Freedom by Jonathan Franzen
2011 Tournament of Books
16 books — 117 voters
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Seasonal Reading Challenge Recommended Books
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The Temple of My Familiar by Alice Walker
Books That Changed My World
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Into the Beautiful North by Luis Alberto Urrea
Best Books of 2009
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Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
What We've Read So Far In 2010
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The Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe Stand by Stephen  KingThe Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
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Bastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,196 books — 11,301 voters
Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury1984 by George Orwell
Literature of Social Change
433 books — 314 voters

The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood
The "Can't Wait" Book of '09
443 books — 2,031 voters
Practical Magic by Alice HoffmanThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerThe Temple of My Familiar by Alice WalkerEven Cowgirls Get the Blues by Tom Robbins
Favorite Magical Realism Novels
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The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerThe Road by Cormac McCarthyOryx and Crake by Margaret AtwoodTwilight by Stephenie Meyer
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
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