To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeAngle of Repose by Wallace StegnerCompulsion by Meyer LevinThe Big Rock Candy Mountain by Wallace Stegner
Retro Reads
162 books — 133 voters
Finn by Jon ClinchTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie FlaggMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John BerendtAll the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren
Best Southern Literature
1,350 books — 2,577 voters

84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff
Books About Bookstores
641 books — 807 voters
84, Charing Cross Road by Helene HanffBooks by Larry McMurtry
Best Books About Loving Books
375 books — 515 voters

The Big Rock Candy Mountain by Wallace StegnerAngle of Repose by Wallace Stegner
The Iowa Writers' Workshop
141 books — 32 voters
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Wallace Stegner's Western Storybook
35 books — 10 voters

The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
Best Books You've Probably Never Read
618 books — 411 voters

Slavery by Another Name by Douglas A. Blackmon
Pulitzer Winners: General Non-fiction
85 books — 343 voters
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99 books — 271 voters

Suite Française by Irène Némirovsky
World War II Fiction
1,397 books — 2,028 voters
The Things They Carried by Tim O'BrienCold Mountain by Charles FrazierThe Caine Mutiny by Herman WoukFrom Here to Eternity by James  JonesSophie’s Choice by William Styron
Best War Novels
1,693 books — 1,441 voters

Shadow Country by Peter MatthiessenParadise Alley by Kevin Baker
Recommended Historical Fiction
3,691 books — 3,619 voters

The Meaning of Night by Michael Cox
Best Historical Mystery
2,121 books — 4,591 voters
Paradise Alley by Kevin Baker
Best Historical Fiction of the 21st Century
1,448 books — 2,379 voters

Shadow Country by Peter MatthiessenThe Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan
National Book Award Winners
241 books — 205 voters
The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
Dog Lovers List
364 books — 243 voters

Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,563 books — 18,683 voters

The Big Rock Candy Mountain by Wallace Stegner
Four Corners Country
330 books — 139 voters
Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx
Best Westerns
1,387 books — 1,516 voters