The Ghost Writer by Philip RothPortnoy’s Complaint by Philip Roth
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32 books — 104 voters
Letter Composed During a Lull in the Fighting by Kevin Powers
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To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeMurder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
Hey, chicks can write, too!
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All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueThe Things They Carried by Tim O'BrienThe Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers
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The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Best Experimental Books Ever
1,121 books — 1,773 voters
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson
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The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell HammettThe Thin Man by Dashiell HammettThe Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon
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1,205 books — 1,092 voters
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingNo Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
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9,848 books — 22,132 voters

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Books about Books
1,385 books — 1,519 voters
When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops? by George CarlinThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonFear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson
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Run With the Hunted by Charles Bukowski
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17 books — 4 voters
Animal Farm by George OrwellThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayThe Stranger by Albert CamusBartleby the Scrivener by Herman MelvilleNight by Elie Wiesel
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718 books — 1,449 voters

The House on Mango Street by Sandra CisnerosTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldMacbeth by William ShakespeareHamlet by William Shakespeare
Read These In School - Liked Them Anyway
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The Worst Books of All Time
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