Cold Mountain by Charles FrazierSerena by Ron RashProdigal Summer by Barbara KingsolverThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsStumbling Thru by A. Digger Stolz
Appalachian Fiction
268 books — 322 voters

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty  SmithThe Diviners by Libba BrayThe Paris Wife by Paula McLainThe Chaperone by Laura MoriartyThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Best 1920s Historical Fiction
197 books — 274 voters
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark TwainLittle House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls WilderBabbitt by Sinclair LewisMy Ántonia by Willa Cather
Novels of the American Midwest
340 books — 157 voters

Outlander by Diana GabaldonThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa GregoryThe Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleyDragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon
Best Historical Fiction Set in UK and Ireland
1,363 books — 1,588 voters
A Discovery of Witches by Deborah HarknessThe Kitchen House by Kathleen GrissomThe Likeness by Tana FrenchThe Forgotten Garden by Kate MortonDaughters of the Witching Hill by Mary Sharratt
Turn Of The Century Favorites
101 books — 75 voters

Circle of Friends by Maeve BinchyIn the Woods by Tana FrenchDubliners by James JoyceTara Road by Maeve BinchyTrinity by Leon Uris
Best Fiction Set in Ireland
815 books — 550 voters