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
3,266 books — 11,597 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
13,238 books — 80,335 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
1,578 books — 18,686 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
77,774 books — 290,224 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
32,361 books — 123,404 voters

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniA Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
Best South Asian Fiction
753 books — 1,918 voters