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129 books — 370 voters

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955 books — 1,318 voters
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What Book Would You Like To Live In?
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588 books — 2,044 voters
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Cozy Mystery Series - First Book of a Series
1,151 books — 2,465 voters

Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
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2,301 books — 3,226 voters
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Best Fantasy Books
1,681 books — 1,998 voters

Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson RawlsSophie’s Choice by William StyronCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerFlowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
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3,357 books — 7,913 voters

Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasEast of Eden by John Steinbeck
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,874 books — 7,003 voters
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Series with Sass
228 books — 182 voters

Love Story by Erich Segal
The Worst Books of All Time
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And Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldPresumed Innocent by Scott Turow
Best Twists
8,342 books — 8,957 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George SpeareMrs. Piggle-Wiggle by Betty MacDonaldAll-of-a-Kind Family by Sydney TaylorMy Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George
Favorite books from my childhood
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The Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiWar and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
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42 books — 67 voters

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerMiddlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
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Books I Have No Intention of Reading
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Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Best Books Ever
75,975 books — 282,035 voters