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92 books · 91 voters · list created June 14th, 2012 by Amara Tanith (votes) .
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Amara 2691 books
58 friends
Jennifer 301 books
1726 friends
Sara 19049 books
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Annette 270 books
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Soumya 1374 books
38 friends
Lesley 1982 books
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Richard 6430 books
967 friends
Alex 1799 books
56 friends

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message 1: by Jill (new)

Jill Amara, I would add "Atlas Shrugged" to this list....Who is John Galt?


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