A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
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Feminism Is for Everybody by bell hooksA Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary WollstonecraftGender Trouble by Judith ButlerFeminist Theory by bell hooks
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Cosmos by Carl SaganA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondFreakonomics by Steven D. Levitt
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Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
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Watchmen by Alan             MooreV for Vendetta by Alan             MooreBatman by Alan             MooreDaytripper by Fábio MoonGhost in the Shell by Masamune Shirow
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