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765 books — 1,131 voters

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223 books — 304 voters

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747 books — 1,818 voters

The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
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235 books — 399 voters
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A Broken Vessel by Kate  RossArms of Nemesis by Steven SaylorCut to the Quick by Kate  Ross
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Lady Audley's Secret by Mary Elizabeth Braddon
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153 books — 193 voters
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The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James
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