To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Help by Kathryn Stockett
All-Time Awesome Books
12,823 books — 8,688 voters
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe Red Tent by Anita DiamantGirl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy ChevalierThe Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. AuelWorld Without End by Ken Follett
Best Historical Fiction
7,940 books — 26,421 voters

American Rust by Philipp Meyer
Pittsburgh
99 books — 69 voters
Crow Lake by Mary LawsonThe Way the Crow Flies by Ann-Marie MacDonaldThe Birth House by Ami McKayA Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryOryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
Canadian Fiction
1,042 books — 605 voters

American Psycho by Bret Easton EllisTrainspotting by Irvine WelshThe Road by Cormac McCarthyAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Weirdest Books Ever
1,184 books — 1,195 voters
A Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryThe Corrections by Jonathan FranzenSarum by Edward Rutherfurd
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,876 books — 7,000 voters

Sarum by Edward RutherfurdSlammerkin by Emma Donoghue
London Calling
1,236 books — 647 voters
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
Best Historical Fiction Set in UK and Ireland
1,411 books — 1,688 voters

White Oleander by Janet Fitch
Best California Books
438 books — 218 voters