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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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The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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The Oxford Guide to Arthurian Literature and Legend by Alan Lupack
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A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
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Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
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