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Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue by John McWhorter
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201 books — 73 voters
Hunger by Roxane GayBad Feminist by Roxane Gay
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Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue by John McWhorterThrough the Language Glass by Guy Deutscher
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The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman
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The French Revolution
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Phèdre by Jean Racine
Best Non-American and Non-British Plays
156 books — 67 voters
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601 books — 1,000 voters

Survival in Auschwitz by Primo LeviLiterature or Life by Jorge Semprún
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890 books — 2,881 voters
The Counterfeiters by André Gide
Best Books of the Decade: 1920s
764 books — 1,133 voters

Dubliners by James JoyceSwann’s Way by Marcel ProustA Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James JoyceLe Grand Meaulnes by Alain-Fournier
Best Books of the Decade: 1910s
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The Immoralist by André GideStrait is the Gate by André Gide
Best Books of the Decade: 1900s
465 books — 855 voters

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard
Best Unappreciated Books
4,350 books — 2,181 voters
The Iliad by HomerThe Aeneid by Virgil
Best Novels Set in the Ancient World
508 books — 391 voters

Independent People by Halldór LaxnessWind, Sand and Stars by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Best Books of the Decade: 1930s
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Best Books of the Decade: 1870s
258 books — 345 voters

Sentimental Education by Gustave FlaubertAlice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
Best Books of the Decade: 1860s
234 books — 397 voters
Les Fleurs du Mal by Charles Baudelaire
Best Books of the Decade: 1850s
223 books — 301 voters


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