These Violent Delights by Micah NemereverThe Song of Achilles by Madeline MillerSummer Sons by Lee MandeloIdlewild by James Frankie ThomasThe Wicker King by K. Ancrum
Queer Toxic Codependency Books
13 books — 8 voters
The Help by Kathryn StockettTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie FlaggGarden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen
Quirky Southern Fiction
977 books — 1,919 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
1,374 books — 2,590 voters
The Devil All the Time by Donald Ray PollockWinter's Bone by Daniel WoodrellKnockemstiff by Donald Ray PollockCrooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom FranklinA Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O'Connor
Country Noir
347 books — 311 voters

Garden Spells by Sarah Addison AllenThe Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison AllenPractical Magic by Alice HoffmanThe Girl Who Chased the Moon by Sarah Addison AllenThe Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen
Magical Realism in Small Town America
117 books — 166 voters