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To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainThe Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
Best Southern Literature
1,335 books — 2,573 voters
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran FoerAtonement by Ian McEwanThe Corrections by Jonathan FranzenEverything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran FoerThe Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,852 books — 21,800 voters

Beloved by Toni MorrisonThe Known World by Edward P. Jones
Best Literary Historical Fiction
707 books — 238 voters
Song of Solomon by Toni MorrisonThe Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas HardyThe History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry FieldingThe Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerDubliners by James Joyce
The Five Books I Would Require If I Taught an English Literature Class
627 books — 2,755 voters

A Hologram for the King by Dave Eggers
Best Books of 2012
3,523 books — 9,206 voters
The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XMe Talk Pretty One Day by David SedarisA Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave EggersSpeak, Memory by Vladimir NabokovWhat Is the What by Dave Eggers
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
5,777 books — 6,306 voters

A Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonThe Songlines by Bruce Chatwin
Favorite Travel Books
2,016 books — 3,938 voters
Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson
Best of Cyberpunk
363 books — 1,170 voters

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingAtonement by Ian McEwan
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,203 books — 28,365 voters
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezUlysses by James JoyceThings Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeDubliners by James JoyceMidnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,794 books — 49,752 voters