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Top Must-Read Books of All-Time
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The Best Lord of the Rings Characters
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The Best Novelists of All Time
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The Scariest Novels of All Time
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The Best Autobiographies Ever Written
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All Shakespeare Comedies, Ranked
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All Shakespeare Tragedies, Ranked
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The Greatest Dystopian Novels
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The Best Science-Fiction Authors
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Great Books of the Western World
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100 Famous Novels With Catchy First Lines
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20 Greatest Coffee Table Books of All Time
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The Best Characters from The Lord of the Rings Universe
views: 1,285 1 month agoThe best characters from The Lord of the Rings universe, book and movie versions. Feel free to add more, vote, and rerank.
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10 Greatest Books About China
views: 3,979 2 weeks agoAnyone familiar with China or literature will recognize these titles. They are timeless best-sellers for a reason: they capture the Chinese heart and soul better than any other books ever published about China.
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10 Best Books about Traveling in China
views: 3,378 2 weeks agoAnyone who has lived or traveled in China will have read at least one of these books at some point during their journey. They were written by Old China Hands - the masters of traveling in China. These authors have seen parts of Ch...
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50 Amazing Contemporary International Poets
views: 12,225 2 weeks agoThis is a list of 50 contemporary poets from countries all around the world. Some of the names are more famous than others but all have had a significant impact on modern poetry either through their longevity as celebrated poets, ...
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8 Best CHINA Literature EVER
views: 3,089 2 weeks agoChina's state-run General Administration of Press and Publication (新闻出版总署) screens all Chinese literature intended to be sold on the open market. The GAPP has the legal authority to screen, censor, and ban any print, electronic, o...
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5 Hardest Books To Read (That Are Totally Worth It)
views: 513,727 9 months agoStaggering page numbers, an infinite amount of strange and fascinating characters buried in almost as many digressions, technical and obscure theoretical findings...that's what these masterpieces are all about. If your idea of a g...
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7 Crazy Facts About HP Lovecraft
views: 8,249 2 weeks agoIf you're a nerd, H.P. Lovecraft invented everything awesome, and today (August 20th) is his birthday. In celebration of this weird, weird dude, we're counting off 7 crazy facts from the life of the scariest writer in the English ...
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Best Selling Novels of the 1910's
views: 3,334 9 months agoA list of the best selling novels in the US during the 1910's as reported by Publishers Weekly. This list ranges from 1910 through 1919. All types of novels have been included and each of them has made it into the top ten. With th...
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Best Selling Novels of the 2000's
views: 8,995 9 months agoA list of the best selling novels in the US during the 2000's as reported by Publishers Weekly. This list ranges from 2000 through 2009. All types of novels have been included and each of them has made it into the top ten. With th...
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Best Selling Novels of the 1960's
views: 8,632 9 months agoA list of the best selling novels in the US during the 1960's as reported by Publishers Weekly. This list ranges from 1960 through 1969. All types of novels have been included and each of them has made it into the top ten. With th...
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Best Selling Novels of the 1980s
views: 6,474 9 months agoA list of the best selling novels in the US during the 1980's as reported by Publishers Weekly. This list ranges from 1980 through 1989. All types of novels have been included and each of them has made it into the top ten. With th...
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Best Selling Novels of the 1950's
views: 8,974 9 months agoA list of the best selling novels in the US during the 1950's as reported by Publishers Weekly. This list ranges from 1950 through 1959. All types of novels have been included and each of them has made it into the top ten. With th...
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Best Selling Novels of the 1970's
views: 8,809 9 months agoA list of the best selling novels in the US during the 1970's as reported by Publishers Weekly. This list ranges from 1970 through 1979. All types of novels have been included and each of them has made it into the top ten. With th...
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Best Selling Novels of the 1990's
views: 7,926 9 months agoA list of the best selling novels in the US during the 1990's as reported by Publishers Weekly. This list ranges from 1990 through 1999. All types of novels have been included and each of them has made it into the top ten. With th...
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Best Selling Novels of the 1930's
views: 5,969 9 months agoA list of the best selling novels in the US during the 1930's as reported by Publishers Weekly. This list ranges from 1930 through 1939. All types of novels have been included and each of them has made it into the top ten. With th...
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Best Selling Novels of the 1900's
views: 3,297 9 months agoA list of the best selling novels in the US during the 1900's as reported by Publishers Weekly. This list ranges from 1900 through 1909. All types of novels have been included and each of them has made it into the top ten. With th...
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Best Selling Novels of the 1920's
views: 5,790 9 months agoA list of the best selling novels in the US during the 1920's as reported by Publishers Weekly. This list ranges from 1920 through 1929. All types of novels have been included and each of them has made it into the top ten. With th...
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Best Selling Novels of the 1940's
views: 8,103 9 months agoA list of the best selling novels in the US during the 1940's as reported by Publishers Weekly. This list ranges from 1940 through 1949. All types of novels have been included and each of them has made it into the top ten. With th...
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Books with Titles Taken from Literature
views: 3,318 9 months agoA list of books with titles that quote other well-known works of literature. Many of these are phrases we've heard, but probably can't place. This list provides the answers. Coincidentally (or perhaps by design), many of these boo...
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20 Most SHOCKING Books About CHINA!
views: 5,737 1 month agoChina's history is so vast, its geography so massive, its politics so controversial, and its customs so perplexing, that there was just no way to contain this list to ten books. Even twenty is cutting it short. The country's long,...
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Top 5 Literary Classics You Should Pretend You've Read
views: 12,675 9 months agoAre you one of those people who Cliffsnoted their way through high school English? Have most of the novels in your bookcase gone unread? If so, then these top 5 unreadable reads are for you.
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Time's Best Novels Since 1923
views: 11,869 1 month agoTime Magazine's top 100 greatest English-langauge books from 1923 to the present. As a prestigious publication, Time's picks for best books since 1923 should be recognized and considered among every literature fan. For the full ar...
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The Observer's 100 Greatest Books
views: 12,155 1 month agoThe Observer's list of the 100 best novels of all-time. For the full article go to: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2003/oct/12/features.fiction. What constitutes as a good book is subjective, but The Observer has chosen their top...
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Famous Catholic Authors
views: 9,180 2 weeks agoA list of famous Catholic authors, especially those who present Catholic themes in their writing. All eras and types of Catholics have been listed including converts, as well as members of the clergy. With the introduction of the ...
