Redeployment by Phil KlayThe Yellow Birds by Kevin PowersBilly Lynn's Long Halftime Walk by Ben FountainThe Things They Carried by Tim O'BrienAll Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
War Lit
54 books — 12 voters

Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie PerkinsThe Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. SmithMeant to Be by Lauren Morrill
Adventures In YA
45 books — 77 voters
Where the Stars Still Shine by Trish DollerThe Fault in Our Stars by John  GreenEleanor & Park by Rainbow RowellAnna and the French Kiss by Stephanie PerkinsThe Sky Is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson
Best YA Books for Skeptics
36 books — 7 voters

Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie PerkinsThe Sky Is Everywhere by Jandy NelsonThe Fault in Our Stars by John  GreenThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyBefore I Fall by Lauren Oliver
Best Young Adult Realistic Novels
2,758 books — 12,231 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingA Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
100 Books to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
15,815 books — 18,412 voters

Wild by Cheryl StrayedThe Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson WalkerA Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer EganTenth of December by George SaundersMilk and Filth by Carmen Gimenez Smith
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,718 books — 14,333 voters
Brewster by Mark SloukaThe Death of Bees by Lisa O'DonnellGolden Boy by Abigail TarttelinHelp for the Haunted by John SearlesLexicon by Max Barry
Alex Award Winners 2014
10 books — 11 voters

Landline by Rainbow RowellBark by Lorrie MooreOff Course by Michelle HunevenIsla and the Happily Ever After by Stephanie PerkinsPanic by Lauren Oliver
Can't Wait Books of 2014
2,543 books — 15,363 voters
Tenth of December by George SaundersEleanor & Park by Rainbow RowellThe Interestings by Meg WolitzerThe Love Affairs of Nathaniel P. by Adelle WaldmanBobcat and Other Stories by Rebecca    Lee
NPR Best Books of 2013
138 books — 112 voters

The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P. by Adelle WaldmanPaper Valentine by Brenna YovanoffEleanor & Park by Rainbow RowellThe Interestings by Meg WolitzerBlue Plate Special by Kate Christensen
Fabulous Covers of 2013
47 books — 32 voters
The Sky Is Everywhere by Jandy NelsonSloppy Firsts by Megan McCaffertyBefore I Fall by Lauren OliverAnna and the French Kiss by Stephanie PerkinsEleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
Young Adult: Where to Start
85 books — 32 voters

Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar NafisiThe Polysyllabic Spree by Nick HornbyHousekeeping vs. the Dirt by Nick HornbyShakespeare Wrote for Money by Nick HornbyMore Baths, Less Talking by Nick Hornby
How To Read
140 books — 8 voters

The Dream of a Common Language by Adrienne RichThe Stranger Manual by Catie RosemurgyAll-American Poem by Matthew DickmanNew Addresses by Kenneth KochTell Me by Kim Addonizio
Reasons to Love Poetry
362 books — 223 voters
Backlash by Susan FaludiGender Trouble by Judith ButlerOf Woman Born by Adrienne RichThe Beauty Myth by Naomi WolfA Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf
Feminism!: A primer
93 books — 15 voters

Wild by Cheryl StrayedThe Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson WalkerTiny Beautiful Things by Cheryl StrayedThe Middlesteins by Jami AttenbergWhere'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
Best Books of 2012!
22 books — 4 voters
Tenth of December by George SaundersWhy We Never Talk About Sugar by Aubrey HirschIncarnadine by Mary SzybistOn Sal Mal Lane by Ru FreemanEleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
Best Books of 2013!
16 books — 3 voters


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