Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. RowlingThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanA Thousand Acres by Jane SmileyAll the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthyThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
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3,140 books — 3,671 voters
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Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,252 books — 2,429 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
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7,787 books — 49,756 voters