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310 books — 388 voters
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Best Japanese Books
774 books — 3,250 voters

Candide by VoltaireZadig et autres contes by VoltaireMicromegas and Other Short Fictions by VoltaireMadame Bovary by Gustave FlaubertEugénie Grandet by Honoré de Balzac
Classic French Literature
345 books — 259 voters
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Best French Literature
884 books — 1,574 voters

Selected Stories of Anton Chekhov by Anton ChekhovDiary of a Madman and Other Stories by Nikolai GogolThe Complete Short Novels by Anton ChekhovWard No. 6 and Other Stories by Anton ChekhovForever Flowing by Vasily Grossman
Best Russian Literature
514 books — 2,284 voters