Just Kids by Patti Smith
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
6,599 books — 7,965 voters
The Prince of Tides by Pat ConroyA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
Best Southern Literature
1,397 books — 2,615 voters

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,878 books — 7,002 voters

In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Best True Crime
1,501 books — 2,122 voters
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
Best Westerns
1,441 books — 1,628 voters

And Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Best Literary Mysteries
2,693 books — 5,100 voters