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Best Science Fiction
3,718 books — 7,094 voters

The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
The Oddest Books You've Ever Read
71 books — 32 voters
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
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257 books — 208 voters

The Turn of the Screw by Henry James
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502 books — 491 voters
The Turn of the Screw by Henry James
Unique Narrators
400 books — 347 voters

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8,122 books — 4,812 voters
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What Book Would You Like To Live In?
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Books that make you think.
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Through Another's Eyes: Xenofiction
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Philosophical Science Fiction
441 books — 431 voters
Quiet by Susan Cain
Must Read Non-Fiction
5,277 books — 4,498 voters