Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourtBastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy AllisonTobacco Road by Erskine CaldwellThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainDeliverance by James Dickey
White Trash Literature
191 books — 51 voters
The Devil All the Time by Donald Ray PollockNo Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthyKnockemstiff by Donald Ray PollockThe Road by Cormac McCarthyWinter's Bone by Daniel Woodrell
Regional Grit Lit
120 books — 87 voters

The Conspiracy Against the Human Race by Thomas LigottiThe King in Yellow and Other Horror Stories by Robert W. ChambersGalveston by Nic PizzolattoThe Stranger by Albert CamusTime is a Flat Circle by Melissa Milazzo
HBO's True Detective
123 books — 115 voters
Annihilation by Jeff VandermeerAmerican Gods by Neil GaimanPerdido Street Station by China MiévilleHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiNeverwhere by Neil Gaiman
Best Weird Fiction Books
1,200 books — 1,093 voters