We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
Great Short Short Books
585 books — 517 voters
The Giver by Lois LowryLord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Best Banned, Censored, and Challenged Books
924 books — 2,380 voters

The Walking Dead, Vol. 1 by Robert Kirkman
Best Zombie Books
1,438 books — 3,075 voters
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton JusterIf You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe NumeroffHarold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett JohnsonStellaluna by Janell CannonThe Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister
Best Children's Books
5,307 books — 6,705 voters

1984 by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyAnimal Farm by George OrwellLord of the Flies by William Golding
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,752 books — 25,992 voters