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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1,387 books — 1,516 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
719 books — 1,375 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
1,563 books — 18,683 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
2,993 books — 2,469 voters