Walking Home by Kelly WintersWild by Cheryl StrayedBecoming Odyssa by Jennifer Pharr Davis
Women's Hiking Memoirs
82 books — 28 voters
The Help by Kathryn StockettThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie FlaggDivine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca WellsWhere the Heart Is by Billie Letts
Best Adult Female Friendship Books
692 books — 1,175 voters

A Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonWalking Home by Kelly Winters
Appalachian Trail Books
70 books — 43 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeHarry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,233 books — 118,048 voters
Sing You Home by Jodi PicoultThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie FlaggRubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae BrownAnnie on My Mind by Nancy Garden
Best Lesbian Fiction
2,024 books — 2,634 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Giving Tree by Shel SilversteinMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Best Books Ever
74,936 books — 277,893 voters

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara KingsolverThe Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
Best Books on Growing Food
90 books — 63 voters