The Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottThe Outsiders by S.E. HintonThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
Best Young Adult Books
13,113 books — 80,182 voters
The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,234 books — 8,064 voters

The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,204 books — 25,754 voters
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodLord of the Flies by William Golding
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,758 books — 25,990 voters