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NPR's Summer Reader Poll: 100 Best Books In our annual summer books poll, we ask you — members of the NPR Books community — to share your favorite titles within a certain genre. See the top 100 picks for the best beach reads, thrillers, science fiction and fantasy.

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100 Favorite Books

Find your picks for the best beach reads, thrillers, science fiction and fantasy.

Thursday August 11, 2011

Your Picks: Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books

Chris Silas Neal

Opinion

Your Picks: Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books

August 11, 2011 • More than 5,000 of you nominated. More than 60,000 of you voted. And now the results are in. The winners are an intriguing mix of classic and contemporary titles.

Wednesday August 4, 2010

Audience Picks: Top 100 'Killer Thrillers'

Chris Silas Neal

Thrilled To Death

Audience Picks: Top 100 'Killer Thrillers'

August 4, 2010 • The NPR audience cast more than 17,000 ballots in our Killer Thrillers poll. The winning novels are a diverse mix, ranging in style and period from Dracula to The Da Vinci Code. All are fast-moving tales of suspense and adventure.

Wednesday July 29, 2009

Audience Picks: 100 Best Beach Books Ever

Summer Books 2009

Audience Picks: 100 Best Beach Books Ever

July 29, 2009 • Almost 16,000 of you voted in our Best Beach Books poll. Whether such a vote can determine literary quality, who can say? But if there's one thing a multitude of book-loving NPR types can definitely do, it's pick books that appeal ... to book-loving NPR types.

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