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6 books — 1 voter
Contact by Carl Sagan
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1,242 books — 4,095 voters
The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett
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4,305 books — 7,861 voters

The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson
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4,447 books — 18,193 voters
Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas PynchonAgainst the Day by Thomas Pynchon
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588 books — 2,044 voters