A Door Into Ocean by Joan SlonczewskiOryx and Crake by Margaret AtwoodBlood Red Road by Moira Young
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,980 books — 26,591 voters
Written on the Body by Jeanette WintersonA Door Into Ocean by Joan SlonczewskiBeloved by Toni MorrisonTracks by Louise ErdrichGeek Love by Katherine Dunn
Best Books by Female Authors
1,370 books — 471 voters

Coraline by Neil GaimanAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettOliver Twist by Charles Dickens
Best Young Adult Books
13,193 books — 80,430 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Vagina Monologues by V (formerly Eve Ensler)Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenFun Home by Alison Bechdel
Jezebel's Books All Women Should Read
784 books — 1,401 voters

Oryx and Crake by Margaret AtwoodThe War of the Worlds by H.G. WellsThe Year of the Flood by Margaret AtwoodThe Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le GuinAnthem by Ayn Rand
Apocalypse: It's Over, Dude.
626 books — 775 voters