Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia WoolfTo the Lighthouse by Virginia WoolfThe Waves by Virginia WoolfThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
Great Stream of Consciousness Novels
132 books — 193 voters
The Keepers of the House by Shirley Ann GrauThe Black Prince and Other Stories by Shirley Ann GrauThe Hard Blue Sky by Shirley Ann GrauThe Condor Passes by Shirley Ann GrauRoadwalkers by Shirley Ann Grau
Best of Shirley Ann Grau
11 books — 4 voters

The Devil All the Time by Donald Ray PollockBastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy AllisonBefore Familiar Woods by Ian PisarcikWinter's Bone by Daniel WoodrellThe Heavenly Table by Donald Ray Pollock
Grit Lit
105 books — 76 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Best Twentieth Century American Novels
298 books — 226 voters
The Night Circus by Erin MorgensternWater for Elephants by Sara GruenSomething Wicked This Way Comes by Ray BradburyGeek Love by Katherine DunnCaraval by Stephanie Garber
Circus/Carnival Books
714 books — 1,088 voters

The Big Sleep by Raymond ChandlerThe Maltese Falcon by Dashiell HammettThe Long Goodbye by Raymond ChandlerFarewell, My Lovely by Raymond ChandlerThe Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain
Best Hardboiled & Noir fiction
747 books — 1,002 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeAs I Lay Dying by William FaulknerThe Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
Best Southern Gothic Literature
343 books — 507 voters
1984 by George OrwellThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Dystopia!
1,226 books — 2,771 voters


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