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Vicarious Thrills
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Are You My Mother? by Alison BechdelSomething Wicked This Way Comes by Ray BradburyAre You My Mother? by P.D. EastmanI'm Not OK and You're Not OK Either by Susan F. Young
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150 books — 217 voters

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Texts From Jane Eyre References
57 books — 4 voters
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Most Difficult Novels
600 books — 2,063 voters

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
I Picked It Up Because of the Hype
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Isaac's Storm by Erik LarsonIn the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel PhilbrickA Night to Remember by Walter LordAlive by Piers Paul Read
Non-fiction Disaster Books
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Landline by Rainbow Rowell
Book Group Worthy Titles for 2014
243 books — 1,192 voters

The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith
Man Booker Prize Eligible 2013
176 books — 322 voters
Wuthering Heights by Emily BrontëRed Dragon by Thomas  HarrisThe Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John BoyneWhite Oleander by Janet FitchWhen Rabbit Howls by Truddi Chase
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,292 books — 11,640 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëEmma by Jane AustenLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
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1,752 books — 6,906 voters
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Best Books You've Probably Never Read
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The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
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617 books — 1,017 voters
Nine Coaches Waiting by Mary  StewartSprig Muslin by Georgette HeyerA Civil Contract by Georgette HeyerCelia Garth by Gwen BristowAn Infamous Army by Georgette Heyer
CLEAN Romance Books
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The Killer Angels by Michael ShaaraAndersonville by MacKinlay KantorStand Firm Ye Boys from Maine by Thomas A. DesjardinGone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Best American Civil War Books
1,023 books — 1,025 voters
The Princess Bride by William Goldman
The Best Epic Love Stories
626 books — 989 voters

Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Miss Lonelyhearts / The Day of the Locust by Nathanael WestAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll
Best Experimental Books Ever
1,122 books — 1,827 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,215 books — 28,375 voters

How to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must) by Ann Coulter
Books I Have No Intention of Reading
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Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Invisible Man by Ralph EllisonThe Good Earth by Pearl S. BuckWaiting for Godot by Samuel BeckettTo the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
Best Books of the 20th Century
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