Best Barbara Kingsolver Book

The Poisonwood Bible

READERS' PICK: The woman wrote a bestseller about missionaries in the Congo in the early 1960s, for cryin' out loud! She could probably make the Libertarian National Convention sound exciting. If she weren't a Weekly alum, we'd really hate her.

READERS' POLL RUNNER-UP: The Bean Trees

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