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The Best Fairytales and Retellings
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The Lorax by Dr. SeussThe Monster at the End of this Book by Jon StoneBlueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskeyFrog and Toad Are Friends by Arnold Lobel
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Nine Stories by J.D. SalingerWhat We Talk About When We Talk About Love by Raymond CarverCathedral by Raymond CarverSelf-Help by Lorrie MooreLike Life by Lorrie Moore
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2,882 books — 2,036 voters
Stray Toasters by Bill SienkiewiczPersepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Required Reading Graphic Novels
1,173 books — 2,008 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakDangerous Angels by Francesca Lia BlockWhat My Mother Doesn't Know by Sonya SonesWhat My Girlfriend Doesn't Know by Sonya SonesStop Pretending by Sonya Sones
Best Young Adult Fiction
3,588 books — 6,904 voters
Possession by A.S. Byatt
The Worst Books of All Time
8,175 books — 19,865 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezFranny and Zooey by J.D. SalingerThe Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,790 books — 49,746 voters
The Giver by Lois LowryThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakStargirl by Jerry SpinelliWeetzie Bat by Francesca Lia BlockTuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
Best Young Adult Books
13,032 books — 80,088 voters