Example of styling a selected label of the radio button with a hover effect:

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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Title of the document</title>
    <style>
      .radio-button {
        margin: 15px;
      }
      .radio-button input[type="radio"] {
        opacity: 0;
        position: fixed;
        width: 0;
      }
      .radio-button label {
        display: inline-block;
        background-color: #d1d1d1;
        padding: 10px 20px;
        font-family: sans-serif, Arial;
        font-size: 16px;
        border: 1px solid #666;
        border-radius: 4px;
      }
      .radio-button label:hover {
        background-color: #b1e3c1;
      }
      .radio-button input[type="radio"]:focus + label {
        border: 2px dashed #666;
      }
      .radio-button input[type="radio"]:checked + label {
        background-color: #76cf9f;
        border-color: #666;
      }
    </style>
  </head>
  <body>
    <div class="radio-button">
      <input type="radio" id="radio1" name="radios" value="all" checked>
      <label for="radio1">Books</label>
      <input type="radio" id="radio2" name="radios" value="false">
      <label for="radio2">Snippets</label>
      <input type="radio" id="radio3" name="radios" value="true">
      <label for="radio3">Quizzes</label>
    </div>
  </body>
</html>