To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
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Jubilee by Margaret WalkerDust Tracks on a Road by Zora Neale HurstonThe Street by Ann PetryThe Third Life Of Grange Copeland by Alice WalkerA Taste of Power by Elaine  Brown
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Tao Te Ching by Lao TzuLetter to a Christian Nation by Sam Harris
favorite non-fiction
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Empire of the Summer Moon by S.C. Gwynne
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The Most Interesting Person in the Room by Thomas   Vernon
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The Most Interesting Person in the Room by Thomas   Vernon
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The Most Interesting Person in the Room by Thomas   Vernon
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14,778 books — 16,482 voters
The Most Interesting Person in the Room by Thomas   Vernon
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The Most Interesting Person in the Room by Thomas   Vernon
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,228 books — 8,060 voters
The Most Interesting Person in the Room by Thomas   Vernon
Best of Little-Known Authors
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