In Cold Blood by Truman CapoteHelter Skelter by Vincent BugliosiThe Stranger Beside Me by Ann RuleThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonColumbine by Dave Cullen
Best True Crime
1,344 books — 1,886 voters
Fog Magic by Julia L. SauerMagic Elizabeth by Norma KassirerJane-Emily by Patricia ClappKatie John by Mary CalhounA Stitch in Time by Penelope Lively
Obscure Children's Vintage Gems
661 books — 238 voters

The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George SpeareMara, Daughter of the Nile by Eloise Jarvis McGrawAnne of the Island by L.M. MontgomeryDaddy-Long-Legs by Jean WebsterThe Perilous Gard by Elizabeth Marie Pope
Old-School Teen Historical Romance
362 books — 161 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
268 books — 322 voters

Cold Mountain by Charles FrazierChristy by Catherine MarshallProdigal Summer by Barbara KingsolverA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonThe Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
Best Books Set in Appalachia
794 books — 838 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerAs I Lay Dying by William FaulknerIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
Best Southern Gothic Literature
337 books — 499 voters