The Joy Luck Club by Amy TanThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Namesake by Jhumpa LahiriThe House on Mango Street by Sandra CisnerosInterpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
Immigrant Experience Literature
1,011 books — 1,453 voters

Thai Food by David ThompsonMaangchi's Real Korean Cooking by MaangchiLand of Plenty by Fuchsia DunlopJapanese Cooking by Shizuo TsujiThai Street Food by David Thompson
Best Asian Cookbooks
173 books — 32 voters

Blood River by Tim ButcherThe Trigger by Tim ButcherGentlemen Prefer Blondes / But Gentlemen Marry Brunettes by Ralph BartonThe Innocents Abroad, Or, the New Pilgrims' Progress by Mark TwainLeo Africanus by Amin Maalouf
Travel Literature Favorites
31 books — 24 voters
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryThe Help by Kathryn StockettAll Creatures Great and Small by James HerriotThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Most Charming Novels
388 books — 180 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
Best Southern Literature
1,344 books — 2,573 voters

The Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonFreakonomics by Steven D. LevittA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondOutliers by Malcolm Gladwell
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,239 books — 8,069 voters
John Adams by David McCulloughThe Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer1776 by David McCulloughTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinThe Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman
Best History Books
3,726 books — 3,765 voters


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