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588 books — 2,043 voters
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20,290 books — 24,172 voters

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith
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The Book Was Better Than the Movie
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A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
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76,233 books — 283,495 voters
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8,105 books — 19,873 voters