The Once and Future King by T.H. WhiteFlowers for Algernon by Daniel KeyesThe Book of Three by Lloyd AlexanderHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingEnder’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Okay I Admit It, I'm a Nerd-ball
11 books — 6 voters
The Princess Bride by William GoldmanStardust by Neil GaimanThe Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. RowlingThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales by Jon Scieszka
The Best Fairytales and Retellings
2,812 books — 9,155 voters

The Once and Future King by T.H. WhiteThe Dark Is Rising Sequence by Susan CooperThe Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights by John SteinbeckThe Squire's Tale by Gerald MorrisOver Sea, Under Stone by Susan Cooper
Best Arthurian Fiction
480 books — 1,446 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Fault in Our Stars by John GreenWhere the Red Fern Grows by Wilson RawlsBecause of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamilloThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Best Young Adult Books
13,163 books — 80,243 voters

Catch-22 by Joseph HellerThe Phantom Tollbooth by Norton JusterStranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
Best Books 1961
153 books — 76 voters
One Whole and Perfect Day by Judith ClarkeLizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy by Gary D. SchmidtAn Abundance of Katherines by John GreenGoing Bovine by Libba BrayThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Printz Award Winners and Honor Books
129 books — 967 voters

Paper Towns by John Green
2009 Printz Contenders
60 books — 1,451 voters