The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonPippi Longstocking by Astrid LindgrenThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg LarssonThe Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg LarssonHunger by Knut Hamsun
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1,218 books — 1,245 voters

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22 books — 3 voters
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Memoirs by Women
3,124 books — 3,076 voters

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77,214 books — 287,978 voters
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2,335 books — 1,145 voters