Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonThe Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
Best African American Books
1,056 books — 1,157 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
3,457 books — 6,780 voters

Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
Books About Paris
724 books — 576 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
7,215 books — 28,375 voters
The Body Finder by Kimberly DertingDesires of the Dead by Kimberly Derting
Best YA Spy/Mystery Novels
642 books — 1,634 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Best Feminist Young Adult Books
1,326 books — 1,346 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Best Feminist Fiction
1,525 books — 2,691 voters

Briar Rose by Jane YolenWicked by Gregory MaguireDust City by Robert Paul Weston
The Best Fairytales and Retellings
2,846 books — 9,208 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
782 books — 1,400 voters
The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
The Most Influential Books
1,496 books — 5,302 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
2,917 books — 2,068 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
2,004 books — 11,520 voters

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Best Books Ever
78,360 books — 292,147 voters
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Best Young Adult Books
13,218 books — 80,486 voters

The Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Best Feminist Books
2,819 books — 3,975 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
672 books — 1,502 voters
Harry Potter Series Box Set by J.K. Rowling
Series Reading List
1,433 books — 2,974 voters

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe NumeroffRamona the Pest by Beverly Cleary
Best Children's Books
5,378 books — 6,979 voters

Rosemary’s Baby by Ira LevinCarrie by Stephen  King
Best Horror Novels
2,121 books — 5,512 voters
Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John  GreenMiddlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Best Gay Fiction
2,702 books — 3,916 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Giver by Lois Lowry
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,997 books — 26,656 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!
1,706 books — 4,360 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
3,611 books — 6,985 voters