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194 books — 29 voters
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3,551 books — 157 voters

The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe
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200 books — 150 voters
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What We've Read So Far in 2024
4,532 books — 234 voters

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18 books — 96 voters

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Best Books of the Decade: 2020's
2,926 books — 5,465 voters
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What We've Read So Far in 2022
5,363 books — 432 voters

And Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieWellington by Richard   HolmesThe Sacred Search by Gary L. ThomasSharpe's Rifles by Bernard CornwellMoonraker by Ian Fleming
What We've Read So Far in 2021
5,606 books — 368 voters
Good Omens by Terry PratchettThe 39 Steps by John BuchanThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Crusades by Thomas AsbridgeMr. Standfast by John Buchan
What We've Read So Far in 2020
5,746 books — 376 voters

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375 books — 1,008 voters
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Best Books of the Decade: 1920s
765 books — 1,128 voters

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467 books — 854 voters
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Best Books of the Decade: 1910s
530 books — 776 voters

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378 books — 412 voters
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72 books — 186 voters

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What We've Read So Far in 2019
6,517 books — 640 voters
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Best Books of the Decade: 1840s
280 books — 384 voters

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223 books — 303 voters
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2,989 books — 1,154 voters

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63 books — 355 voters
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What We've Read So Far in 2018
6,461 books — 683 voters

Henry V by William ShakespeareKing Henry IV, Part 1 by William ShakespeareHenry VI, Part 1 by William ShakespeareThe Comedy of Errors by William ShakespeareKing Henry VI, Part 2 by William Shakespeare
Best Books of the 16th Century
192 books — 543 voters
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Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,690 books — 14,230 voters

Macbeth by William ShakespeareThe Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan
Best Books of the 17th Century
326 books — 705 voters
The Great Divorce by C.S. LewisThe Screwtape Letters by C.S. LewisEvil Under the Sun by Agatha ChristieThe Gathering Storm by Winston S. ChurchillThe Labours of Hercules by Agatha Christie
Best Books of the Decade: 1940s
821 books — 1,145 voters

The Tombs of Atuan by Ursula K. Le GuinThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanRoadside Picnic by Arkady StrugatskyTinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le CarréOne Corpse Too Many by Ellis Peters
Best Books of the Decade: 1970s
1,955 books — 1,880 voters
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Best Books of the Decade: 1960s
1,360 books — 1,777 voters


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