We found

Of the 210 total votes received, here are the results:

The winner is... Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry

2nd place: The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton

3rd place: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Tied for 4th place: Natchez Burning trilogy by Greg Iles Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein

Thanks to everyone who participated in the survey and the voting for The Great Decatur Read.

The 50 books below were selected by our survey as the best books in Decatur. Voting was open from September 18th - October 22nd.

A Christmas Carol A Man Called Ove A Tree Grows in A Wrinkle in Time Charles Dickens Fredrik Backman Brooklyn Madeleine Engle Betty Smith

All of the Stars in All the Light We the Heavens Cannot See Amelia Peabody Barker & Llewelyn Adriana Trigiani Anthony Doerr series series Elizabeth Peters Will Thomas Bel Canto Charlotte's Cinder Clan of the Ann Patchett Web Marissa Meyer Cave Bear E B White

Five Smooth Flavia De Luce East of Eden Stones series For Whom the John Steinbeck Ann Fairbairn Alan Bradley Bell Tolls Ernest Hemingway

Gone With the Grapes of Wrath Harry Potter Wind John Steinbeck series Jane Eyre Margaret Mitchell J K Rowling Charlotte Bronte

Joe Pickett series Jurassic Park Little House on the Little Women C J Box Michael Crichton Prairie series Louisa May Alcott Laura Ingall Wilder

Murder on the Lonesome Dove Of Mice and Men Orient Express Natchez Burning Larry McMurtry John Steinbeck Agatha Christie Trilogy Greg Iles

Pillars of the Pride and Prejudice Ready Player South of Broad Earth Jane Austen Pat Conroy Ken Follett One Ernest Cline Southern Sisters Stranger in a The Book Thief The Camel Club series Strange Land Markus Zusak series Anne George Robert Heinlein David Baldacci

The Great Gatsby The Guernsey Literary The Hunt for Red F. Scott Fitzgerald The Hypnotist and Potato Peel October Lars Kepler Pie Society Tom Clancy Mary Ann Shaffer

The Lord of the The Magic Strings of The Outlander The Outsiders Rings series Frankie Presto series S. E. Hinton J R R Tolkien Mitch Albom Diana Gabeldon

The Wizard of Oz series Three Pine series The Poisonwood The Shining L. Frank Baum Louise Penny Bible Stephen King Barbara Kingsolver

To Kill a Velva Jean Learns Mockingbird to Drive Harper Lee Jennifer Niven