Mere Christianity by C.S. LewisThe Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaThe Giving Tree by Shel SilversteinThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,899 books — 49,786 voters
The Giver by Lois LowryNumber the Stars by Lois LowryThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakHoles by Louis SacharThe House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer
Best Young Adult Books
13,133 books — 80,201 voters

1984 by George OrwellThe Giver by Lois LowryBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,768 books — 26,024 voters