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Original Stories . . . a Breath of Fresh Air
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If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo CalvinoThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollLabyrinths by Jorge Luis Borges
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1,122 books — 1,818 voters

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The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienDivergent by Veronica RothEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardThe Princess Bride by William Goldman
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2,210 books — 6,313 voters
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Best Time Travel Fiction
2,132 books — 5,391 voters