The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
The Most Deserving Newbery
113 books — 2,997 voters
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Five Stars
1,862 books — 326 voters

Gilead by Marilynne RobinsonNo Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthyThe Year of Magical Thinking by Joan DidionOryx and Crake by Margaret AtwoodThe Road by Cormac McCarthy
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,189 books — 28,379 voters
The Westing Game by Ellen RaskinBridge to Terabithia by Katherine PatersonThe Phantom Tollbooth by Norton JusterWhere the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
Best Young Adult Books
13,117 books — 80,168 voters

The High King by Lloyd AlexanderThe Phantom Tollbooth by Norton JusterThe Black Cauldron by Lloyd AlexanderA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Best Children's Fantasy
967 books — 1,112 voters
A Dance with Dragons by George R.R. MartinThe Year of the Flood by Margaret AtwoodThe Last Olympian by Rick Riordan
The "Can't Wait" Book of '09
443 books — 2,031 voters