Lists featuring Bastard Out of Carolina

• Feminista!'s "100 Great 20th Century Works of Fiction by Women"
• The 100 Best Lesbian and Gay Novels (selected by The Publishing Triangle)
• oaklandcubsfan's "Reading list for the (now defunct) Monday East Bay Book Club"
• MomsMyJob's "Madison Public Library 100 Best Novels"
• MarleneTC's "Books I've read in 2004"
• chubacca_alpaca's "Books I've Read in 2008"
• National Geographic Traveler's "Ultimate Travel Library"
• MomsMyJob's "Most Frequently Recommended College-Bound Reading (Fiction)"