Lonesome Dove

The Thorn Birds

Colleen McCullough

Shōgun

James Clavell

Roots

Alex Haley

The Prince of Tides

Pat Conroy

Hawai

James A. Michener

Gone With the Wind

Margaret Mitchell

Cold Mountain

Charles Frazier

Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe

Fannie Flagg

Exodus

Leon Uris

Terms of Endearment

Larry McMurtry

The Winds of War

Herman Wouk

To Kill a Mockingbird

Harper Lee