The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
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125 books — 218 voters
The Help by Kathryn StockettWhere the Heart Is by Billie LettsThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
Best Adult Female Friendship Books
703 books — 1,190 voters

Saving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth HoffmanThe Help by Kathryn Stockett
Quirky Southern Fiction
972 books — 1,896 voters
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Best Jodi Picoult Books
29 books — 1,653 voters

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingThe Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,188 books — 28,369 voters