Butcher's Crossing by John  WilliamsThe Ox-Bow Incident by Walter Van Tilburg ClarkBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownThe Blessing Way by Tony HillermanClose Range by Annie Proulx
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1,376 books — 1,501 voters
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine HoweThe Prisoner of Heaven by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
Modern Gothic
712 books — 1,359 voters

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisThe Notebook by Nicholas SparksGirl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy ChevalierWhere the Wild Things Are by Maurice SendakThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,561 books — 18,686 voters
The Divine Comedy by Dante AlighieriSelected Poems by William Carlos WilliamsThe Wild Iris by Louise GlückThe Dream of the Unified Field by Jorie GrahamWhere the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein
Best Poetry Books
2,982 books — 2,423 voters