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7,217 books — 28,368 voters
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensGone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
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13,202 books — 80,310 voters
Tess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
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8,097 books — 19,880 voters

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryGone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
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3,155 books — 3,679 voters