The Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldAtonement by Ian McEwanExtremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran FoerThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,189 books — 28,380 voters

Forrest Gump by Winston GroomThe Devil Wears Prada by Lauren WeisbergerJumanji by Chris Van AllsburgThe Pursuit of Happyness by Chris GardnerElla Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
I Only Watched the Movie!
1,222 books — 6,121 voters
Girl, Interrupted by Susanna KaysenIt's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned VizziniThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonWintergirls by Laurie Halse AndersonThe Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
The Mind
436 books — 464 voters

1984 by George OrwellInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerLord of the Flies by William GoldingFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Best Page-Turners with Redeeming Social Value
8,060 books — 5,719 voters
Go Ask Alice by Beatrice SparksCrank by Ellen HopkinsGlass by Ellen HopkinsCut by Patricia McCormickLooking for Alaska by John Green
Substance Abuse & Addiction
717 books — 1,315 voters

1984 by George OrwellUglies by Scott WesterfeldUnwind by Neal ShustermanNever Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,734 books — 25,967 voters
Glass by Ellen HopkinsCrank by Ellen HopkinsGo Ask Alice by Beatrice Sparks
YA Drug & Substance Abuse Novels
87 books — 111 voters

Girl, Interrupted by Susanna KaysenWasted by Marya Hornbacher
Memoirs by Women
2,981 books — 3,010 voters
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyTolkien On Fairy-stories by J.R.R. TolkienThe Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,415 books — 119,707 voters

You Remind Me of You by Eireann CorriganWasted by Marya HornbacherSecond Star to the Right by Deborah HautzigWintergirls by Laurie Halse AndersonThe Best Little Girl in the World by Steven Levenkron
Best Eating Disorder Books
448 books — 995 voters
You Remind Me of You by Eireann CorriganCrank by Ellen HopkinsBurned by Ellen HopkinsGlass by Ellen HopkinsIdentical by Ellen Hopkins
YA Novels in Verse
288 books — 314 voters

Speak by Laurie Halse AndersonThe Fault in Our Stars by John GreenGo Ask Alice by Beatrice SparksHoles by Louis SacharThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Best Young Adult Books
13,116 books — 80,165 voters
Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best Books Ever
75,963 books — 281,992 voters