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Best Historical Fiction
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To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerGreen Eggs and Ham by Dr. SeussNight by Elie Wiesel
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The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,560 books — 18,698 voters

Water for Elephants by Sara GruenThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerThe Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldMiddlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
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The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares
Best Young Adult Books
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Night by Elie WieselThe Complete Maus by Art SpiegelmanEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
5,777 books — 6,292 voters
The Giving Tree by Shel SilversteinThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareThe Odyssey by Homer
Best Books Ever
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