Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling
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Best Woman-Authored Books
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
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The Great Classics You Have Not Read Yet
782 books — 1,843 voters

Birdsong by Sebastian FaulksThe Unknown Soldier by Väinö LinnaWar and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
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Bridget Jones’s Diary by Helen FieldingJurassic Park by Michael Crichton
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
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Shakespeare's Sonnets by William ShakespeareThe Iliad / The Odyssey by HomerThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyHamlet by William Shakespeare
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768 books — 2,067 voters
The Stranger by Albert CamusThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Best Philosophical Literature
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