The lists of top books for 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002 are also available.
| Placed | Title | Author | Rank |
| First | The Flight of Dragons | Peter Dickinson | 150 |
| Second | Flowers for Algernon | Daniel Keyes | 139 |
| Third | A Canticle for Leibowitz | Walter M. Miller | 131 |
| Fourth | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | J. K. Rowling | 129 |
| Fifth | The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe | C. S. Lewis | 128 |
| Sixth | Below the Root | Zilpha Keatley Snyder | 126 |
| Seventh | Ender's Game | Orson Scott Card | 121 |
| Eighth | A Wrinkle in Time | Madeleine L'Engle | 119 |
| Ninth | The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Douglas Adams | 117 |
| Ninth | Fire and Hemlock | Diana Wynne Jones | 117 |
| Ninth | The Silver Chair | C. S. Lewis | 117 |
| Ninth | The Fellowship of the Ring | J. R. R. Tolkien | 117 |