A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba BrayI'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally Carter
Original Stories . . . a Breath of Fresh Air
12,094 books — 12,216 voters
City of Lost Souls by Cassandra ClareSweet Evil by Wendy HigginsOf Poseidon by Anna BanksBitterblue by Kristin Cashore
2012 May YA Releases
65 books — 73 voters

Princess Academy by Shannon HaleElla Enchanted by Gail Carson LevineThe Goose Girl by Shannon Hale
The Best Fairytales and Retellings
2,799 books — 9,155 voters
Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamilloWhere the Red Fern Grows by Wilson RawlsInkheart by Cornelia FunkeAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryA Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Best Young Adult Books
13,133 books — 80,203 voters

Divergent by Veronica RothThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsMockingjay by Suzanne CollinsDelirium by Lauren Oliver
Best Dystopian Books for Teens
535 books — 2,126 voters
Pandemonium by Lauren OliverCity of Lost Souls by Cassandra ClareInsurgent by Veronica RothSpell Bound by Rachel HawkinsBitterblue by Kristin Cashore
YA Novels of 2012
1,240 books — 10,178 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Cat in the Hat by Dr. SeussLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottThe Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,759 books — 120,850 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryCharlotte’s Web by E.B. White
Best Books Ever
76,695 books — 285,209 voters