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The Catcher in the Rye
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"100 Book Limit - This was 1 of 29 General Fiction by an American Writer."
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To Kill a Mockingbird
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"100 Book Limit - This was 1 of 29 General Fiction by an American Writer."
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The Grapes of Wrath
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"100 Book Limit - This was 1 of 29 General Fiction by an American Writer."
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A Prayer for Owen Meany
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Gone with the Wind
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Catch-22
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"100 Book Limit - This was 1 of 29 General Fiction by an American Writer."
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The Hours
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
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"100 Book Limit - This was 1 of 29 General Fiction by an American Writer."
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The Great Gatsby
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"100 Book Limit - This was 1 of 29 General Fiction by an American Writer."
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Roots: The Saga of an American Family
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"100 Book Limit - This was 1 of 29 General Fiction by an American Writer."
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Death Comes for the Archbishop
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"100 Book Limit - This was 1 of 29 General Fiction by an American Writer."
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The Cider House Rules
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"100 Book Limit - This was 1 of 29 General Fiction by an American Writer."
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Ragtime
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"100 Book Limit - This was 1 of 29 General Fiction by an American Writer."
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Terms of Endearment
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"100 Book Limit - This was 1 of 29 General Fiction by an American Writer."
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The Prince of Tides
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"100 Book Limit - This was 1 of 29 General Fiction by an American Writer."
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Bel Canto
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The Bonfire of the Vanities
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"100 Book Limit - This was 1 of 29 General Fiction by an American Writer."
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Red Grass River: An Epic Southern Gothic of Criminal Folk Heroes, Blood Feuds, and Family Destiny
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"100 Book Limit - This was 1 of 29 General Fiction by an American Writer."
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The Poisonwood Bible
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"100 Book Limit - This was 1 of 29 General Fiction by an American Writer."
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Different Seasons
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"100 Book Limit - This was 1 of 29 General Fiction by an American Writer."
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Exodus
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Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
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"100 Book Limit - This was 1 of 29 General Fiction by an American Writer."
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Odd Thomas (Odd Thomas, #1)
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"100 Book Limit - This was 1 of 29 General Fiction by an American Writer."
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O Pioneers!
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"100 Book Limit - This was 1 of 29 General Fiction by an American Writer."
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The Talisman (The Talisman, #1)
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"100 Book Limit - This was 1 of 29 General Fiction by an American Writer."
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All the Pretty Horses (The Border Trilogy, #1)
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"100 Book Limit - This was 1 of 29 General Fiction by an American Writer."
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Peyton Place (Peyton Place, #1)
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"100 Book Limit - This was 1 of 29 General Fiction by an American Writer."
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An American Tragedy
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"100 Book Limit - This was 1 of 29 General Fiction by an American Writer."
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
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The Green Mile
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"100 Book Limit - This was 1 of 29 General Fiction by an American Writer."
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The Secret History
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"100 Book Limit - This was 1 of 29 General Fiction by an American Writer."
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The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom
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"100 Book Limit- This is 1of 11 Non-Fiction by an American Writer "
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In Cold Blood
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The Executioner's Song
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Them (Wonderland Quartet, #3)
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Columbine
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A Man in Full
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The Onion Field
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
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"100 Book Limit- This is 1of 11 Non-Fiction by an American Writer "
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Girl, Interrupted
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"100 Book Limit- This is 1of 11 Non-Fiction by an American Writer "
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
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"100 Book Limit- This is 1of 11 Non-Fiction by an American Writer "
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The Liars' Club
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"100 Book Limit- This is 1of 11 Non-Fiction by an American Writer "
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Angela’s Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1)
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"100 Book Limit - This is 1of 14 Non-Fiction by a Non-American Writer"
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The Day of the Jackal
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"100 Book Limit - This is 1of 14 Non-Fiction by a Non-American Writer"
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The Second Sex
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"100 Book Limit - This is 1of 14 Non-Fiction by a Non-American Writer"
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Atlas Shrugged
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"100 Book Limit - This is 1of 14 Non-Fiction by a Non-American Writer"
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On Death and Dying: What the Dying Have to Teach Doctors, Nurses, Clergy and Their Own Families
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"100 Book Limit - This is 1of 14 Non-Fiction by a Non-American Writer"
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Common Sense
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The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East
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"100 Book Limit - This is 1of 14 Non-Fiction by a Non-American Writer"
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Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, and Selections from The House of the Dead
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The Satanic Verses
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"100 Book Limit - This is 1of 14 Non-Fiction by a Non-American Writer"
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War and Peace
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"100 Book Limit - This is 1of 14 Non-Fiction by a Non-American Writer"
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Autobiography of a Yogi
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"100 Book Limit - This is 1of 14 Non-Fiction by a Non-American Writer"
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The Tao of Physics: An Exploration of the Parallels between Modern Physics and Eastern Mysticism
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"100 Book Limit - This is 1of 14 Non-Fiction by a Non-American Writer"
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Ethics
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Mere Christianity
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"100 Book Limit - This is 1of 14 Non-Fiction by a Non-American Writer"
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The Unbearable Lightness of Being
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"100 Book Limit - 1 of 27 Works of Fiction by a Non-American Writer - Czech"
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One Hundred Years of Solitude
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"100 Book Limit - 1 of 27 Works of Fiction by a Non-American Writer - Columbia"
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Gargantua and Pantagruel
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"100 Book Limit - 1 of 27 Works of Fiction by a Non-American Writer - France"
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The Three Musketeers
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"100 Book Limit - 1 of 27 Works of Fiction by a Non-American Writer - France"
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Anna Karenina
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"100 Book Limit - 1 of 27 Works of Fiction by a Non-American Writer - Russia"
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The Metamorphosis
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"100 Book Limit - 1 of 27 Works of Fiction by a Non-American Writer - Russia"
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The Idiot
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"100 Book Limit - 1 of 27 Works of Fiction by a Non-American Writer - Russia"
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Doctor Zhivago
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"100 Book Limit - 1 of 27 Works of Fiction by a Non-American Writer - Russia"
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Foucault’s Pendulum
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"100 Book Limit -1 of 27 Great Books From Around The World - Italy"
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Norwegian Wood
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"100 Book Limit -1 of 27 Great Books From Around The World - Japan "
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The Loser
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"100 Book Limit -1 of 27 Great Books From Around The World - Austria"
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Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
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"100 Book Limit -1 of 27 Great Books From Around The World - England"
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The Historian
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"100 Book Limit -1 of 27 Great Books From Around The World - Hungary"
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Great Expectations
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"100 Book Limit -1 of 27 Great Books From Around The World - England"
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rated it 4 stars
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #3)
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"100 Book Limit -1 of 27 Great Books From Around The World - England"
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Of Human Bondage
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"100 Book Limit -1 of 27 Great Books From Around The World - England"
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Ulysses
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"100 Book Limit -1 of 27 Great Books From Around The World - Ireland"
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Lolita
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"100 Book Limit -1 of 27 Great Books From Around The World - Russia"
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
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"100 Book Limit -1 of 27 Great Books From Around The World - Ireland"
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rated it 4 stars
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Atonement
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"100 Book Limit -1 of 27 Great Books From Around The World - England"
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Tess of the D’Urbervilles
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"100 Book Limit -1 of 27 Great Books From Around The World - England"
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Wuthering Heights
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"100 Book Limit -1 of 27 Great Books From Around The World - England"
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Jane Eyre
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"100 Book Limit -1 of 27 Great Books From Around The World - England"
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Rebecca
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"100 Book Limit -1 of 27 Great Books From Around The World - England"
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A Room with a View
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"100 Book Limit -1 of 27 Great Books From Around The World - England"
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Childhood’s End
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"100 Book Limit - 1 of 7 Great Science Fiction-Dystopia-Utopia Books Ever"
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Animal Farm / 1984
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"100 Book Limit - 1 of 7 Great Science Fiction-Dystopia-Utopia Books Ever"
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2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)
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"100 Book Limit - 1 of 7 Great Science Fiction-Dystopia-Utopia Books Ever"
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The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1-5)
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"100 Book Limit - 1 of 7 Great Science Fiction-Dystopia-Utopia Books Ever"
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Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
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"100 Book Limit - 1 of 7 Great Science Fiction-Dystopia-Utopia Books Ever"
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Lord of the Flies
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"100 Book Limit - 1 of 7 Great Science Fiction-Dystopia-Utopia Books Ever"
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The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
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"100 Book Limit - 1 of 7 Great Science Fiction-Dystopia-Utopia Books Ever"
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Sophie’s Choice
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"100 Book Limit - 1 of 4 WWII/Holocaust Books"
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The Diary of a Young Girl
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"100 Book Limit - 1 of 4 WWII/Holocaust Books"
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Night
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Schindler’s List
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"100 Book Limit - 1 of 4 WWII/Holocaust Books"
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Dracula
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"100 Book Limit - 1 of 2 Classic Horror Books"
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Frankenstein: The 1818 Text
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"100 Book Limit - 1 of 2 Classic Horror Books"
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rated it 4 stars
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Alice in Wonderland
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"100 Book Limit - 1 of 5 Classic Children/YA Books/Sets"
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Pippi Longstocking (Pippi Långstrump, #1)
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"100 Book Limit - 1 of 5 Classic Children/YA Books/Sets"
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The Little House Collection (Little House, #1-9)
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The Chronicles of Narnia (The Chronicles of Narnia, #1-7)
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The Complete Fairy Tales
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