Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonThe Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
Best African American Books
1,043 books — 1,139 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
3,450 books — 6,766 voters

Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
Books About Paris
718 books — 571 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
7,189 books — 28,369 voters
The Body Finder by Kimberly DertingDesires of the Dead by Kimberly Derting
Best YA Spy/Mystery Novels
626 books — 1,620 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
1,499 books — 2,673 voters

Briar Rose by Jane YolenWicked by Gregory MaguireDust City by Robert Paul Weston
The Best Fairytales and Retellings
2,797 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 — 1,399 voters
The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
The Most Influential Books
1,461 books — 5,285 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
2,896 books — 2,040 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
1,888 books — 11,249 voters

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Best Books Ever
76,467 books — 284,446 voters
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Best Young Adult Books
13,113 books — 80,184 voters

The Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Best Feminist Books
2,545 books — 3,540 voters
The Walking Dead, Vol. 1 by Robert KirkmanThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Required Reading Graphic Novels
1,173 books — 2,013 voters

Harry Potter Series Box Set by J.K. Rowling
The Best Omnibuses and Box Sets
671 books — 1,502 voters
Harry Potter Series Box Set by J.K. Rowling
Series Reading List
1,432 books — 2,977 voters

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe NumeroffRamona the Pest by Beverly Cleary
Best Children's Books
5,312 books — 6,710 voters

Rosemary’s Baby by Ira LevinCarrie by Stephen  King
Best Horror Novels
2,085 books — 5,452 voters
Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John GreenMiddlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Best Gay Fiction
2,664 books — 3,868 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Giver by Lois Lowry
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,759 books — 25,993 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!
1,666 books — 4,317 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
3,596 books — 6,912 voters