Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara KingsolverFarm City by Novella CarpenterThe Dirty Life by Kristin KimballGoat Song by Brad Kessler
Farming Memoir
128 books — 56 voters
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara KingsolverFarm City by Novella CarpenterGoat Song by Brad Kessler
Locavore Reading List
70 books — 192 voters

The Diary of a Country Priest by Georges BernanosLove in the Ruins by Walker Percy
Catholic Fiction
555 books — 440 voters
Like Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
Favorite Magical Realism Novels
1,395 books — 4,729 voters

In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan
Food-Related Non-Fiction
1,419 books — 1,802 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Good Earth by Pearl S. BuckThe Shipping News by Annie ProulxLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
Pulitzer Winners: Fiction & Novels
100 books — 951 voters

The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskyCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovThe Death of Ivan Ilych by Leo TolstoyAnna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Best Russian Literature
499 books — 2,309 voters
Barefoot Contessa at Home by Ina GartenBarefoot Contessa Family Style by Ina GartenThe Barefoot Contessa Cookbook by Ina Garten
Best Cookbooks
1,487 books — 1,175 voters

Love Medicine by Louise ErdrichCeremony by Leslie Marmon SilkoThe Painted Drum by Louise Erdrich
Native American Fiction
847 books — 649 voters

Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëEugene Onegin by Alexander PushkinLike Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
Best Love Stories
5,281 books — 9,898 voters
The Shipping News by Annie Proulx
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,131 books — 3,698 voters