Just Kids by Patti Smith
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
6,875 books — 8,783 voters
The Prince of Tides by Pat ConroyA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
Best Southern Literature
1,422 books — 2,700 voters

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,878 books — 7,007 voters

In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Best True Crime
1,535 books — 2,225 voters
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
Best Westerns
1,471 books — 1,636 voters

And Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Best Literary Mysteries
2,727 books — 5,285 voters