The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
The Most Deserving Newbery
136 books — 3,045 voters
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Five Stars
1,865 books — 324 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
7,263 books — 28,373 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
13,245 books — 80,537 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
1,017 books — 1,222 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 — 2,029 voters