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The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler
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Crossing to Safety by Wallace StegnerMiddlemarch by George EliotBleak House by Charles DickensThe Help by Kathryn StockettWater for Elephants by Sara Gruen
I'm glad someone made me read this book
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9,517 books — 8,752 voters

Murder Must Advertise by Dorothy L. Sayers
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909 books — 1,259 voters
The Quiche of Death by M.C. Beaton
Cozy Mystery Series - First Book of a Series
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My Ántonia by Willa CatherThe House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
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485 books — 720 voters
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1,176 books — 1,113 voters

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7,893 books — 49,819 voters
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To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Fountainhead by Ayn RandPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenPhineas Finn by Anthony TrollopeA Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
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32,462 books — 123,600 voters
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