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480 books — 498 voters
1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Alchemist by Paulo CoelhoSiddhartha by Hermann HesseThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
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347 books — 103 voters
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1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyDune by Frank HerbertThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Foundation Trilogy by Isaac Asimov
Best Science Fiction of the 20th Century
550 books — 475 voters
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121 books — 105 voters

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Best Science Fiction
3,589 books — 6,841 voters