The Help by Kathryn StockettTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
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To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Giving Tree by Shel SilversteinThe Giver by Lois LowryThe Outsiders by S.E. HintonHarry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
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13,025 books — 80,074 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
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