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Strange the Dreamer by Laini TaylorThe Hate U Give by Angie ThomasA Conjuring of Light by V.E. SchwabNow I Rise by Kiersten WhiteTower of Dawn by Sarah J. Maas
Best Books of 2017
1,732 books — 3,080 voters
The Pox Party by M.T. AndersonA Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba BrayRevolver by Marcus SedgwickLeviathan by Scott WesterfeldThe Ruby in the Smoke by Philip Pullman
Teen Historical Fiction
1,508 books — 3,276 voters

Winter of the World by Ken FollettLeviathan by Scott WesterfeldSaving the World by Julia AlvarezThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
Best Historical Fiction
8,038 books — 26,712 voters
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanLeviathan by Scott WesterfeldUglies by Scott WesterfeldThe Last Dragonslayer by Jasper Fforde
YA Books Better Than Twilight
639 books — 449 voters

Leviathan by Scott WesterfeldThe Pox Party by M.T. AndersonDark Triumph by Robin LaFeversA Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba BrayPeter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry
Teen Historical Novels
1,006 books — 1,398 voters
Good Omens by Terry PratchettJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeThe Raven Boys by Maggie StiefvaterMoon Called by Patricia BriggsRot & Ruin by Jonathan Maberry
The Best Urban Fantasy
4,345 books — 12,845 voters

Tiffany Aching 4-Book Collection by Terry PratchettDead Witch Walking by Kim HarrisonI Am Alice by Joseph DelaneyGood Omens by Terry Pratchett
Best Books Featuring Witches
766 books — 821 voters
The Color of Magic by Terry PratchettArtemis Fowl by Eoin ColferDead Witch Walking by Kim HarrisonNeverwhere by Neil GaimanSoulless by Gail Carriger
Most Interesting Magic System
2,721 books — 8,930 voters

Veganomicon by Isa Chandra MoskowitzVegan Yum Yum by Lauren UlmVegan A Go-Go! by Sarah KramerHow It All Vegan! by Tanya BarnardVegan Brunch by Isa Chandra Moskowitz
Best Vegan Cookbooks
293 books — 388 voters
The Wee Free Men by Terry PratchettPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenLeviathan by Scott WesterfeldUglies by Scott WesterfeldJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
EVERY TEEN GIRL SHOULD READ
47 books — 17 voters

The Wee Free Men by Terry PratchettThe Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own M... by Catherynne M. ValenteMagyk by Angie SageCoraline by Neil GaimanThe Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
Best Pre Teen Female Fantasy Novels
834 books — 1,151 voters
Lolita by Vladimir NabokovThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville
Is It Just Me? Books You Disliked That Everyone Else Seems To Love
2,064 books — 2,686 voters

Evermore by Alyson Noel
Books You Wish You Hadn't Wasted Your Time On
331 books — 77 voters
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardUglies by Scott WesterfeldThe War of the Worlds by H.G. WellsForgive Me, Leonard Peacock by Matthew QuickThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Best Intro to Science Fiction for Young Readers
1,458 books — 1,760 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett
The Most Comforting Books (The Literary Version of Bread Pudding)
1,298 books — 931 voters
Evermore by Alyson NoelMarked by P.C. CastTwilight by Stephenie MeyerAtonement by Ian McEwanThe Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
Characters you just want to smack
468 books — 297 voters

Soulless by Gail CarrigerLeviathan by Scott Westerfeld
Best Steampunk Books
1,302 books — 4,141 voters
Meat Market by Erik MarcusMaking A Killing by Bob TorresVeganomicon by Isa Chandra MoskowitzVegan by Erik MarcusVegan Freak by Bob Torres
Books for Vegans, Vegetarians, and those interested in Animal Rights
478 books — 527 voters

Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
Series I Want to Read
710 books — 608 voters
The Gilda Stories by Jewelle GomezThe Kingdom on the Waves by M.T. AndersonThe Pox Party by M.T. AndersonKindred by Octavia E. ButlerBeloved by Toni Morrison
Best Black Historical Fiction
345 books — 356 voters

The Fifth Sacred Thing by StarhawkAlmanac of the Dead by Leslie Marmon SilkoCeremony by Leslie Marmon SilkoSolar Storms by Linda HoganLove Medicine by Louise Erdrich
Native American Fiction
843 books — 642 voters
2666 by Roberto BolañoGetting Home Alive by Aurora Levins MoralesAmerica's Dream by Esmeralda SantiagoRemedios by Aurora Levins MoralesAlways Running by Luis J. Rodríguez
Latin American Fiction
904 books — 1,228 voters

Evermore by Alyson Noel
Most pathetic heroine EVER
329 books — 423 voters