The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonBehind the Scenes at the Museum by Kate AtkinsonWhite Teeth by Zadie SmithRestless by William  BoydThe Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie
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94 books — 89 voters
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe Stranger by Albert CamusBlindness by José SaramagoThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
The Best by Nobel Prize Authors
380 books — 282 voters

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Major Award-Winning Fiction Since 1990
252 books — 567 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,848 books — 121,075 voters

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Best Books Ever
76,761 books — 285,633 voters