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Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson
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473 books — 752 voters
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408 books — 2,013 voters

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The Sunne in Splendour - A Novel of Richard III by Sharon Kay Penman
Richard III and The War of the Roses
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Prince of Fools by Mark  LawrenceTower Lord by Anthony RyanThe Magician's Land by Lev Grossman
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533 books — 2,310 voters

The Doors of Stone by Patrick Rothfuss
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260 books — 3,792 voters

Paris by Edward RutherfurdThe White Princess by Philippa Gregory
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418 books — 2,165 voters

Dune by Frank HerbertBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyFoundation by Isaac AsimovI, Robot by Isaac AsimovHyperion by Dan Simmons
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658 books — 2,919 voters

World War Z by Max BrooksThe Zombie Survival Guide by Max BrooksThe Walking Dead, Vol. 1 by Robert Kirkman
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