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87 books — 12 voters
The Slave by Isaac Bashevis Singer
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111 books — 1,375 voters

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76 books — 42 voters

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363 books — 306 voters
The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
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1,221 books — 1,702 voters

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2,070 books — 4,531 voters
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414 books — 1,096 voters

The Road by Cormac McCarthy
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76,191 books — 283,308 voters