Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonThe Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
Best African American Books
1,043 books — 1,140 voters
Castle Waiting, Vol. 1 by Linda MedleyThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiSaga, Volume 1 by Brian K. VaughanChew, Vol. 1 by John LaymanI Kill Giants by Joe Kelly
Best Graphic Novels
3,454 books — 6,777 voters

Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
Books About Paris
721 books — 573 voters

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. RowlingThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,187 books — 28,366 voters
The Body Finder by Kimberly DertingDesires of the Dead by Kimberly Derting
Best YA Spy/Mystery Novels
633 books — 1,625 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Best Feminist Young Adult Books
1,320 books — 1,341 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Best Feminist Fiction
1,502 books — 2,672 voters

Briar Rose by Jane YolenWicked by Gregory MaguireDust City by Robert Paul Weston
The Best Fairytales and Retellings
2,813 books — 9,156 voters
Please Ignore Vera Dietz by A.S. King
Printz 2011
27 books — 39 voters

Castle Waiting, Vol. 1 by Linda MedleyThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePersepolis by Marjane SatrapiThe Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
Jezebel's Books All Women Should Read
772 books — 1,400 voters
The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
The Most Influential Books
1,463 books — 5,291 voters

The Complete Stories by Flannery O'ConnorA Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O'ConnorThe Complete Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan DoyleEverything That Rises Must Converge by Flannery O'Connor
Collections of Short Stories
2,900 books — 2,043 voters
Wither by Lauren DeStefanoThe Giver by Lois LowryThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsGathering Blue by Lois LowryInside Out by Maria V. Snyder
YA Dystopia Novels
1,937 books — 11,328 voters

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Best Books Ever
77,147 books — 287,484 voters
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Best Young Adult Books
13,164 books — 80,255 voters

The Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Best Feminist Books
2,679 books — 3,635 voters
The Walking Dead, Vol. 1 by Robert KirkmanThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Required Reading Graphic Novels
1,175 books — 2,016 voters

Harry Potter Series Box Set by J.K. Rowling
The Best Omnibuses and Box Sets
671 books — 1,503 voters
Harry Potter Series Box Set by J.K. Rowling
Series Reading List
1,432 books — 2,974 voters

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe NumeroffRamona the Pest by Beverly Cleary
Best Children's Books
5,353 books — 6,733 voters

Rosemary’s Baby by Ira LevinCarrie by Stephen  King
Best Horror Novels
2,092 books — 5,467 voters
Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John GreenMiddlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Best Gay Fiction
2,675 books — 3,883 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Giver by Lois Lowry
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,855 books — 26,116 voters
The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie RyanThe Dead-Tossed Waves by Carrie RyanThe Walking Dead, Vol. 1 by Robert KirkmanRot & Ruin by Jonathan Maberry
Zombies!
1,677 books — 4,332 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsHarry Potter Series Box Set by J.K. RowlingSpeak by Laurie Halse AndersonThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Best Young Adult Fiction
3,601 books — 6,916 voters