To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
245th out of 31,964 books — 121,358 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Best Books Ever
378th out of 76,954 books — 286,413 voters

City of Ashes by Cassandra ClareHush, Hush by Becca FitzpatrickClockwork Angel by Cassandra ClareCity of Glass by Cassandra ClareMarked by P.C. Cast
Books That Should Be Made Into Movies
146th out of 32,347 books — 69,141 voters
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieAngels & Demons by Dan    BrownRebecca by Daphne du MaurierA Story of Yesterday by Sergio Cobo
Best Crime & Mystery Books
209th out of 7,337 books — 15,848 voters

The Devil All the Time by Donald Ray PollockWinter's Bone by Daniel WoodrellKnockemstiff by Donald Ray PollockCrooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom FranklinA Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O'Connor
Country Noir
2nd out of 346 books — 311 voters
American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis1984 by George OrwellLord of the Flies by William GoldingA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboA Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
203rd out of 3,241 books — 11,478 voters

Forrest Gump by Winston GroomThe Devil Wears Prada by Lauren WeisbergerJurassic Park by Michael CrichtonJumanji by Chris Van AllsburgMary Poppins by P.L. Travers
I Only Watched the Movie!
330th out of 1,221 books — 6,122 voters
Gone Girl by Gillian FlynnMurder on Family Grounds by Susan  RowlandTwenty Years Later by Charlie DonleaShutter Island by Dennis LehaneDark Places by Gillian Flynn
Psychological Thrillers
62nd out of 501 books — 752 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeAs I Lay Dying by William FaulknerThe Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
Best Southern Gothic Literature
17th out of 340 books — 506 voters
The Big Sleep by Raymond ChandlerThe Maltese Falcon by Dashiell HammettThe Long Goodbye by Raymond ChandlerFarewell, My Lovely by Raymond ChandlerThe Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain
Best Hardboiled & Noir fiction
62nd out of 737 books — 938 voters

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
Best Books of the 21st Century
427th out of 9,853 books — 22,121 voters
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëCharlotte’s Web by E.B. White
Best Books with Rural Settings
85th out of 1,138 books — 1,015 voters

Cold Mountain by Charles FrazierSerena by Ron RashProdigal Summer by Barbara KingsolverThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsStumbling Thru by A. Digger Stolz
Appalachian Fiction
11th out of 268 books — 322 voters
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
682nd out of 7,188 books — 28,369 voters

The Godfather by Mario PuzoGangster by Lorenzo CarcaterraThe Outsiders by S.E. HintonLayer Cake by J.J. ConnollyHeavy Duty People by Iain Parke
Best Gangster Novels
30th out of 98 books — 179 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
Best Southern Literature
184th out of 1,350 books — 2,577 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Help by Kathryn StockettA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniLife of Pi by Yann Martel
Best Books You've Probably Never Read
15th out of 618 books — 411 voters
The Devil All the Time by Donald Ray PollockBastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy AllisonBefore Familiar Woods by Ian PisarcikWinter's Bone by Daniel WoodrellThe Heavenly Table by Donald Ray Pollock
Grit Lit
4th out of 105 books — 76 voters

The Devil All the Time by Donald Ray PollockNo Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthyKnockemstiff by Donald Ray PollockThe Road by Cormac McCarthyWinter's Bone by Daniel Woodrell
Regional Grit Lit
5th out of 121 books — 88 voters
In Cold Blood by Truman CapoteThe Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John le CarréSmilla's Sense of Snow by Peter HøegThe Long Winter by Laura Ingalls WilderIf on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino
Frosty Book Titles
28th out of 1,593 books — 163 voters

The Help by Kathryn StockettTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie FlaggGarden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen
Quirky Southern Fiction
145th out of 972 books — 1,896 voters
Smilla's Sense of Snow by Peter HøegThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisThe Call of the Wild by Jack LondonThe Long Winter by Laura Ingalls WilderWhite Fang by Jack London
Ice and Snow
40th out of 691 books — 195 voters

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark TwainThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainGone Girl by Gillian FlynnEnemy Women by Paulette JilesThe Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams
Set in Missouri
6th out of 235 books — 80 voters
Wuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyTess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas HardyThe Road by Cormac McCarthy
Masters Of Misery
28th out of 407 books — 99 voters

The Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckAngela's Ashes by Frank McCourtThe Good Earth by Pearl S. BuckTobacco Road by Erskine CaldwellOf Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
The Hardscrabble Life
23rd out of 410 books — 118 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
100 Books to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
4101st out of 15,639 books — 17,956 voters

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanStardust by Neil GaimanThe Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
The Movie Made You Want to Read the Book
186th out of 634 books — 496 voters
The Big Sleep by Raymond ChandlerThe Maltese Falcon by Dashiell HammettPaper Targets by Steve S. SaroffDouble Indemnity by James M. CainThe Black Dahlia by James Ellroy
Noir Fiction
16th out of 164 books — 204 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
Best Southern Books
128th out of 829 books — 740 voters
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieThe Da Vinci Code by Dan    BrownA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboGone Girl by Gillian Flynn
100 Mysteries and Thrillers to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
485th out of 2,261 books — 4,615 voters

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