The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleThe Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le GuinThe Giver by Lois LowryThe Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
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One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
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The Giving Tree by Shel SilversteinThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
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