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Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan SwiftThe Monk by Matthew Gregory Lewis
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375 books — 1,008 voters

The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan DoyleThe Best Short Stories of O. Henry by O. HenryThe Wonderful Adventures of Nils by Selma LagerlöfThe Man Who Was Thursday by G.K. ChestertonThe Golem by Gustav Meyrink
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,899 books — 49,790 voters
Fantasy Pieces in Callot's Manner by E.T.A. HoffmannFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyIvanhoe by Walter  ScottMelmoth the Wanderer by Charles Robert MaturinThe Life and Opinions of the Tomcat Murr by E.T.A. Hoffmann
Best Books of the 19th Century
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The Pillow Book by Sei ShōnagonDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraPlato by PlatoMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
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