Best Graphic Novels
3,456 books — 6,765 voters

The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers
Books on Loneliness
513 books — 495 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
4,414 books — 7,416 voters

The Giver by Lois LowrySloppy Firsts by Megan McCaffertyAngus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison
Must Read YA Fiction!
1,955 books — 2,864 voters
The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,227 books — 8,065 voters

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Best Feminist Fiction
1,504 books — 2,673 voters