Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Best Historical Fiction
7,893 books — 26,300 voters
The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,264 books — 8,123 voters

Corelli’s Mandolin by Louis de Bernières
Books Set on Islands
1,055 books — 352 voters
A Fly Went By by Mike McClintockThe Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Picture Books with Bugs
234 books — 108 voters

East of Eden by John SteinbeckThe Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellBeloved by Toni Morrison
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,878 books — 49,825 voters