| #2 |  She's Come Undone
| 3.64 |
| #3 |  The Poisonwood Bible
| 4.07 |
| #4 |  Night
| 4.34 |
| #5 |  White Oleander
| 3.89 |
| #6 |  Where the Heart Is
| 4.04 |
| #7 |  The Road
| 4.04 |
| #8 |  East of Eden
| 4.5 |
| #9 |  One Hundred Years of Solitude
| 4.1 |
| #10 |  Love in the Time of Cholera
| 3.74 |
| #11 |  The Bluest Eye
| 3.95 |
| #12 |  Song of Solomon
| 4.18 |
| #13 |  The Invention of Wings
| 3.97 |
| #14 |  The Deep End of the Ocean
| 3.24 |
| #15 |  The Corrections
| 3.82 |
| #16 |  Tara Road
| 3.77 |
| #17 |  A New Earth: Create a Better Life
| 3.71 |
| #18 |  Stolen Lives
| 3.75 |
| #19 |  The Heart of a Woman
| 4.42 |
| #20 |  The Underground Railroad
| 4.02 |
| #21 |  An American Marriage
| 3.95 |
| #22 |  The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row
| 4.49 |
| #23 |  Behold the Dreamers
| 3.87 |
| #24 |  Love Warrior
| 4.17 |
| #25 |  American Dirt
| 4.03 |
| #26 |  Olive, Again
| 4.12 |
| #27 |  Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family
| 4.28 |
| #28 |  The Water Dancer
| 4.13 |
| #29 |  Deacon King Kong
| 4.18 |
| #30 |  Caste
| 4.44 |
