To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerLord of the Flies by William GoldingCharlotte’s Web by E.B. White
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A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniWater for Elephants by Sara Gruen
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The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
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20,709 books — 24,638 voters
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7,185 books — 28,365 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainSnow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson
Literature of Social Change
435 books — 315 voters
The Da Vinci Code by Dan    Brown
The Worst Books of All Time
8,096 books — 19,871 voters

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1,638 books — 5,990 voters
The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
Best Historical Fiction
7,600 books — 25,893 voters

The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniWater for Elephants by Sara GruenThe Help by Kathryn StockettA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
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15,114 books — 19,121 voters