Speak by Laurie Halse AndersonThe Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Best Dark YA Books
200 books — 218 voters
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman AlexieThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey EugenidesEleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
Best Teen Books About Real Problems
2,996 books — 12,448 voters

1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
2012 Tournament of Books
16 books — 245 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
15,264 books — 16,995 voters

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Recommended Historical Fiction
3,721 books — 3,662 voters
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiNorwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
Best Japanese Books
774 books — 3,249 voters

A Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonInto the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Best Traveling Vicariously
2,144 books — 1,872 voters
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
ONE DAY Best Summer Reads
1,666 books — 5,986 voters

Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules by David Sedaris
Collections of Short Stories
2,900 books — 2,043 voters
Naked by David Sedaris
Best Book of Essays
403 books — 184 voters

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Couldn't Put The Book Down
17,241 books — 17,227 voters
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David SedarisDress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David SedarisWhen You Are Engulfed in Flames by David SedarisEats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne Truss
Humorous Memoirs and Non-Fiction
956 books — 1,379 voters

Night by Elie Wiesel
What To Read Next
20,710 books — 24,651 voters

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran FoerNight by Elie Wiesel
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,117 books — 122,094 voters
Water for Elephants by Sara GruenThe Road by Cormac McCarthy
Best Books Ever
77,214 books — 287,967 voters

Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine PatersonMy Sister's Keeper by Jodi PicoultNight by Elie WieselThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakWhere the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
Books That Made You Cry
1,606 books — 3,291 voters
Water for Elephants by Sara GruenThe Road by Cormac McCarthyThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakMy Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,185 books — 28,365 voters

The Secret by Rhonda Byrne
Books I Have No Intention of Reading
1,638 books — 5,990 voters