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No. 2

Cold Mountain

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No. 3

The Cider House Rules

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No. 4

A Thousand Acres

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No. 5

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No. 6

The Poisonwood Bible

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No. 7

A Prayer for Owen Meany

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No. 8

The Accidental Tourist

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No. 9

The English Patient

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No. 10

Sophie's Choice

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No. 11

House of Sand and Fog

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No. 12

Atonement

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No. 13

Empire Falls

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No. 14

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No. 15

The Joy Luck Club

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No. 16

Middlesex

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No. 17

Girl with a Pearl Earring

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No. 18

The Stone Diaries

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No. 19

The Color Purple

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No. 20

Bel Canto

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No. 21

Angle of Repose

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No. 22

Animal Dreams

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No. 23

Stones from the River

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No. 24

The Prince of Tides

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