Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
Literary Westerns
288 books — 392 voters
The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. AuelThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
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12,659 books — 8,349 voters

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouDry by Augusten BurroughsWhat Is the What by Dave EggersNight by Elie Wiesel
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
6,329 books — 7,063 voters

The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel
Best Historical Fiction
7,819 books — 26,124 voters
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddSaving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman
Quirky Southern Fiction
978 books — 1,920 voters

The Shining by Stephen  KingTell No One by Harlan Coben
Thrillers You Must Read!
5,163 books — 7,334 voters
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
Best Westerns
1,408 books — 1,566 voters

Middlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesExtremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran FoerThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Best for Book Clubs
15,227 books — 19,372 voters

A Child Called "It" by Dave Pelzer
You Can't Make This ?#$*t Up!
104 books — 158 voters
The Road by Cormac McCarthyA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy TooleTwilight by Stephenie MeyerThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Books I Refused to Finish
124 books — 18 voters

The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty  SmithThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyExtremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran FoerThe Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom
Unforgettables
12,150 books — 7,908 voters
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyExtremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
(good!) Hipster Literature
129 books — 247 voters

It by Stephen  King
Unfinished
176 books — 42 voters
The Shining by Stephen  King
Best of Stephen King
190 books — 3,884 voters

In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Bloody Good Reads!
96 books — 15 voters
The Concrete Blonde by Michael    ConnellyThe Brass Verdict by Michael    Connelly
Best by Michael Connelly
33 books — 99 voters

The Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim EdwardsThe Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniHotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
Heart-wrenching novels
51 books — 30 voters
Peyton Place by Grace MetaliousThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeMudbound by Hillary Jordan
Best Southern Literature
1,374 books — 2,590 voters

The Dry Grass of August by Anna Jean Mayhew
Spring 2012 Next Chapter Favorites
39 books — 290 voters
White Oleander by Janet FitchThe Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Books that Made You Cry!
3,357 books — 7,978 voters

Tell No One by Harlan CobenPromise Me by Harlan Coben
Favorite Harlan Coben
28 books — 192 voters
Twilight by Stephenie MeyerThe Road by Cormac McCarthyA Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers
Disappointing Books
2,770 books — 4,608 voters

Tell No One by Harlan Coben
Favourite Crime & Thrillers
2,293 books — 1,831 voters
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Best Young Adult Fiction
3,612 books — 6,928 voters

Tell No One by Harlan Coben
Best Suspense novels
424 books — 327 voters
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran FoerThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniMiddlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesWhat Is the What by Dave Eggers
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,215 books — 28,371 voters