We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
Great Short Short Books
580 books — 515 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 — 2,379 voters

The Walking Dead, Vol. 1 by Robert Kirkman
Best Zombie Books
1,440 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
5,329 books — 6,712 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
3,791 books — 26,051 voters