At Swim, Two Boys by Jamie O'NeillThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeGulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift
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The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
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Disgrace by J.M. CoetzeeLife & Times of Michael K by J.M. Coetzee
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The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
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The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
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Death of a Salesman by Arthur MillerEquus by Peter ShafferDie Physiker by Friedrich Dürrenmatt
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His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
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Inkheart by Cornelia FunkeThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
What To Read After Harry Potter
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The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Books set during the Summer
370 books — 220 voters
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The Oxford Guide to Arthurian Literature and Legend by Alan Lupack
Best Arthurian Non-Fiction
19 books — 22 voters
Inkheart by Cornelia FunkeThe Neverending Story by Michael EndeThe City of Dreaming Books by Walter Moers
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1,383 books — 1,517 voters

Dune by Frank Herbert1984 by George OrwellSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
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A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
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Atonement by Ian McEwanThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
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Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldTolkien On Fairy-stories by J.R.R. TolkienThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupérySlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
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The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleyThe Winter King by Bernard CornwellEnemy of God by Bernard CornwellExcalibur by Bernard CornwellThe Forest House by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Best Arthurian Fiction
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