Just Kids by Patti Smith
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
6,468 books — 7,505 voters
The Prince of Tides by Pat ConroyA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
Best Southern Literature
1,382 books — 2,603 voters

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,876 books — 7,000 voters

In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Best True Crime
1,464 books — 2,092 voters
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
Best Westerns
1,424 books — 1,603 voters

And Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Best Literary Mysteries
2,657 books — 4,973 voters