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NPR's 100 Best Beach Books Ever (Audience Picks) - Page 3

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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avg. score: 26 of 100 (26%)
required scores: 1, 14, 21, 27, 36 

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Cannery Row (John Steinbeck)
Cannery Row
81
John Steinbeck
The Pilot's Wife (Anita Shreve)
The Pilot's Wife
82
Anita Shreve
All the Pretty Horses (Cormac McCarthy)
All the Pretty Horses
83
Cormac McCarthy
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Stieg Larsson)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
84
Stieg Larsson
The Little Prince (Antoine De Saint-Exupéry)
The Little Prince
85
Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
86
Cormac McCarthy
One for the Money (Janet Evanovich)
One for the Money
87
Janet Evanovich
Shogun (James Clavell)
Shogun
88
James Clavell
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
89
Bram Stoker
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
90
Milan Kundera
Presumed Innocent (Scott Turow)
Presumed Innocent
91
Scott Turow
Franny and Zooey (J.D. Salinger)
Franny and Zooey
92
J.D. Salinger
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History
93
Donna Tartt
Sookie Stackhouse (True Blood) - Dead Until Dark
Sookie Stackhouse (True Blood) - Dead Until Dark
94
Summer Sisters (Judy Blume)
Summer Sisters
95
Judy Blume
The Shining (Stephen King)
The Shining
96
Stephen King
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
97
Lamb (Christopher Moore)
Lamb
98
Christopher Moore
Sick Puppy (Carl Hiaasen)
Sick Puppy
99
Carl Hiaasen
Treasure Island (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Treasure Island
100
Robert Louis Stevenson
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