Cold Mountain by Charles FrazierChristy by Catherine MarshallProdigal Summer by Barbara KingsolverA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonThe Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
Best Books Set in Appalachia
802 books — 845 voters
Don't Close Your Eyes by Lynessa JamesComplicated Moonlight by Lynessa LayneWhy Not-World by Alexei Maxim RussellMad Love by Lynessa LayneShieldwolf Dawning by Selena Nemorin
Books that Feature a Moral Dilemma
92 books — 43 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
100 Books to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
15,905 books — 18,681 voters
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom RiggsThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakGo the Fuck to Sleep by Adam MansbachThe Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own M... by Catherynne M. Valente
I Picked It Up Because of the Title
7,942 books — 2,088 voters

The Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel HawthorneEast of Eden by John SteinbeckOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckWalden or, Life in the Woods by Henry David Thoreau
A Journey Through Literary America
165 books — 231 voters