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The Sacrifice by Kathleen Benner DubleThe Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George SpeareThe Crucible by Arthur Miller
Best of the Salem Witch Trials (fiction and nonfiction)
95 books — 193 voters
Darkwing by Kenneth Oppel
Best books about bats
52 books — 40 voters

The Tail of Emily Windsnap by Liz KesslerThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank BaumThe Bad Beginning by Lemony SnicketIsland of the Blue Dolphins by Houghton MifflinCoraline by Neil Gaiman
YA & MG Books WITHOUT Romance
670 books — 214 voters
Two-Minute Mysteries by Donald J. SobolEncyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective by Donald J. SobolThe Westing Game by Ellen RaskinWho Killed Mr. Boddy? by A.E. Parker
Solve-it-yourself Mysteries- All Ages
59 books — 44 voters

Fancy Nancy by Jane O'ConnorThe Paper Bag Princess by Robert MunschChrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes
Best little girl books
482 books — 349 voters
Notes from the Midnight Driver by Jordan SonnenblickThe Total Tragedy of a Girl Named Hamlet by Erin Dionne
Best Young Adult Realistic Novels
2,653 books — 12,149 voters

The Dragonology Handbook by Dugald A. SteerField Guide to Monsters by Darren ZenkoFantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by Newt Scamander
Fantasy Field Guides and Bestiaries
106 books — 15 voters
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Way Better Than I Expected
131 books — 84 voters

Zen and the Art of Faking It by Jordan SonnenblickLife of Pi by Yann MartelAmerican Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang
Asian Young Adult and Middle Grade Fiction
579 books — 167 voters
Pandora Hearts 1巻 by Jun MochizukiWonderland by Tommy KovacThe Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor
YA in Wonderland
61 books — 137 voters

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisLittle Women by Louisa May Alcott
Awesome Teen Fiction Thats Clean
338 books — 179 voters
Fat Kid Rules the World by K.L. GoingThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyThe Giver by Lois LowryTangerine by Edward Bloor
YA Contemporary Male Point of View
533 books — 135 voters

The Absolute Sandman, Volume 1 by Neil GaimanAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollA Christmas Carol by Charles DickensWhere the Wild Things Are by Maurice SendakPaprika by Yasutaka Tsutsui
best books concerning dreams
422 books — 171 voters
1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Giver by Lois Lowry
Best Dystopian/Different Society Books!
307 books — 294 voters

The Breadwinner by Deborah EllisTuck Everlasting by Natalie BabbittThe Bad Beginning by Lemony SnicketMiss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom RiggsThe Giver by Lois Lowry
YA Novels Made Into Movies
178 books — 273 voters
Big Nate by Lincoln PeirceThe Strange Case of Origami Yoda by Tom AnglebergerThe Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingNERDS by Michael Buckley
After Wimpy Kid
192 books — 160 voters

How They Met, and Other Stories by David LevithanThrough the Woods by Emily CarrollChicken Soup for the Teenage Soul by Jack CanfieldThe Restless Dead by Deborah NoyesThe Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling
YA Short Stories & Collections
515 books — 268 voters
Copper Sun by Sharon M. DraperMonster by Walter Dean MyersChains by Laurie Halse Anderson
African American Books for Teens
318 books — 357 voters

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisThe Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara RobinsonA Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Winter Break for YA
203 books — 498 voters
The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George SpeareThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingA Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Good, Clean Books for Teens
518 books — 344 voters

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskySpeak by Laurie Halse AndersonGo Ask Alice by Beatrice SparksImpulse by Ellen HopkinsTilt by Ellen Hopkins
Young Adult Books About Rape & Sexual Abuse
369 books — 593 voters
The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline KellyFever 1793 by Laurie Halse AndersonThe Crucible by Arthur MillerSong of the Sparrow by Lisa Ann SandellIsland of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
Teen Historical Novels
957 books — 1,328 voters

Tomorrow's Magic by Pamela F. Service
Hidden Gems: YA-Fantasy Novels
2,171 books — 2,735 voters
Every Day by David LevithanThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Best YA Fiction with GLBTQQI themes / characters
1,958 books — 5,984 voters

The Odyssey by HomerThe Epic of Gilgamesh by AnonymousBeowulf by UnknownPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenParadise Lost by John Milton
Hardcore Classics, Western Edition
100 books — 9 voters
The Epic of Gilgamesh by AnonymousThe Odyssey by HomerHamlet by William ShakespeareMacbeth by William ShakespeareThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Joseph Brodsky’s Reading List For Having an Intelligent Conversation
121 books — 48 voters

The Epic of Gilgamesh by AnonymousThe Odyssey by Homer
Best Books of the Ancient World
277 books — 294 voters
The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. by Neal Stephenson
Neal Stephenson
18 books — 33 voters