The Shape-Changer's Wife by Sharon Shinn
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Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. ButlerThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsAlanna by Tamora PierceMatilda by Roald Dahl
Best Feminist Young Adult Books
1,320 books — 1,341 voters

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,444 books — 24,689 voters
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingHis Dark Materials by Philip PullmanThe Thief by Megan Whalen Turner
Best Fantasy Series, Trilogies, and Duologies
2,084 books — 11,741 voters

The Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanAmerican Gods by Neil Gaiman
Best Books About Mythology
1,395 books — 2,219 voters
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Giver by Lois LowryThe Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanThe Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
Best Young Adult Books
13,114 books — 80,184 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsNever Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroExpendable by James Alan GardnerBellwether by Connie WillisA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Best Science Fiction With a Female Protagonist
1,394 books — 2,823 voters
1984 by George Orwell
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,762 books — 26,000 voters

Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
The Best Urban Fantasy
4,409 books — 12,559 voters
Enchantment by Orson Scott CardElla Enchanted by Gail Carson LevineThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanStardust by Neil Gaiman
The Best Fairytales and Retellings
2,797 books — 9,155 voters

Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
14,851 books — 16,571 voters