Atonement by Ian McEwan
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7,188 books — 28,369 voters

The Secret History by Donna TarttBlindness by José SaramagoAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton EllisAmerican Pastoral by Philip RothUnderworld by Don DeLillo
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,140 books — 3,678 voters
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31,964 books — 121,359 voters

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakLooking for Alaska by John GreenLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottThe Giver by Lois Lowry
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13,150 books — 80,224 voters

Macbeth by William ShakespeareHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingMedea by EuripidesGreat Expectations by Charles Dickens
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144 books — 92 voters
1984 by George OrwellThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldAnimal Farm by George OrwellUlysses by James JoyceWaiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett
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7,889 books — 49,787 voters