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NPR's 100 Best Beach Books Ever (Audience Picks) - Page 2

People talk a lot about the wisdom of crowds, but the truth is that large packs of people are better at judging some things than others.
Almost 16,000 of you cast some 136,000 votes in our Best Beach Books Ever poll. Whether such a vote can determine literary quality, who can say? But there's one thing a multitude of book-loving NPR types can most definitely do, and that's pick a list of books that will appeal to... book-loving NPR types.
Which means, if you're reading this, you stand an excellent chance of finding the book that will make your summer vacation among the 100 audience favorites below. Happy travels!
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The Pillars of the Earth (Ken Follett)
The Pillars of the Earth
41
Ken Follett
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
42
Leo Tolstoy
Interview With the Vampire (Anne Rice)
Interview With the Vampire
43
Anne Rice
Cold Mountain (Charles Frazier)
Cold Mountain
44
Charles Frazier
Empire Falls (Richard Russo)
Empire Falls
45
Richard Russo
Under the Tuscan Sun (Frances Mayes)
Under the Tuscan Sun
46
Frances Mayes
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
47
Alexandre Dumas
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, by Tom Robbins
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, by Tom Robbins
48
I Know This Much Is True, by Wally Lamb
I Know This Much Is True, by Wally Lamb
49
Murder on the Orient Express (Agatha Christie)
Murder on the Orient Express
50
Agatha Christie
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
51
Louisa May Alcott
The Stand (Stephen King)
The Stand
52
Stephen King
She's Come Undone (Wally Lamb)
She's Come Undone
53
Wally Lamb
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
54
Frank Herbert
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (Mary Ann Shaffer)
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
55
Mary Ann Shaffer
Love in the Time of Cholera (Gabriel García Márquez)
Love in the Time of Cholera
56
Gabriel García Márquez
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
57
Lewis Carroll
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
58
Vladimir Nabokov
The Godfather (Mario Puzo)
The Godfather
59
Mario Puzo
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
60
Betty Smith
Animal Dreams (Barbara Kingsolver)
Animal Dreams
61
Barbara Kingsolver
Jaws (Peter Benchley)
Jaws
62
Peter Benchley
Good in Bed (Jennifer Weiner)
Good in Bed
63
Jennifer Weiner
Angle of Repose (Wallace Stegner)
Angle of Repose
64
Wallace Stegner
Snow Falling on Cedars (David G)
Snow Falling on Cedars
65
David G
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
66
Ernest Hemingway
The Fountainhead (Ayn Rand)
The Fountainhead
67
Ayn Rand
Breakfast of Champions (Kurt Vonnegut)
Breakfast of Champions
68
Kurt Vonnegut
Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
Cat's Cradle
69
Kurt Vonnegut
The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
The Big Sleep
70
Raymond Chandler
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
71
Ernest Hemingway
The Hunt for Red October (Tom Clancy)
The Hunt for Red October
72
Tom Clancy
Cold Sassy Tree (Olive Burns)
Cold Sassy Tree
73
Olive Burns
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
74
William Golding
The Bonfire of the Vanities (Tom Wolfe)
The Bonfire of the Vanities
75
Tom Wolfe
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
76
Emily Brontë
Outlander (Diana Gabaldon)
Outlander
77
Diana Gabaldon
The Shell Seekers (Rosamunde Pilcher)
The Shell Seekers
78
Rosamunde Pilcher
Prodigal Summer (Barbara Kingsolver)
Prodigal Summer
79
Barbara Kingsolver
Eye of the Needle (Ken Follett)
Eye of the Needle
80
Ken Follett
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