Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
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218 books — 178 voters

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599 books — 328 voters

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11,234 books — 7,192 voters
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215 books — 16 voters

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210 books — 48 voters
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28 books — 13 voters

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most anticipated mysteries 2013
149 books — 544 voters
The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey
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44 books — 49 voters

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187 books — 102 voters

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Everyman's Library 100 Essentials
103 books — 151 voters

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There Ought to be a Band
2,435 books — 1,108 voters

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Black History Month
551 books — 491 voters

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Detective Fiction
1,178 books — 1,075 voters
The Professor and the Madman by Simon WinchesterThe Lake of Dead Languages by Carol GoodmanThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferDon't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight by Alexandra FullerOperation Mincemeat by Ben Macintyre
I Picked It Up Because of the Title
7,923 books — 2,058 voters

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615 books — 150 voters

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1,301 books — 1,093 voters
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Biographic Fiction
733 books — 303 voters