Editors' Top Picks
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
78th out of 1,365 books — 2,586 voters
The Song of Achilles by Madeline MillerCall Me By Your Name by André AcimanAristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire SáenzMaurice by E.M. ForsterThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Best Gay Fiction
79th out of 2,681 books — 3,892 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
24th out of 341 books — 507 voters
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire SáenzThe Song of Achilles by Madeline MillerThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerCall Me By Your Name by André Aciman
Best LGBTQIA literature
84th out of 1,789 books — 2,234 voters

1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Stranger by Albert Camus
Best Books of the Decade: 1940s
128th out of 824 books — 1,148 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
92nd out of 835 books — 748 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
7081st out of 77,612 books — 289,676 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers
Oxford American: The Best Southern Novels of All Time
47th out of 145 books — 91 voters

Mina and the Undead by Amy McCawInterview with the Vampire by Anne RiceThe Beautiful by Renée AhdiehThe Secret to Hummingbird Cake by Celeste Fletcher McHaleA Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams
Louisiana Fiction
17th out of 195 books — 157 voters
Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskeyCry, the Beloved Country by Alan PatonCheaper by the Dozen by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr.The English Clown Tradition from the Middle Ages to Shakespeare by Robert HornbackI Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
Best Books 1948
10th out of 84 books — 58 voters

The Boy Kingdom by Achy ObejasLolita by Vladimir NabokovThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
Books With Beautiful Prose
30th out of 236 books — 164 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie FlaggThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Great Books of Southern Fiction
113th out of 383 books — 443 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie FlaggForrest Gump by Winston GroomNew Yesterdays by Jim L. WrightLooking for Alaska by John Green
Alabama Books
48th out of 268 books — 132 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddThe Awakening by Kate Chopin
Book Riot's 100 Must-Read Works of Southern Literature
54th out of 99 books — 29 voters

Maurice by E.M. ForsterGiovanni’s Room by James BaldwinDeath in Venice by Thomas MannNaked Lunch by William S. BurroughsThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Publishing Triangle 100 Best Gay and Lesbian Books
16th out of 100 books — 13 voters
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. RowlingThe Kitchen House by Kathleen GrissomRoom by Emma DonoghueFlowers in the Attic by V.C. AndrewsDewey by Vicki Myron
Rooms & Parts of a House - Title Challenge
14th out of 473 books — 19 voters

Giovanni’s Room by James BaldwinGo Tell It on the Mountain by James BaldwinTales of the City by Armistead MaupinMaurice by E.M. ForsterDeath in Venice by Thomas Mann
Gay Novels From Before 1990
16th out of 227 books — 18 voters
Post Office by Charles BukowskiThe Rum Diary by Hunter S. ThompsonThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldAre You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea by Chelsea HandlerThe Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
Drunken Masters
82nd out of 281 books — 376 voters

In Cold Blood by Truman CapoteBreakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories by Truman CapoteOther Voices, Other Rooms by Truman CapoteA Christmas Memory by Truman CapoteThe Thanksgiving Visitor by Truman Capote
Truman Capote: from book to screen
3rd out of 9 books — 7 voters
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeGiovanni’s Room by James BaldwinCarmilla by J. Sheridan Le FanuMaurice by E.M. ForsterThe Price of Salt by Claire Morgan
Queer Lit & Queer Writers Before 2000
19th out of 115 books — 26 voters

1984 by George OrwellThe Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
What a Downer...
157th out of 331 books — 117 voters
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsCinder by Marissa MeyerThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankDivergent by Veronica RothThe Call of the Wild by Jack London
Authors Under 30
47th out of 148 books — 105 voters

In Cold Blood by Truman CapoteBreakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories by Truman CapoteThe Grass Harp, Including A Tree of Night and Other Stories by Truman CapoteSummer Crossing by Truman CapoteThe Thanksgiving Visitor by Truman Capote
Truman Capote
7th out of 10 books — 5 voters
Le Berceau by Julius EksMaurice by E.M. ForsterBrokeback Mountain by Annie ProulxExciting Times by Naoise DolanSwimming in the Dark by Tomasz Jedrowski
What to Read After Call Me by Your Name
13th out of 54 books — 21 voters

A Little Life by Hanya YanagiharaThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniAll the Bright Places by Jennifer NivenNever Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Destruction Literature
28th out of 50 books — 36 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodNight by Elie WieselSophie’s Choice by William StyronThe Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
The Silent Generation Makes Some Noise
76th out of 228 books — 33 voters

In a Sunburned Country by Bill BrysonThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainThe Far Pavilions by M.M. KayeSola by Amy FieldThe Two Week Traveller by Matthew Lightfoot
Books that make you dream of travelling
43rd out of 193 books — 36 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenHarry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
Favorite Books
8064th out of 14,841 books — 10,438 voters

The Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathFor Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest HemingwayBirdsong by Sebastian FaulksChitty Chitty Bang Bang by Ian FlemingThe Tin Drum by Günter Grass
Sounds
87th out of 668 books — 51 voters
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton EllisFight Club by Chuck PalahniukFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Wasp Factory by Iain Banks
Disturbingly Enticing
164th out of 498 books — 197 voters

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