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With No One as Witness by Elizabeth  George
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21 books — 14 voters

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63 books — 37 voters
The Chimney Sweeper's Boy by Barbara VineThe Tree of Hands by Ruth RendellThe Fifth Woman by Henning MankellTainted Blood by Arnaldur Indriðason
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10 books — 2 voters

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338 books — 285 voters
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7,794 books — 49,751 voters

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Classics Library
634 books — 522 voters
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Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century
101 books — 478 voters

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The Great Classics You Have Not Read Yet
747 books — 1,812 voters
1984 by George Orwell
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8,086 books — 19,865 voters

The Woman in White by Wilkie CollinsThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoIn Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,294 books — 15,442 voters