A Child Called "It" by Dave PelzerNight by Elie WieselThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonGo Ask Alice by Beatrice Sparks
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,214 books — 11,337 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Giver by Lois LowryHoles by Louis SacharThe Outsiders by S.E. HintonA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Best Young Adult Books
13,114 books — 80,188 voters

The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëMy Sister's Keeper by Jodi PicoultRunning with Scissors by Augusten BurroughsStuart Little by E.B. White
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,561 books — 18,687 voters
The Giving Tree by Shel SilversteinWater for Elephants by Sara GruenA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Best Books Ever
76,572 books — 284,826 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëNight by Elie WieselThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniWhere the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,696 books — 120,661 voters

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniA Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
Best South Asian Fiction
735 books — 1,895 voters