The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Good Earth by Pearl S. BuckIberia by James A. MichenerPalace Walk by Naguib MahfouzThe Girl from the Golden Horn by Kurban Said
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Roses for English Gardens by Gertrude Jekyll
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369 books — 156 voters
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
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3,468 books — 6,106 voters

Mythology by Edith Hamilton
Norse Mythology
300 books — 413 voters
Physics and Philosophy by Werner Heisenberg
Best Philosophical Literature
1,206 books — 2,844 voters

The Ghost Map by Steven JohnsonThe Johnstown Flood by David McCullough
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,264 books — 8,157 voters
Have Space Suit—Will Travel by Robert A. HeinleinCitizen of the Galaxy by Robert A. Heinlein
Your Favorite Heinlein Novel
47 books — 312 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienDune by Frank Patrick HerbertFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
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1,765 books — 2,250 voters
Hawaii by James A. MichenerThe Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper...And Ladies of the Club by Helen Hooven Santmyer
Best Historical Fiction
7,921 books — 26,352 voters

J.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,672 books — 26,698 voters
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Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
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