Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred WatsonMiss Buncle's Book by D.E. StevensonSomeone at a Distance by Dorothy WhippleThe Making of a Marchioness, Part I and II by Frances Hodgson BurnettMariana by Monica Dickens
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151 books — 168 voters
Deep River Crossings by Lorrie C. ReedTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Literature by Women
562 books — 140 voters

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3,497 books — 3,960 voters
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Books Set in India
501 books — 425 voters

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937 books — 2,461 voters