The Girl on the Train by Paula HawkinsGo Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
Best Books of 2015
3,107 books — 5,120 voters
The Night Gardener by Jonathan AuxierThe Invention of Wings by Sue Monk KiddWe Were Liars by E. LockhartThe One by Kiera CassHollow City by Ransom Riggs
Best Books of 2014
3,573 books — 6,296 voters

The Bride Wore Size 12 by Meg CabotCross My Heart, Hope to Die by Sara ShepardDoctor Sleep by Stephen        KingSplintered by A.G. HowardI Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai
Best Books Published in 2013
3,591 books — 7,163 voters
Let's Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny  LawsonThe Council of Mirrors by Michael BuckleySize 12 and Ready to Rock by Meg CabotInsurgent by Veronica RothThe Selection by Kiera Cass
Best Books of 2012
3,524 books — 9,207 voters

The Night Circus by Erin MorgensternMiss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom RiggsDivergent by Veronica RothSisterhood Everlasting by Ann BrasharesThe Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
Best Books of 2011
2,669 books — 6,708 voters
In the Company of Others by Jan KaronDash & Lily's Book of Dares by Rachel CohnThe Lying Game by Sara Shepard
Best Books of 2010
1,576 books — 2,473 voters

City of Glass by Cassandra ClareWhat Alice Forgot by Liane MoriartyThe Everafter War by Michael BuckleyIf I Stay by Gayle FormanClockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare
Best Books of 2009
1,769 books — 6,937 voters
Breaking Dawn by Stephenie MeyerTales From the Hood by Michael BuckleyCity of Ashes by Cassandra ClareGraceling by Kristin Cashore
Best Books of 2008
1,632 books — 6,784 voters

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingThe Shack by William Paul YoungThe Book of Negroes by Lawrence HillEclipse by Stephenie Meyer
Best Books of 2007
1,113 books — 993 voters
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldLullabies for Little Criminals by Heather O'NeillSize 14 Is Not Fat Either by Meg CabotNew Moon by Stephenie MeyerThe Problem Child by Michael Buckley
Best Books of 2006
987 books — 745 voters

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. RowlingTwilight by Stephenie MeyerThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Fairy-Tale Detectives by Michael BuckleySize 12 Is Not Fat by Meg Cabot
Best Books of 2005
875 books — 639 voters
The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk KiddSomething Rotten by Jasper FfordeThe Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy Fowler
Best Books of 2004
688 books — 251 voters

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Well of Lost Plots by Jasper Fforde
Best Books of 2003
660 books — 333 voters
The Purpose Driven Life by Rick WarrenThe Lake of Dead Languages by Carol GoodmanEragon by Christopher PaoliniLost in a Good Book by Jasper FfordeThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
Best Books of 2002
686 books — 242 voters

The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddThe Eyre Affair by Jasper FfordeThe Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann BrasharesQuidditch Through the Ages by J.K. RowlingFantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by Newt Scamander
Best Books of 2001
553 books — 282 voters
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. RowlingThe Wide Window by Lemony SnicketThe Miserable Mill by Lemony SnicketThe Indwelling by Tim LaHaye
Best Books of 2000
605 books — 320 voters

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. RowlingBad Girls of the Bible by Liz Curtis HiggsA New Song by Jan KaronThe Bad Beginning by Lemony SnicketThe Reptile Room by Lemony Snicket
Best Books of 1999
517 books — 261 voters
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. RowlingThere's a Hair in My Dirt! by Gary Larson
Best Books of 1998
495 books — 227 voters

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. RowlingBarney's Version by Mordecai RichlerThe Life You've Always Wanted by John OrtbergMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Best Books of 1997
537 books — 245 voters
Fall on Your Knees by Ann-Marie MacDonald
Best Books of 1996
465 books — 224 voters

How the Irish Saved Civilization by Thomas CahillIn Search of Stones  by M. Scott PeckPractical Magic by Alice Hoffman
Best Books of 1995
432 books — 190 voters
At Home in Mitford by Jan KaronHow the Irish Saved Civilization by Thomas Cahill
Best Books of 1994
416 books — 145 voters

Oh, the Places You’ll Go! by Dr. Seuss
Best Books of 1990
369 books — 195 voters
Matilda by Roald DahlThe Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie
Best Books of 1988
382 books — 173 voters

Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie FlaggSeventh Son by Orson Scott CardKing Leary by Paul QuarringtonCalvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson
Best Books of 1987
375 books — 186 voters
Many Waters by Madeleine L'EngleThis Present Darkness by Frank E. PerettiIt by Stephen        KingThe Wandering Fire by Guy Gavriel Kay
Best Books of 1986
338 books — 172 voters

Bard by Morgan LlywelynGoddesses in Everywoman by Jean Shinoda BolenThe Summer Tree by Guy Gavriel KayThe Book of Lost Tales 2 by J.R.R. Tolkien
Best Books of 1984
344 books — 159 voters
Home Game by Paul QuarringtonPeople of the Lie by M. Scott PeckOn a Pale Horse by Piers AnthonyThe Book of Lost Tales 1 by J.R.R. TolkienThe Witches by Roald Dahl
Best Books of 1983
283 books — 164 voters

The Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe War with Mr. Wizzle by Gordon KormanThe BFG by Roald Dahl
Best Books of 1982
285 books — 182 voters
The Hand of Robin Squires by Joan Clark
Best Books of 1981
326 books — 159 voters