Me Talk Pretty One Day by David SedarisA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonThe Essential Calvin and Hobbes by Bill WattersonOne for the Money by Janet EvanovichGreen Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
Best Humorous Books
4,355 books — 7,966 voters
The Help by Kathryn StockettThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonSarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
Smart Summer Reads
13,064 books — 10,941 voters

Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay AsherThe Help by Kathryn StockettRoom by Emma Donoghue
TO DIE FOR 2000 - 2015 STAND-ALONES
1,978 books — 5,350 voters
The Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Books for and About Activists
323 books — 306 voters

The Minister's Daughter by Julie Hearn
The United States of Teen Fiction
360 books — 196 voters
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerWhere the Sidewalk Ends by Shel SilversteinThe Help by Kathryn Stockett
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,996 books — 121,450 voters

Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
2012 Young Adult Standalone Challenge
242 books — 822 voters
Geography Club by Brent HartingerThe Order of the Poison Oak by Brent HartingerRainbow Boys by Alex   SanchezLuna by Julie Anne Peters
LGBT Youth Literature
135 books — 76 voters

And Tango Makes Three by Justin RichardsonThe Family Book by Todd ParrIt's Okay To Be Different by Todd ParrThe Sissy Duckling by Harvey FiersteinFamilies by Michael Willhoite
LGBTQ Children's Literature
375 books — 270 voters
Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. SeussGoodnight Moon by Margaret Wise BrownWhere the Sidewalk Ends by Shel SilversteinAlexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith ViorstAre You My Mother? by P.D. Eastman
Best Children's Books
5,334 books — 6,719 voters

The Help by Kathryn StockettThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonSarah's Key by Tatiana de RosnayPeople of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
Best for Book Clubs
15,050 books — 18,943 voters
The Giver by Lois LowryStargirl by Jerry Spinelli
Middle School Book List
1,079 books — 664 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Giver by Lois LowryStargirl by Jerry SpinelliThirteen Reasons Why by Jay AsherHoot by Carl Hiaasen
Best Young Adult Fiction
3,600 books — 6,916 voters
Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson HaddixThirteen Reasons Why by Jay AsherThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakAthletic Shorts by Chris Crutcher
Coolest YA Books
382 books — 199 voters

The Lorax by Dr. SeussThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerWhere the Sidewalk Ends by Shel SilversteinAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieThe Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams Bianco
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,886 books — 49,785 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonThe Historian by Elizabeth KostovaThe Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,187 books — 28,371 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakElsewhere by Gabrielle ZevinThe Giver by Lois Lowry13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson
The Bookworms' Picks
45 books — 11 voters

The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer
New Children's Classics
374 books — 517 voters
The Help by Kathryn StockettThirteen Reasons Why by Jay AsherThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Best Break Out
2,127 books — 3,974 voters

Luna by Julie Anne PetersRainbow Boys by Alex   SanchezGetting It by Alex   SanchezThe Year of Ice by Brian Malloy
Best GLBT books for teens
366 books — 439 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakStargirl by Jerry SpinelliSabriel by Garth NixAlanna by Tamora PierceThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Best Young Adult Books
13,155 books — 80,228 voters


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