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Doctor Zhivago by Boris PasternakA Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
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1,185 books — 1,509 voters

Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy
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2,259 books — 2,432 voters
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
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Sharp Objects by Gillian FlynnCity of Thieves by David Benioff
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