Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Giver by Lois LowryLord of the Flies by William GoldingNever Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
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3,825 books — 26,072 voters
The Outsiders by S.E. HintonAre You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy BlumeA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty  Smith
Best Coming of Age Stories
1,305 books — 1,135 voters

Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James
The Worst Books of All Time
8,096 books — 19,874 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckBeloved by Toni Morrison
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,886 books — 49,784 voters

The Outsiders by S.E. HintonThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakStargirl by Jerry SpinelliAre You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy BlumeThe Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Best Young Adult Books
13,155 books — 80,229 voters
Mary Poppins by P.L. TraversThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
What Book Would You Like To Live In?
8,743 books — 8,912 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeOf Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Best Books Ever
77,030 books — 286,648 voters
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Books That Should Be Made Into Movies
32,354 books — 69,151 voters

The Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsPersepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Best Strange and Twisted Memoirs
717 books — 1,066 voters
High Fidelity by Nick Hornby
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,134 books — 10,099 voters

L.A. Candy by Lauren Conrad
Who Let These People Write a Book?
737 books — 971 voters
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David SedarisBossypants by Tina FeyIs Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy KalingThe Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
Best Humorous Books
4,355 books — 7,965 voters

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Best Books of 2008
1,643 books — 6,776 voters
Holes by Louis SacharBeloved by Toni Morrison
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,563 books — 18,683 voters

The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddMe Talk Pretty One Day by David SedarisThe Graveyard Book by Neil GaimanThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsLove Is a Mix Tape by Rob Sheffield
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,187 books — 28,370 voters