The Giver by Lois Lowry
Best Young Adult Books
13,155 books — 80,229 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakHotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
Best Historical Fiction
7,527 books — 25,722 voters

The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
Best South Asian Fiction
744 books — 1,907 voters
The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth SteinBlack Beauty by Anna Sewell
Best Animal-Themed Books
614 books — 488 voters

Night by Elie WieselMy Stroke of Insight by Jill Bolte Taylor
Favorite Memoirs/Autobiographies
2,129 books — 1,975 voters
Freedom from the Known by J. KrishnamurtiThe Power of Now by Eckhart TolleA New Earth by Eckhart TolleMeditation Now by S.N. GoenkaMany Lives, Many Masters by Brian L. Weiss
Best Spiritual Books
1,510 books — 1,344 voters

The Brain that Changes Itself by Norman DoidgeScattered Minds by Gabor MatéA Briefer History of Time by Stephen W. HawkingThe Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha MukherjeeThe Rape of Nanking by Iris Chang
favorite non-fiction
2,826 books — 1,247 voters
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury1984 by George OrwellThe Road by Cormac McCarthy
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,825 books — 26,072 voters

Childhood’s End by Arthur C. ClarkeSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Host by Stephenie Meyer
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,534 books — 24,905 voters