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Best Historical Fiction
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What Should I Read in 2011?
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Drunken Masters
281 books — 376 voters

Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea by Chelsea Handler
Books that Make you Laugh
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My Horizontal Life by Chelsea Handler
Books That Made Me Laugh Out Loud
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The Weight of Silence by Heather GudenkaufThe Help by Kathryn StockettCutting for Stone by Abraham   Verghese
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1,764 books — 6,930 voters
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Best Books of 2008
1,643 books — 6,774 voters