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2,994 books — 12,440 voters
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,334 books — 26,100 voters

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Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,556 books — 24,997 voters
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Best Historical Fiction
7,591 books — 25,881 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
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32,075 books — 121,872 voters
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Best Young Adult Books
13,166 books — 80,258 voters

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Best YA Guy Reads
358 books — 195 voters