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6,445 books — 7,452 voters

Beartown by Fredrik BackmanThe Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See
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1,736 books — 3,081 voters

Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy KidderThe Giving Tree by Shel SilversteinEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertUnbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
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695 books — 929 voters
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
Historical Fiction 2015
420 books — 2,124 voters