Watership Down by Richard  AdamsThe Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth SteinMarley and Me by John GroganThe Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams Bianco
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The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingThe Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
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7,207 books — 28,379 voters
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7,801 books — 49,896 voters

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardSpeaker for the Dead by Orson Scott CardA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleTwenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules VerneThe Time Machine by H.G. Wells
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8,931 books — 26,350 voters