The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsTwilight by Stephenie MeyerEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertThree Cups of Tea by Greg MortensonReading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,189 books — 28,370 voters
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingTwilight by Stephenie MeyerThe Giver by Lois LowryThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Best Young Adult Books
13,114 books — 80,182 voters

Steel Magnolias by Robert  HarlingBeyond the Horizon by Eugene O'Neill
Best American Plays
250 books — 367 voters
The Color Purple by Alice WalkerTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonThe Notebook by Nicholas SparksThe Awakening by Kate Chopin
Best Southern Literature
1,343 books — 2,574 voters

The Giver by Lois LowryThe Good Earth by Pearl S. BuckI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou1984 by George OrwellHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,899 books — 49,787 voters