Graceling by Kristin CashoreAlanna by Tamora PierceSabriel by Garth NixThe Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Best "Strong Female" Fantasy Novels
4,498 books — 18,371 voters

The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff
Polygamist Cults
26 books — 72 voters

The Fault in Our Stars by John GreenWhy We Broke Up by Daniel Handler
2012 Young Adult Standalone Challenge
242 books — 822 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Giver by Lois LowryThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Road by Cormac McCarthy
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,775 books — 26,035 voters

The Name of the Star by Maureen Johnson
Best Book Covers 2011
743 books — 2,833 voters

The Giver by Lois LowryThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanSpeak by Laurie Halse AndersonIsland of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'DellBridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
Best Young Adult Books
13,138 books — 80,213 voters

Fire by Kristin CashoreWintergirls by Laurie Halse AndersonIf I Stay by Gayle FormanMarcelo in the Real World by Francisco X. StorkBlueberry Girl by Neil Gaiman
2009 MUST READS: Children's and YA
223 books — 765 voters