The Outsiders by S.E. HintonThe Education of Dixie Dupree by Donna EverhartThe Road to Bittersweet by Donna EverhartGo Ask Alice by Beatrice SparksThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
Coming of Age Books for Adult Readers
223 books — 302 voters
Zami by Audre LordeAin't I a Woman by bell hooksSister Outsider by Audre LordeNotes of a Native Son by James BaldwinThe Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom
Best African American Books
1,043 books — 1,138 voters

The Cairo Trilogy by Naguib Mahfouz
English Books on Modern Egypt
179 books — 51 voters
The Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerAs I Lay Dying by William FaulknerA Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O'ConnorLight in August by William FaulknerA Rose for Emily and Other Stories by William Faulkner
Best Southern Gothic Literature
337 books — 500 voters