The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Giver by Lois LowryOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakCrime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
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31,845 books — 120,989 voters
Starship Troopers by Robert A. HeinleinThe Iliad by HomerThe Odyssey by HomerThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasRedwall by Brian Jacques
Best Books for Teen Boys
1,441 books — 1,552 voters

Animal Farm by George OrwellThe Stranger by Albert CamusThe Return of the King by J.R.R. TolkienThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayThe Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien
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7,899 books — 49,789 voters
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardDune by Frank Herbert1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
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The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainWalden or, Life in the Woods by Henry David Thoreau
Best Books with Rural Settings
1,137 books — 1,016 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonExtremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran FoerThe Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch AlbomLooking for Alaska by John Green
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,187 books — 28,370 voters