Leaving Van Gogh by Carol  WallaceRomancing Miss Brontë by Juliet GaelLuncheon of the Boating Party by Susan VreelandLisette's List by Susan VreelandPossession by A.S. Byatt
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43 books — 36 voters
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Beautiful Book Cover Art
377 books — 21 voters

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Best Books Ever
78,457 books — 292,420 voters

Animal Farm by George OrwellWatchmen by Alan MooreThe Road by Cormac McCarthyLolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Best Experimental Books Ever
1,122 books — 1,829 voters
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Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,600 books — 124,075 voters

Down and Rising by Rohith S. Katbamna1984 by George OrwellThe Giver by Lois LowryBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
4,005 books — 26,667 voters