To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie FlaggThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
Great Books of Southern Fiction
379 books — 440 voters
Bastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy AllisonThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsThe Outsiders by S.E. HintonNickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich
Blue Collar Books
192 books — 59 voters

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Red Tent by Anita DiamantThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George SpeareOutlander by Diana Gabaldon
Best Historical Fiction
7,466 books — 25,663 voters
Pieces of My Mother by Melissa Cistaro
Book Expo America 2015
103 books — 88 voters

Summer of My German Soldier by Bette GreeneThe Witching Hour by Anne RiceFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie FlaggThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy
Best Southern Literature
1,347 books — 2,575 voters

The Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathGirl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen
Memoirs of Madness
293 books — 375 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe Awakening by Kate ChopinThe Joy Luck Club by Amy TanThe Red Tent by Anita Diamant
Best Feminist Fiction
1,499 books — 2,671 voters

Me Talk Pretty One Day by David SedarisBossypants by Tina FeyNaked by David SedarisThe Far Side Gallery by Gary LarsonHolidays on Ice by David Sedaris
Books That Made Me Laugh Out Loud
2,068 books — 2,424 voters
Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen
Great Reads About Mental Health
363 books — 414 voters

The Good Earth by Pearl S. BuckSnow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa SeeThe Joy Luck Club by Amy TanWild Swans by Jung Chang
Best Books on Asia
998 books — 824 voters
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodLes Liaisons dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de LaclosLolita by Vladimir NabokovThe Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain
Best Books About Mistresses
450 books — 730 voters

The Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsOn Agate Hill by Lee  SmithIcy Sparks by Gwyn Hyman Rubio
Best Books Set in Appalachia
799 books — 841 voters
Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourtThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsNight by Elie WieselMe Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
5,886 books — 6,406 voters