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Holes by Louis SacharThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienNumber the Stars by Lois LowryTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Top 100 Middle School Must-Reads
2,320 books — 3,837 voters
Dear Committee Members by Julie SchumacherFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyIn the Time of the Butterflies by Julia AlvarezThese Is My Words by Nancy E. TurnerThe Pox Party by M.T. Anderson
Epistolary Fiction
881 books — 864 voters

Circe by Madeline MillerThere There by Tommy OrangeWhere the Crawdads Sing by Delia OwensThe Shakespeare Requirement by Julie SchumacherAmerica Is Not the Heart by Elaine Castillo
The 2019 Tournament of Books Longlist
76 books — 431 voters
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Best for Book Clubs
15,526 books — 20,070 voters

Nicholas and Alexandra by Robert K. MassieAlive, Alive Oh! by Diana AthillThe Getting of Wisdom by Henry Handel RichardsonShe-Wolves by Helen CastorAm I Going To Be Okay? by Debra Whittam
Best Non-Fiction Books
286 books — 26 voters
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettLittle Women by Louisa May Alcott
Best Chapter Books to Read Out Loud
808 books — 865 voters

Possession by A.S. ByattDear Committee Members by Julie SchumacherThe Secret History by Donna TarttThe Professor's House by Willa CatherDead Poets Society by N.H. Kleinbaum
Favorite Novels About Professors or Academics
510 books — 617 voters
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie BabbittHatchet by Gary PaulsenThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Middle School Classics
128 books — 80 voters

Holes by Louis SacharCaddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink
Newbery Medal Winner Books
105 books — 378 voters
The Lion and the Mouse by Jerry PinkneyThe Girl Who Loved Wild Horses by Paul Goble
Caldecott Medal Winners
93 books — 461 voters

Anne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettNumber the Stars by Lois LowryIsland of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
Best Children's Historical Fiction
868 books — 853 voters
The Crucible by Arthur MillerOur Town by Thornton WilderTwelve Angry Men by Reginald RoseHarvey by Mary ChaseInto the Woods by Stephen Sondheim
Best American Plays
255 books — 368 voters

Number the Stars by Lois LowryTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeIsland of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
Teen Historical Fiction
1,542 books — 3,302 voters
I Am Regina by Sally M. Keehn
Middle grade historical fiction set in Colonial North America
62 books — 40 voters

Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'DellWalk Two Moons by Sharon CreechThe Painted Drum by Louise Erdrich
Native American Fiction
847 books — 648 voters
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesThe Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du BoisNarrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass
Books White People Need to Read
1,511 books — 1,925 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
PBS’s The Great American Read: List of America’s Top 100 Books
100 books — 2,372 voters
The Hate U Give by Angie ThomasLincoln in the Bardo by George SaundersThe Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne
Best Books of 2017
1,732 books — 3,081 voters

The Cruel Prince by Holly BlackWhat If It's Us by Becky Albertalli
YA Novels of 2018
1,028 books — 5,021 voters
Feel Free by Zadie SmithEducated by Tara WestoverText Me When You Get Home by Kayleen SchaeferAsk Me About My Uterus by Abby NormanInvisible by Michele Lent Hirsch
2018 Non-male Non-Fiction
304 books — 146 voters

We Slept Here by Sierra DeMulderGive Me A God I Can Relate To by Blythe BairdThe Bones Below by Sierra DeMulder
Finger-Snapping Poetry
24 books — 21 voters
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellMadeline by Ludwig BemelmansTender Is the Night by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper
Best Books of the Decade: 1930s
876 books — 1,267 voters

The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleyParable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
Suggested Reads for the Vaginal Fantasy Book Club
867 books — 1,295 voters
The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleyThe Once and Future King by T.H. WhiteLe Morte d'Arthur by Thomas MaloryIdylls of the King by Alfred Tennyson
Best Arthurian Fiction
487 books — 1,463 voters

The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Best "Strong Female" Fantasy Novels
4,882 books — 19,038 voters
The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le GuinThe Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,859 books — 26,207 voters

The Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisJ.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set by J.R.R. TolkienA Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinThe Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,847 books — 27,038 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Best Woman-Authored Books
9,098 books — 7,031 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryThe Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleyPersuasion by Jane Austen
Best Female Lead Characters
4,928 books — 6,102 voters
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
YA Novels of 2017
1,137 books — 6,642 voters


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