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The Game of Kings by Dorothy Dunnett
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7,921 books — 26,352 voters
In Cold Blood by Truman CapoteThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettCutting for Stone by Abraham   VergheseThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
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A Passage to India by E.M. Forster
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569 books — 161 voters
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth11/22/63 by Stephen  King
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1,437 books — 1,778 voters

The Da Vinci Code by Dan    BrownThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsA Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinThe Secret by Rhonda Byrne
I Don't Understand All That Fuss
1,011 books — 2,625 voters
The Hunt for Red October by Tom ClancyThe Day of the Jackal by Frederick ForsythThe Pelican Brief by John GrishamThe Odessa File by Frederick ForsythThe Fourth Protocol by Frederick Forsyth
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544 books — 654 voters

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733 books — 434 voters
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Best Spy Novels
1,417 books — 2,505 voters

The Firm by Robin Waterfield
Best Twists
8,651 books — 9,611 voters
Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,569 books — 124,013 voters

Along Came a Spider by James  PattersonThe Queen of Patpong by Timothy HallinanThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
The Worst Books of All Time
8,121 books — 19,899 voters
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Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
15,544 books — 17,532 voters

The Help by Kathryn Stockett
ONE DAY Best Summer Reads
1,666 books — 5,985 voters
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7,461 books — 16,251 voters

The Snowman by Jo Nesbø
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2,329 books — 2,029 voters
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettShōgun by James Clavell
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3,836 books — 4,045 voters

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