Geek Love by Katherine Dunn
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,206 books — 11,303 voters
The Tell-Tale Heart and Other Writings by Edgar Allan PoeJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëSong of the Exile by Kiana DavenportWide Sargasso Sea by Jean RhysDaisy Miller by Henry James
Books you have read more than one time
12,549 books — 7,805 voters

Ellen Foster by Kaye GibbonsTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie FlaggThe Help by Kathryn Stockett
Best Southern Literature
1,342 books — 2,573 voters
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezLike Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelThe House of the Spirits by Isabel AllendeLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García MárquezKafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
Favorite Magical Realism Novels
1,304 books — 4,521 voters

Complications by Atul GawandeUnder the Banner of Heaven by Jon KrakauerNight by Elie WieselNickel and Dimed by Barbara EhrenreichA Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah
Must Read Non-Fiction
5,245 books — 4,417 voters
Lord of the Flies by William GoldingTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainNight by Elie WieselNickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,575 books — 120,237 voters

Running with Scissors by Augusten BurroughsA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy TooleWhen You Are Engulfed in Flames by David SedarisDress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David SedarisHolidays on Ice by David Sedaris
Books that Make you Laugh
3,505 books — 5,050 voters