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I Should Probably Read This Sometime...
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The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
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Dracula by Bram Stoker
MUST READS!!!
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Little Women by Louisa May AlcottMy Sister's Keeper by Jodi PicoultMrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
Best Woman-Authored Books
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Coraline by Neil GaimanThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottMy Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
Best Female Lead Characters
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Perfume by Patrick Süskind
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Blindness by José SaramagoPlanet of the Apes by Pierre Boulle
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