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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
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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
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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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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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The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
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1,393 books — 1,522 voters
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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
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