A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
Newbery 2012
147 books — 656 voters
A Monster Calls by Patrick NessOn the Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta
Books that Made You Cry!
3,357 books — 7,968 voters

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
15,126 books — 16,757 voters

The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks
Best Nicholas Sparks Books
23 books — 1,911 voters
Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren
Best Young Adult Books
13,145 books — 80,220 voters

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankMiddlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesWicked by Gregory MaguireSophie’s Choice by William Styron
I Should Probably Read This Sometime...
11,801 books — 10,433 voters
Prozac Nation by Elizabeth WurtzelThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsRunning with Scissors by Augusten BurroughsLucky by Alice SeboldName All the Animals by Alison         Smith
Favorite Memoirs/Autobiographies
2,121 books — 1,970 voters

Dreamland by Sarah DessenSpeak by Laurie Halse AndersonThirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
Best Teen Books About Real Problems
2,986 books — 12,436 voters
Sophie’s Choice by William StyronAngela’s Ashes by Frank McCourtThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThirteen Reasons Why by Jay AsherThe Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
Most Depressing Book of All Time
1,228 books — 3,918 voters

A Child Called "It" by Dave PelzerThirteen Reasons Why by Jay AsherBlackbird by Jennifer LauckThe Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldIsland of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
Saddest Books
485 books — 720 voters
Prozac Nation by Elizabeth WurtzelThe Almost Moon by Alice SeboldBreaking Dawn by Stephenie MeyerTwilight by Stephenie MeyerNew Moon by Stephenie Meyer
The Worst Books of All Time
8,096 books — 19,873 voters