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181 books — 91 voters
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175 books — 173 voters

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194 books — 179 voters

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166 books — 209 voters

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Booker Prize Eligible 2022
160 books — 217 voters

The Crucible by Arthur MillerLong Day’s Journey into Night by Eugene O'NeillWho's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward AlbeeThe Glass Menagerie by Tennessee WilliamsCat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams
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Booker Prize Eligible 2021
153 books — 177 voters

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35 books — 21 voters

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A Postmodernist "Canon"
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Booker Prize Eligible 2020
160 books — 109 voters


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