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Give a Boy a Gun by Todd Strasser
Crime Scene Tape
18 books — 9 voters
Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia
The "Twilight" clones
11 books — 5 voters

Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson RawlsThe Giver by Lois Lowry
Books read in 5th grade
10 books — 5 voters
The Tommyknockers by Stephen KingDune by Frank Herbert
Books I've Started Several Times but Never Finished
5 books — 3 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Book you will never read the sequel to
25 books — 7 voters
She Said Yes by Misty Bernall
Yes We Can!
194 books — 30 voters

Cujo by Stephen King
Books I'm thinking about giving up on...
16 books — 6 voters
Beasts of Burden by Evan Dorkin
Dark Horse Comic Books TPB A-M
83 books — 5 voters

Feed by M.T. AndersonCrank by Ellen Hopkins
Dark, Mature YA Novels
47 books — 11 voters
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Books That Your Cat Would Love
60 books — 18 voters

Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Books about Tigers
58 books — 22 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsDivergent by Veronica RothThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
Overrated books (Avg rating >3.99)
365 books — 111 voters

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'BrienAnimal Farm by George OrwellInto the Wild by Erin HunterDarkwing by Kenneth OppelWatership Down by Richard Adams
Best Anthropomorphic Animal Books
375 books — 278 voters
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Best of William Shakespeare
99 books — 1,235 voters

Coraline by Neil GaimanThe Dollhouse Murders by Betty Ren WrightNight of the Living Dummy by R.L. Stine
Haunted Dolls in Children's Fiction
90 books — 24 voters
Ghost Stories of Pets and Animals by Darren Zenko
21st Century Ghost Fiction for Children
87 books — 69 voters

Go, Dog. Go! by P.D. Eastman
Cars or Trucks on Covers
545 books — 97 voters
Eragon by Christopher PaoliniLord Brocktree by Brian Jacques
Fantasy books that you hate but everyone else seems to love
105 books — 8 voters

Dinosaurs Before Dark by Mary Pope OsborneThe Invasion by K.A. ApplegateDiary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff KinneyWelcome to Dead House by R.L. StineKittens in the Kitchen by Lucy Daniels
Middle Grade/YA Cash Cows
8 books — 3 voters
Fables by Bill WillinghamThe Snowman by Raymond BriggsMillennium Snow, Vol. 1 by Bisco HatoriBatman by Dan Curtis JohnsonThe Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
Frosty Book Titles
1,416 books — 158 voters

Matched by Ally CondieDivergent by Veronica Roth
Wannabe Dystopia
11 books — 3 voters
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens by Sean Covey
Books for a great life.
80 books — 119 voters

Wolverine by Mark MillarX-Infernus by C.B. CebulskiDeadpool, Vol. 1 by Brian PosehnSpider-Man by Jeph Loeb
The Greatest Marvel Comics Of All-Time
153 books — 28 voters
Matched by Ally CondieTwilight by Stephenie MeyerThe Maze Runner by James DashnerBeautiful Creatures by Kami GarciaBlue Bloods by Melissa de la Cruz
Worst YA Books
518 books — 517 voters

Holy Terror by Frank MilleriDrakula by Bekka BlackBodies by Si Spencer
Worst Rated Books on Goodreads
542 books — 307 voters
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingNumbers by Rachel WardA Girl Is a Half-Formed Thing by Eimear McBrideThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
21st Centaury Brit Lit
69 books — 26 voters

The Little Engine That Could by Watty PiperHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg
All Aboard! Books with Trains In It!
306 books — 67 voters
Genshiken by Shimoku KioHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Lead Characters that are geeks/unpopular/social-rejects
142 books — 128 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanThe Capture by Kathryn LaskyCirque du Freak by Darren Shan
Young Adult books that are better than the film
39 books — 51 voters
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyThe Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
The Guardian's 50 most influential books by women in English literature
53 books — 108 voters