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60 books — 1,984 voters

The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor HugoShantaram by Gregory David Roberts
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1,868 books — 7,001 voters
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3,184 books — 11,149 voters

Watchmen by Alan             MooreV for Vendetta by Alan             MooreGhost World by Daniel Clowes
Required Reading Graphic Novels
1,173 books — 2,008 voters
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaThe Stranger by Albert Camus
Best Beginning
712 books — 647 voters

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsCatch-22 by Joseph HellerA Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
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75,398 books — 279,992 voters
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Best Indian Fiction Books
914 books — 2,420 voters

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerWatchmen by Alan             MooreFight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,788 books — 49,755 voters