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368 books — 283 voters
1984 by George OrwellThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienGone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
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31,231 books — 118,381 voters
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2,100 books — 2,330 voters

Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellI, Claudius by Robert GravesThe Killer Angels by Michael ShaaraCentennial by James A. Michener
Best Historical Fiction
7,258 books — 25,422 voters
The Guns of August by Barbara W. TuchmanTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinA Distant Mirror by Barbara W. TuchmanBattle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPhersonThe Proud Tower by Barbara W. Tuchman
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Dune by Frank Herbert1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyFoundation by Isaac Asimov
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8,254 books — 24,502 voters
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The Great War
680 books — 597 voters

A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
I Don't Understand All That Fuss
1,020 books — 2,551 voters