Bear Stays Up for Christmas by Karma Wilson
Favorite Christmas Books
1,475 books — 1,551 voters
Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskeyLlama Llama Red Pajama by Anna Dewdney
Best Picture Books
3,065 books — 1,954 voters

The Healing by Jonathan OdellWild by Cheryl StrayedThe Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce
Best Books of 2012
3,523 books — 9,206 voters
Room by Emma DonoghueCarry the One by Carol Anshaw
2012: What the Over 35s Have Read So Far
3,300 books — 728 voters

Wild by Cheryl Strayed
My Favorite Books of 2012
461 books — 454 voters
The Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullersAva's Man by Rick BraggLookaway, Lookaway by Wilton Barnhardt
Best Southern Books
826 books — 738 voters

Tip Tip Dig Dig by Emma GarciaBear Snores On by Karma WilsonHow Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night? by Jane YolenLlama Llama Red Pajama by Anna DewdneyWho Ate All the Cookie Dough? by Karen Beaumont
Toddlers Ages 1-3
175 books — 93 voters
Titanic by Archibald Gracie
Maritime Disaster
168 books — 69 voters

Giraffes Can't Dance by Giles Andreae
Best children's books EVER
2,086 books — 2,072 voters
Giraffes Can't Dance by Giles Andreae
Best Children's Books
5,293 books — 6,661 voters

Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed by Eileen ChristelowI Ain't Gonna Paint No More! by Karen BeaumontPete the Cat by Eric LitwinOver in the Meadow by Jane Cabrera
Sing Along - Picture Books for Toddlers
243 books — 78 voters
The Dog Who Belonged to No One by Amy HestCity Dog, Country Frog by Mo WillemsDog by Matthew Van FleetBark, George by Jules FeifferCharley's First Night by Amy Hest
Best Picture Books About Dogs
218 books — 151 voters

Why Do Cats Meow? by Joan HolubKitten Red, Yellow, Blue by Peter CatalanottoMama Cat Has Three Kittens by Denise FlemingMommy Mine by Tim WarnesPete the Cat by Eric Litwin
Picture Books About Cats
836 books — 268 voters
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootMe Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
NPR
162 books — 150 voters

Faith by Jennifer Haigh
Kirkus Best Books of 2011
88 books — 171 voters
Doc by Mary Doria RussellTrue Grit by Charles PortisO Pioneers! by Willa CatherMy Ántonia by Willa Cather
Literary Westerns
282 books — 382 voters

Doc by Mary Doria Russell
Historical Fiction 2011
107 books — 572 voters
"Hi, Pizza Man!" by Virginia WalterPete's a Pizza by William Steig
Pizza! Pizza!
275 books — 59 voters

Pete the Cat by Eric LitwinHow Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night? by Jane YolenNo, David! by David Shannon
Books for three-year-old children
808 books — 481 voters

Bear Snores On by Karma WilsonFlip, Flap, Fly! by Phyllis RootWaddle, Waddle, Quack, Quack, Quack by Barbara Anne SkalakTip Tip Dig Dig by Emma GarciaIf You're Happy and You Know It! by Jane Cabrera
Best Toddler Books
542 books — 417 voters
Me by Katharine HepburnBy Myself and Then Some by Lauren BacallStories I Only Tell My Friends by Rob LoweMommie Dearest by Christina CrawfordBull's-Eye (Direct Mail Edition) by Sue Macy
Celebrity Biography
944 books — 328 voters

Book Lust to Go by Nancy PearlMore Book Lust by Nancy PearlLeave Me Alone, I'm Reading by Maureen Corrigan
Best Books About Loving Books
374 books — 513 voters
The Help by Kathryn StockettThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckThe Jungle by Upton Sinclair
Best Page-Turners with Redeeming Social Value
8,073 books — 5,769 voters

Chronicles, Volume One by Bob DylanThe Beatles by Bob SpitzFive Against One by Kim NeelyThe Chitlin' Circuit by Preston LauterbachMy Effin' Life by Geddy Lee
Best Non Fiction About Music
1,416 books — 1,333 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsAngela’s Ashes by Frank McCourtRunning with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
5,776 books — 6,304 voters