Clochemerle by Gabriel ChevallierThe Water of the Hills by Marcel PagnolThe Earth by Émile ZolaThe Pop Larkin Chronicles by H.E. BatesGrowth of the Soil by Knut Hamsun
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116 books — 12 voters
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The Russian Revolution by Sean McMeekin
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A People's Tragedy by Orlando Figes
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105 books — 20 voters

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408 books — 101 voters
Little Big Man by Thomas Berger
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884 books — 1,577 voters

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