The Impossible Knife of Memory by Laurie Halse Anderson
2014 National Book Awards Longlist
40 books — 75 voters
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeJ.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set by J.R.R. TolkienQuo Vadis by Henryk SienkiewiczThe Complete Stories and Poems by Edgar Allan Poe
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76,514 books — 284,586 voters

The Giver by Lois LowryThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Wonderful Dystopian YA Novels
102 books — 170 voters
Son by Lois Lowry
YA Dystopia Novels
1,888 books — 11,249 voters

The Holy Bible by AnonymousTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
100 Books to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
15,359 books — 17,614 voters
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Complete Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,899 books — 49,785 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsMockingjay by Suzanne CollinsThe Fault in Our Stars by John GreenThe Help by Kathryn Stockett
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,828 books — 21,998 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienThe Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar WildeThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank BaumThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
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716 books — 294 voters