Frankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed SaadawiMall Brat by Laura Marie MarcianoIdlewild by James Frankie ThomasWhen Adam Opens His Eyes by Jang Jung-IlThe Moth Diaries by Rachel Klein
Books You Wish More People Knew About
17,391 books — 10,363 voters
Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyIn the Dream House by Carmen Maria MachadoThe Haunting of Hill House by Shirley JacksonCarmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu
Best Gothic Books of All Time
588 books — 3,504 voters

Lirael by Garth NixThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddProof by David Auburn
Best Books of 2001
554 books — 284 voters
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. RowlingThe Amber Spyglass by Philip PullmanA Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave EggersShadow of the Hegemon by Orson Scott Card
Best Books of 2000
606 books — 320 voters

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. RowlingSpeak by Laurie Halse AndersonThe Bad Beginning by Lemony SnicketThe Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen  King
Best Books of 1999
519 books — 263 voters
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. RowlingA Clash of Kings by George R.R. MartinHoles by Louis SacharAmong the Hidden by Margaret Peterson HaddixThe Shakespeare Stealer by Gary L. Blackwood
Best Books of 1998
496 books — 228 voters

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Subtle Knife by Philip PullmanElla Enchanted by Gail Carson LevineChasing Redbird by Sharon CreechThe Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman
Best Books of 1997
538 books — 246 voters
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinThe Green Mile by Stephen  KingIt's a Magical World by Bill WattersonThere's Treasure Everywhere by Bill WattersonA Girl Named Disaster by Nancy Farmer
Best Books of 1996
465 books — 225 voters

The Golden Compass by Philip PullmanSabriel by Garth NixThe Yellow Wallpaper and Other Writings by Charlotte Perkins GilmanThe Midwife's Apprentice by Karen CushmanWayside School Gets A Little Stranger by Louis Sachar
Best Books of 1995
430 books — 191 voters
Walk Two Moons by Sharon CreechHomicidal Psycho Jungle Cat by Bill WattersonCatherine, Called Birdy by Karen Cushman
Best Books of 1994
416 books — 146 voters

The Giver by Lois LowryGirl, Interrupted by Susanna KaysenThe Boggart by Susan CooperFreak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick
Best Books of 1993
396 books — 158 voters
The Secret History by Donna TarttDolores Claiborne by Stephen  KingSmilla's Sense of Snow by Peter HøegThe King's Equal by Katherine Paterson
Best Books of 1992
458 books — 198 voters

Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold
Best Books of 1991
394 books — 171 voters
Possession by A.S. ByattDealing with Dragons by Patricia C. WredeThe Things They Carried by Tim O'BrienThe Mother Tongue by Bill BrysonLioness Rampant by Tamora Pierce
Best Books of 1990
370 books — 196 voters

The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs by Jon ScieszkaA Prayer for Owen Meany by John IrvingThe Mitten by Jan BrettYukon Ho! by Bill Watterson
Best Books of 1989
378 books — 228 voters
The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas  HarrisLioness Rampant by Tamora PierceWeirdos from Another Planet! by Bill WattersonCatwings by Ursula K. Le GuinSomething Under the Bed is Drooling by Bill Watterson
Best Books of 1988
382 books — 173 voters

Misery by Stephen  KingCalvin and Hobbes by Bill WattersonDirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas AdamsMoon Tiger by Penelope LivelyThree Tales of My Father's Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett
Best Books of 1987
375 books — 186 voters
Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne JonesIt by Stephen  KingSpeaker for the Dead by Orson Scott CardLove You Forever by Robert MunschThe Woman Who Rides Like a Man by Tamora Pierce
Best Books of 1986
339 books — 171 voters

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardBlood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthyThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver SacksIf You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe NumeroffMany Waters by Madeleine L'Engle
Best Books of 1985
336 books — 216 voters
Saint George and the Dragon by Margaret Hodges
Best Books of 1984
345 books — 160 voters

Pet Sematary by Stephen  KingChristine by Stephen  KingAlanna by Tamora PierceThe Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleyThe Celery Stalks at Midnight by James    Howe
Best Books of 1983
284 books — 165 voters
The Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleyThe Running Man by Richard  BachmanHowliday Inn by James    HoweMiss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney
Best Books of 1982
285 books — 182 voters

Cujo by Stephen  KingRed Dragon by Thomas  HarrisChronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel García MárquezScary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin SchwartzJumanji by Chris Van Allsburg
Best Books of 1981
326 books — 159 voters
Housekeeping by Marilynne RobinsonFirestarter by Stephen  KingA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnThe Fledgling by Jane Langton
Best Books of 1980
327 books — 213 voters

The Complete Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiPoems by Sappho
Women in Translation
924 books — 305 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Fault in Our Stars by John GreenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëRebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Romance Books Everyone Should Read
3,291 books — 3,039 voters

Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia WoolfChronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel García Márquez
Books that take place in a single day
63 books — 48 voters
Lord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Road by Cormac McCarthyBlood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthyHannibal by Thomas  HarrisFifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,214 books — 11,329 voters

Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli
LGBTQ for YA
1,241 books — 2,146 voters


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