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The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Death of Ivan Ilych by Leo Tolstoy
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Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
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The Inimitable Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse
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Fall of Giants by Ken FollettThe Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil GaimanA Dance with Dragons by George R.R. MartinMockingjay by Suzanne Collins
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Fall of Giants by Ken FollettThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettShōgun by James ClavellThe Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
Best Historical Fiction
7,447 books — 25,642 voters
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Best Young Adult Books
13,140 books — 80,222 voters
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31,849 books — 121,114 voters

Growth of the Soil by Knut HamsunDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckThe Stranger by Albert Camus1984 by George Orwell
Let's Shake It Up A Bit
965 books — 575 voters

1984 by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyThe Road by Cormac McCarthyV for Vendetta by Alan             Moore
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2,525 books — 3,238 voters
All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy1984 by George OrwellThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,899 books — 49,787 voters

Life of Pi by Yann MartelThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeThe God Delusion by Richard DawkinsHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,849 books — 22,085 voters
Life of Pi by Yann MartelThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,187 books — 28,372 voters

Les Misérables by Victor HugoAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayAnna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Best Books Ever
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