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7,989 books — 26,574 voters
1984 by George OrwellThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodNever Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroDune by Frank HerbertI Am Legend by Richard Matheson
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The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry1984 by George OrwellOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodLife of Pi by Yann Martel
Best Books Ever
78,676 books — 293,199 voters