Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathThe Stranger by Albert Camus
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The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. KingWhat Angels Fear by C.S. HarrisThe Secret History of the Pink Carnation by Lauren WilligChild 44 by Tom Rob Smith
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Soulless by Gail CarrigerClockwork Angel by Cassandra ClareThe Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack by Mark Hodder
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The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieThe Historian by Elizabeth KostovaPossession by A.S. Byatt
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The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónPossession by A.S. ByattMr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
Stories For Book Lovers
8,480 books — 8,907 voters
The Sense of an Ending by Julian BarnesPossession by A.S. Byatt
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74 books — 2,016 voters

The Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathA Room of One’s Own by Virginia WoolfTo the Lighthouse by Virginia WoolfI Capture the Castle by Dodie SmithPossession by A.S. Byatt
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783 books — 1,401 voters

The Spiral Staircase by Karen ArmstrongThe Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom
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3,274 books — 3,416 voters
Possession by A.S. Byatt
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1,181 books — 1,330 voters

Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathA Room of One’s Own by Virginia WoolfMrs. Dalloway by Virginia WoolfPossession by A.S. Byatt
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8,800 books — 6,130 voters