Carrie by Stephen  KingThe Road by Cormac McCarthy
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409 books — 627 voters
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Best of Joe R. Lansdale
52 books — 71 voters

Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Help by Kathryn StockettWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldDavid Copperfield by Charles Dickens
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769 books — 225 voters
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman AlexieReservation Blues by Sherman AlexieThe Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver
Native American Fiction
838 books — 641 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellOf Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
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76,608 books — 284,940 voters
Cane River by Lalita Tademy
Best Illustrated Book Covers
778 books — 507 voters

Fair and Tender Ladies by Lee  SmithProdigal Summer by Barbara KingsolverGap Creek by Robert MorganClay's Quilt by Silas HouseBloodroot by Amy Greene
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795 books — 840 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Grass Harp, Including A Tree of Night and Other Stories by Truman CapoteLight in August by William FaulknerA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
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338 books — 501 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellLittle Women by Louisa May Alcott
Best Page-Turners with Redeeming Social Value
8,081 books — 5,741 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,708 books — 120,715 voters

She’s Come Undone by Wally LambThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverI Know This Much Is True by Wally LambDrowning Ruth by Christina SchwarzThe Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
Oprah's Book Club Picks
124 books — 2,202 voters
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2012: What the Over 35s Have Read So Far
3,300 books — 728 voters