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Circe by Madeline Miller
Popsugar 2024 #2 - A Bildungsroman Book
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1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyThe Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
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The Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
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Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyAnimal Farm by George Orwell1984 by George OrwellThe Time Machine by H.G. Wells
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The Last Olympian by Rick RiordanThe Titan’s Curse by Rick RiordanThe Lost Hero by Rick RiordanThe Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
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Animal Farm by George Orwell1984 by George OrwellThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
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32,387 books — 123,386 voters

The Song of Achilles by Madeline MillerSix of Crows by Leigh BardugoInterview with the Vampire by Anne RiceCarmilla by J. Sheridan Le FanuThe Vampire Lestat by Anne Rice
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62 books — 151 voters

The Divine Comedy by Dante AlighieriSir Gawain and the Green Knight by Burton RaffelInferno by Dante AlighieriParadise by Dante AlighieriThe Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri, Volume 2 by Dante Alighieri
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Le Morte d'Arthur by Thomas Malory
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72 books — 163 voters

A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William ShakespeareJulius Caesar by William ShakespeareUtopia by Thomas MoreThe Faerie Queene by Edmund SpenserThe Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare
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The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole
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376 books — 1,010 voters
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville
Best Books of the 19th Century
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1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyEast of Eden by John SteinbeckA Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
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Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
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Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville
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Anna Karenina by Leo TolstoyMiddlemarch by George EliotCarmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu
Best Books of the Decade: 1870s
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Ben-Hur by Lew Wallace
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378 books — 414 voters

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
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488 books — 502 voters
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
Best Books of the Decade: 1900s
483 books — 857 voters

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettThe Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
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538 books — 777 voters
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The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckMadeline by Ludwig Bemelmans
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