The Dark Is Rising by Susan CooperHatchet by Gary PaulsenWhere the Red Fern Grows by Wilson RawlsMy Side of the Mountain Trilogy by Jean Craighead GeorgeThe Grey King by Susan Cooper
Best Books For and About Boys
362 books — 92 voters
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan DoyleHatchet by Gary PaulsenThe Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. LewisThe Voyages of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh LoftingThe Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper
Favorite books from my childhood
4,421 books — 7,428 voters

Redwall by Brian JacquesMy Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead GeorgeHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Giver by Lois LowryA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Best Young Adult Books
13,096 books — 80,179 voters
Night by Elie WieselLord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Tell-Tale Heart and Other Writings by Edgar Allan PoeThe Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,537 books — 120,050 voters