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Collections of Short Stories
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The Shack by William Paul Young
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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
Best Book to Screen Interpretation
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Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt
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6,538 books — 8,278 voters

The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
Best Children's Books
5,610 books — 7,123 voters
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
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2,779 books — 4,670 voters

Farewell, My Lovely by Raymond Chandler
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9,672 books — 8,828 voters
Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer
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Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich
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847 books — 649 voters
The Giver by Lois Lowry
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4,157 books — 27,062 voters

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Best Young Adult Books
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