1984 by George OrwellThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.And the Band Played On by Randy Shilts
Books for and About Activists
323 books — 306 voters
The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
The Arthurian Legend Retold
455 books — 747 voters

The Outsiders by S.E. HintonTrainspotting by Irvine WelshWhite Oleander by Janet FitchThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerWritten on the Body by Jeanette Winterson
Books That Are Better Than Therapy
43 books — 55 voters
White Oleander by Janet Fitch
Best Young Adult Books
13,178 books — 80,265 voters

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Best Dark Humor
729 books — 1,635 voters
Tomorrow, When the War Began by John MarsdenThe Giver by Lois Lowry
YA Dystopia Novels
1,958 books — 11,335 voters