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Black Swan Green by David  MitchellThe Arrival by Shaun TanRemarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier
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7,188 books — 28,375 voters
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7,686 books — 14,174 voters

Mister God, This is Anna by FynnThe Essential Rumi by Coleman BarksThe Jungle Book by Rudyard KiplingThe Professor and the Madman by Simon WinchesterMy Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell
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