The Sweet Gum Tree by Katherine Allred
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1,404 books — 3,956 voters
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What Happened to Goodbye by Sarah Dessen
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58 books — 135 voters

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniMy Sister's Keeper by Jodi PicoultThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddThe Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
Best for Book Clubs
14,993 books — 18,862 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
books with compelling young narrators
217 books — 176 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
the ultimate Heroine
436 books — 517 voters
Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson
Printz 2010
58 books — 246 voters

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Best Time Travel Fiction
2,002 books — 5,294 voters