The Stranger by Albert Camus1984 by George OrwellSiddhartha by Hermann HesseThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
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311 books — 77 voters

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7,893 books — 49,819 voters
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3,125 books — 3,499 voters
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The best Dutch literature
415 books — 386 voters