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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsGood Omens by Terry Pratchett
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4,294 books — 7,878 voters

The Iliad / The Odyssey by HomerThe Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson by Emily DickinsonLeaves of Grass by Walt Whitman
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2,970 books — 2,411 voters
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