Editors' Top Picks
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryTrue Grit by Charles PortisBlood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthyAll the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthyNo Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
Best Westerns
14th out of 1,401 books — 1,543 voters
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryBlood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthyTrue Grit by Charles PortisAll the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthyThe Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt
Literary Westerns
7th out of 284 books — 388 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
3124th out of 77,641 books — 289,864 voters
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthyThe Road by Cormac McCarthyNo Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthySuttree by Cormac McCarthyChild of God by Cormac McCarthy
Best Cormac McCarthy Books
9th out of 17 books — 184 voters

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. RowlingA Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinThe Giver by Lois Lowry
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
123rd out of 3,155 books — 3,679 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellHarry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Best Books of the 20th Century
948th out of 7,890 books — 49,803 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
The Great American Novel
142nd out of 672 books — 1,093 voters
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthyLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryTrue Grit by Charles PortisAll the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthyThe Son by Philipp Meyer
Best Contemporary Western Novels
14th out of 120 books — 142 voters

1984 by George OrwellDracula by Bram StokerA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboThe Shining by Stephen KingInterview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
Quality Dark Fiction
324th out of 2,592 books — 3,351 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
253rd out of 1,140 books — 1,016 voters

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingMy Sister's Keeper by Jodi PicoultThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboBridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
Books That Made You Cry
367th out of 1,606 books — 3,289 voters
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryHoles by Louis SacharAll the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy11/22/63 by Stephen KingIsaac's Storm by Erik Larson
Books Set in Texas
83rd out of 967 books — 337 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
100 Best American Authors
231st out of 754 books — 616 voters
The Help by Kathryn StockettOutlander by Diana GabaldonReady Player One by Ernest ClineThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Best Audio Books
57th out of 322 books — 297 voters

Wolf Hall by Hilary MantelSheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master by K. RitzThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrTwo Twisted Crowns by Rachel Gillig
Literary Historical Fiction
272nd out of 1,157 books — 1,109 voters
All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthyLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryLike Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelThe Tortilla Curtain by T. Coraghessan BoyleStreets of Laredo by Larry McMurtry
Tales from the U.S.-Mexico Border
6th out of 62 books — 14 voters

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë1984 by George OrwellThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Books on Loneliness
155th out of 517 books — 498 voters
Wuthering Heights by Emily BrontëHamlet by William ShakespeareA Christmas Carol by Charles DickensThe Hours by Michael CunninghamThe Raven by Edgar Allan Poe
mourning & ghosts, life & death
87th out of 384 books — 111 voters

Heat of Paris by Peter BreyerOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe House of the Spirits by Isabel AllendeLike Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelAztec by Gary Jennings
Historical Fiction set in Latin America
42nd out of 161 books — 134 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Best Bildungsroman book
175th out of 368 books — 331 voters

The Road by Cormac McCarthyAll the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthyNo Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthyBlood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthyThe Crossing by Cormac McCarthy
AOM - Nine Writers Carrying the Torch for Men's Fiction
5th out of 33 books — 5 voters
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryInterwoven by Sallie Reynolds MatthewsLone Star Literature by Don GrahamComanche Moon by Larry McMurtryThe Time It Never Rained by Elmer Kelton
10 Texas books every Texan should read
14th out of 37 books — 18 voters

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. RowlingMockingjay by Suzanne Collins
Books That Leave You Speechless
83rd out of 193 books — 199 voters
The Road by Cormac McCarthyNo Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthyBlood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthyAll the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthyChild of God by Cormac McCarthy
Best of Cormac McCarthy
10th out of 18 books — 9 voters

A Death in the Family by James AgeeHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. RowlingOliver Twist by Charles DickensThe Sheltering Sky by Paul BowlesThank You for Smoking by Christopher Buckley
Stephen King's Reading List for Writers
65th out of 95 books — 10 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingLord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Shipping News by Annie ProulxHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
Stephen King's Booklist from "On Writing"
43rd out of 92 books — 44 voters

The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakLife of Pi by Yann Martel
Foreign Lands
1621st out of 2,368 books — 2,202 voters
The Outsiders by S.E. HintonLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareOld Yeller by Fred GipsonThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Five-Hanky Books
19th out of 74 books — 11 voters

Steele's Battalion by John D. BeattyLight Changes Everything by Nancy E. TurnerInland by Téa ObrehtAll Things Left Wild by James WadeAll the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy
Historical Fiction - American Southwest
7th out of 26 books — 50 voters
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerA Walk to Remember by Nicholas SparksThe Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldThe Notebook by Nicholas SparksRomeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Not So Happily-Ever-After
299th out of 786 books — 1,066 voters

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