The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton JusterThe Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric CarleLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryJust as I Am by Cicely TysonI Had a Hammer by Hank Aaron
Dead in 2021: The Authors We Lost
609 books — 49 voters
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainThe Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler WarnerThe Horse and His Boy by C.S. LewisMy Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead GeorgeBeverly, Right Here by Kate DiCamillo
Runaways in YA and Middle Grade Fiction
367 books — 47 voters

The Incredible Journey by Sheila BurnfordBecause of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamilloOld Yeller by Fred GipsonWhere the Red Fern Grows by Wilson RawlsThe Call of the Wild by Jack London
YA & MG Dog Covers
384 books — 55 voters
The Road by Cormac McCarthyNorth and South by John JakesRememberings by Sinéad O'ConnorI, Tina by Tina   TurnerNo Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
Dead in 2023: The Authors We Lost
739 books — 49 voters

The Measure of a Man by Sidney PoitierOlivia Newton-John. Don't Stop Believin by Olivia Newton-JohnRiver of Time by Naomi JuddFascism by Madeleine K. AlbrightPrague Winter by Madeleine K. Albright
Dead in 2022: The Authors We Lost
612 books — 39 voters
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisJ.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set by J.R.R. TolkienThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Good Books for Boys Written by Men
249 books — 64 voters

Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
Breasts in Fiction
90 books — 14 voters
Fire in the Belly by Sam KeenA Better Man by Michael Ian BlackWe Real Cool by bell hooksThe Will to Change by bell hooksParenting Beyond Pink & Blue by Christia Spears Brown
Men and Masculinity
358 books — 97 voters

Deenie by Judy BlumeShe’s Come Undone by Wally LambEleanor & Park by Rainbow RowellBlubber by Judy BlumeWintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson
Body Issues in Fiction
152 books — 24 voters
Honeymoon in Paris by Jojo MoyesAll Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot
Honeymoon Fiction
117 books — 19 voters

Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan SwiftThe Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David WyssTreasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
Robinson Crusoe
49 books — 5 voters
Cold Mountain by Charles FrazierThe Red Badge of Courage by Stephen CraneShiloh by Shelby FooteOldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All by Allan GurganusNorth and South by John Jakes
Best Civil War Fiction
100 books — 39 voters

Matilda by Roald DahlEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardA Little Princess by Frances Hodgson BurnettA Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le GuinThe Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis
I Go To A "Special" School
292 books — 146 voters
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakEragon by Christopher PaoliniThe Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo
New Children's Classics
357 books — 437 voters

The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCulloughThe House of the Spirits by Isabel AllendeRoots by Alex HaleyEast of Eden by John SteinbeckThe Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
Best Family Sagas
619 books — 669 voters
Number the Stars by Lois LowryThe Fixer by Bernard MalamudThe Summer Everything Changed by Ruth BornsteinRooftop Secrets and Other Stories of Anti-Semitism by Lawrence BushIndignation by Philip Roth
Anti-Semitism in Fiction
192 books — 15 voters

P.S. I Hate It Here! by Diane FalangaChildren's Nature by Leslie ParisHappy Campers by Emily BazelonVacation Crafting by Suzanne McNeillThe Big Book of Summer Camp Games by Ray Hintz
Non-Fiction About Summer Camp
107 books — 11 voters
Puff, the Magic Dragon by Peter YarrowBuses Are a Comin' by Charles PersonShattered Love by Richard ChamberlainFaithfull by Marianne FaithfullOnly the Strong Survive by Jerry Butler
Dead in 2025: The Authors We Lost
482 books — 28 voters

A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le GuinDead Poets Society by N.H. KleinbaumDivergent by Veronica RothWicked by Gregory MaguireDragonsinger by Anne McCaffrey
Boarding School Stories
959 books — 1,011 voters
The Fault in Our Stars by John GreenMe Before You by Jojo MoyesThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakMy Sister's Keeper by Jodi PicoultEleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
Emotion Overload
1,071 books — 1,365 voters

The Cat in the Hat by Dr. SeussThe Emperor's New Clothes by Hans Christian AndersenLittle Red Riding Hood by Trina Schart HymanFox in Socks by Dr. SeussThe Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
Inside Your Wardrobe
795 books — 118 voters
Becoming by Michelle ObamaThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Light We Carry by Michelle ObamaWhere Men Win Glory by Jon KrakauerThe Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
Must Read Memoirs
1,222 books — 813 voters



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