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The Strand is celebrating 80 years as the reigning king of independent book sellers, and boy did they get rowdy for their birthday bashment: they announced their customers' Top 80 books. Hide the vodka!

Who made the top ten? Well, the usuals but J.K. Rowling was robbed by Ayn Rand! Add these to cart:  read more »

1. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
   
2. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
3. Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
4. Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
5. Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
6. Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
7. Lord Of The Rings by J. R. R. Tolkein
8. One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
9. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
10. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling