The Giver by Lois Lowry
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,760 books — 25,997 voters
Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith
Best Historical Mystery
2,082 books — 4,543 voters

Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith
Russian/Soviet Historical Fiction
63 books — 95 voters
Freakonomics by Steven D. LevittThe Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,235 books — 8,066 voters

The Notebook by Nicholas SparksA Walk to Remember by Nicholas SparksThe Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Books that Made You Cry!
3,357 books — 7,952 voters
The Giver by Lois LowryBridge to Terabithia by Katherine PatersonWalk Two Moons by Sharon CreechRoll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. TaylorIsland of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
The Most Deserving Newbery
104 books — 2,989 voters

The Red Scarf by Kate Furnivall
Books with an interwoven love story
177 books — 131 voters
Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie KinsellaSomething Borrowed by Emily Giffin
Favorite Chick-Lit
2,398 books — 4,617 voters