Liar by Justine LarbalestierFinnikin of the Rock by Melina MarchettaThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakStolen by Lucy ChristopherTender Morsels by Margo Lanagan
Favourite Aussie YA books
579 books — 963 voters

The Neverending Story by Michael EndeAll Creatures Great and Small by James HerriotThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensThe Mystery at the Moss-covered Mansion by Carolyn Keene
What Book Got You Hooked?
3,795 books — 10,240 voters
Forge by Laurie Halse AndersonPicture the Dead by Adele GriffinWhen Louis Armstrong Taught Me Scat by Muriel Harris WeinsteinThe Tiger in the Well by Philip PullmanThe Hour of the Cobra by Maiya Williams
Best Historical Fiction for Children
410 books — 97 voters

The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian SelznickMeanwhile by Jason ShigaJellaby by Kean SooOwly, Vol. 1 by Andy RuntonRobot Dreams by Sara Varon
Best Graphic Novels for Children
1,445 books — 1,747 voters
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonThe Ghost Map by Steven JohnsonLongitude by Dava SobelBrunelleschi's Dome by Ross KingThe Great Influenza by John M. Barry
History of Science
484 books — 289 voters

The Tapestry Cats by Ann TurnbullWhat Cats Are Made Of by Hanoch PivenDewey by Vicki MyronOld Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T.S. EliotMrs. Marlowe's Mice by Frank Asch
Great Cat Books
1,581 books — 953 voters
The Demon-Haunted World by Carl SaganCat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Amber Spyglass by Philip PullmanWhy People Believe Weird Things by Michael Shermer
Notable Atheist Books
542 books — 935 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsMockingjay by Suzanne CollinsAnna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
ONE DAY Best Summer Reads
1,665 books — 6,000 voters
The Witches by Roald DahlThe Witches of Eastwick by John UpdikeCamelot by Alan Jay LernerStone Kissed by Keri StevensScary Godmother by Jill Thompson
Best Books With Witches
1,727 books — 2,396 voters

The Martian Chronicles by Ray BradburyNight Shift by Stephen        KingTales of the Jazz Age by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas by Ursula K. Le GuinNine Stories by J.D. Salinger
Best Short Stories
1,754 books — 1,047 voters
Stone Kissed by Keri Stevens
Carina Press Books
126 books — 116 voters

Good Omens by Terry PratchettThe Gashlycrumb Tinies by Edward GoreyThe Mysterious Howling by Maryrose WoodThe Willoughbys by Lois LowryCoraline by Neil Gaiman
Best Books for Morbid Kids
727 books — 524 voters
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerThe Time Machine by H.G. WellsTo Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie WillisDoomsday Book by Connie WillisReplay by Ken Grimwood
Best Time Travel Fiction
1,943 books — 5,204 voters

Mirror Mirror by Marilyn Singer
2011 Caldecott Hopefuls
76 books — 143 voters
The Daughter of Time by Josephine TeyThe Historian by Elizabeth KostovaThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónDevil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley
Best Historical Mystery
1,992 books — 4,477 voters

The Strange Case of Origami Yoda by Tom AnglebergerThe Mysterious Howling by Maryrose WoodMockingjay by Suzanne CollinsOne Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia
Newbery 2011
147 books — 548 voters
The Latke Who Couldn't Stop Screaming by Lemony SnicketBaxter, the Pig Who Wanted to Be Kosher by Laurel SnyderGolem by David WisniewskiThe Journey That Saved Curious George  by Louise BordenChicken Man by Michelle  Edwards
Great Jewish Picture Books
128 books — 60 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
Best Feminist Young Adult Books
1,320 books — 1,341 voters
The Boyfriend List by E. LockhartThe Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. LockhartA Midsummer Night’s Dream by William ShakespeareGraceling by Kristin CashoreAvalon High by Meg Cabot
Best Books for Teen Readers
1,158 books — 1,397 voters

The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett
Best "Strong Female" Fantasy Novels
4,404 books — 18,091 voters
Leviathan by Scott WesterfeldBoneshaker by Cherie PriestLarklight by Philip ReeveFlora Segunda by Ysabeau S. Wilce
Best Steampunk Books
1,229 books — 4,083 voters

Hamlet by William ShakespeareThe Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar WildeRosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom StoppardPlaza Suite; a Comedy in Three Acts by Neil SimonThe Elephant Man by Bernard Pomerance
Best Play Ever
520 books — 457 voters
His Dark Materials by Philip PullmanFledgling by Octavia E. Butler
Best Fantasy that is Really Fantasy
326 books — 261 voters

Sea Queens by Jane Yolen
Pirates!
653 books — 782 voters
Anansi Boys by Neil GaimanFun Home by Alison BechdelCase Histories by Kate AtkinsonThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldUnder the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,224 books — 28,363 voters

Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson LevineThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanUglies by Scott WesterfeldGraceling by Kristin CashoreForever Princess by Meg Cabot
Best YA Romance Novels
662 books — 942 voters