Bridget Jones’s Diary by Helen FieldingConfessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie KinsellaFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie FlaggThe Help by Kathryn Stockett
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Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Childhood’s End by Arthur C. ClarkeFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
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The Stand by Stephen  KingThe Shining by Stephen  KingMisery by Stephen  King’Salem’s Lot by Stephen  KingThe Green Mile by Stephen  King
Best of Stephen King
178 books — 3,873 voters
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Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
SF Masterworks
196 books — 721 voters
Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie FlaggThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Best Southern Literature
1,342 books — 2,575 voters