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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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Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister by Gregory Maguire
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9,445 books — 8,450 voters

Murder Must Advertise by Dorothy L. Sayers
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The Quiche of Death by M.C. Beaton
Cozy Mystery Series - First Book of a Series
1,159 books — 2,472 voters

My Ántonia by Willa CatherThe House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
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485 books — 720 voters
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Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
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7,186 books — 28,366 voters

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
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,700 books — 120,580 voters
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1,704 books — 6,876 voters