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Charles Dickens 165
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means 149
United States. Congress. House 109
Nathaniel Hawthorne 93
United States. General Accounting Office 93
Mark Twain 91
United States. Dept. of the Treasury. 89
Samuel Pepys 89
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance 78
Anita Ganeri 71
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce 69
United States 67
Thomas Hardy 64
Honoré de Balzac 64
Bobbie Kalman 63
Jane Austen 62
Rick Smolan 61
Anthony Trollope 61
U.S. Customs Service 60
David Cohen 59
Time-Life Books 57
Alexander McCall Smith 57
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations 57
Raymond Bial 55
Miyata, Noboru 51
Edith Wharton 51
Proyek Inventarisasi dan Dokumentasi Kebudayaan Daerah (Indonesia) 50
Kate Chopin 49
Washington Irving 48
Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich 46
Henry James Jr. 46
World Book, Inc 44
Jane Shuter 43
Kungnip Minsok Pangmulgwan (Korea) 42
Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev 41
William Faulkner 41
Rudolph Ackermann 40
Barbara Sheen 40
O. Henry 40
Im, Chae-hae 39
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald 39
P. L. Jacob 38
Guy de Maupassant 38
Joyce Carol Oates 38
Valerius Maximus 38
Philip Steele 37
Victor-Joseph Étienne de Jouy 36
Cham 35
Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky 35
U.S. Customs Service. 35
Bret Harte 34
Marcel Proust 34
Edgar Allan Poe 34
Ovadia Yosef 33
D. H. Lawrence 33
Yi, Kyu-tʻae 33
Charlotte Brontë 33
Jillian Powell 32
Miyamoto, Tsuneichi 31
Rudyard Kipling 31
Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman 31
Boye De Mente 31
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Trade. 31
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell 30
Cath Senker 30
Cathy Hopkins 30
Henry David Thoreau 30
Sarah Orne Jewett 30
Proyek Penelitian dan Pencatatan Kebudayaan Daerah 30
Don Nardo 29
Penthouse International 29
Donna Bailey 29
Katherine Mansfield 29
Joannes Boemus 29
Sonia Gidal 28
Louisa May Alcott 28
Louise Rennison 28
Terry Deary 28
Lafcadio Hearn 28
Uri Madang Tʻŏ (Firm : Korea) 28
Eliot Wigginton 27
Donald D. Spencer 27
Marjorie Quennell 27
Stephen Crane 27
Jacqueline Morley 27
Tong-gwŏn Im 27
Jack London 27
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department 27
Francine Pascal 27
Jean-Jacques Barthélemy 26
Ashton, John 26
John Steinbeck 26
Peter Mayle 26
Herman Melville 26
Joseph-François Lafitau 25
Willa Cather 25
George Eliot 25
Stendhal 25
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds 25
Darʹi︠a︡ Dont︠s︡ova 25
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Subjects

Social life and customs 153,237
Accessible book 50,120
History 46,980
Protected DAISY 40,240
Fiction 20,493
Manners and customs 17,838
Biography 15,854
Religious life and customs 13,599
Pictorial works 11,764
Description and travel 11,469
Folklore 8,840
Social conditions 8,392
Juvenile literature 7,284
Customs and practices 7,198
Civilization 7,134
Ethnology 5,390
Dating (Social customs) 4,193
Religion 3,971
Politics and government 3,942
Judaism 3,645
Customs administration 3,600
History and criticism 3,593
Women 3,580
Travel 3,533
Festivals 3,506
Sex customs 3,305
Rites and ceremonies 3,301
Anecdotes 3,203
Intellectual life 2,848
Childhood and youth 2,771
Customer services 2,750
Indians of North America 2,634
Jews 2,569
Congresses 2,525
Islam 2,469
Man-woman relationships 2,455
Economic conditions 2,307
Antiquities 2,265
Children's fiction 2,051
Marriage customs and rites 2,049
Customer relations 2,048
Family 2,012
Families 1,929
Sources 1,928
Law and legislation 1,926
Exhibitions 1,907
Homes and haunts 1,881
Juvenile fiction 1,858
Translations into English 1,856
Early works to 1800 1,844
Country life 1,813
Catholic Church 1,760
Dating (social customs), fiction 1,681
Fiction, general 1,660
Popular culture 1,657
United states, social life and customs 1,626
Food habits 1,578
Social aspects 1,557
Buildings, structures 1,522
Material culture 1,494
Humor 1,493
Ethnic relations 1,487
Marriage 1,407
Tariff 1,381
Moeurs et coutumes 1,375
Great britain, social life and customs 1,356
Fiction, short stories (single author) 1,354
Church history 1,327
Children 1,319
Fasts and feasts 1,280
Frontier and pioneer life 1,243
Diaries 1,241
Management 1,238
African Americans 1,226
Indians of South America 1,214
Historic buildings 1,206
England, social life and customs 1,199
Sex 1,128
Large type books 1,126
Local History 1,113
Mœurs et coutumes 1,109
Histoire 1,108
Correspondence 1,084
Funeral rites and ceremonies 1,078
City and town life 1,057
Religious aspects 1,054
New York Times reviewed 1,046
Religious life 1,037
United States 1,034
Texts 1,030
Interpersonal relations 1,028
Indians of north america, social life and customs 1,025
Guidebooks 993
Christianity 975
Etiquette 972
Cult 932
Holidays 931
Farm life 929
Nobility 915
Fiction, historical, general 914
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People

Mary Blessed Virgin, Saint 585
Joseph ben Ephraim Karo (1488-1575) 428
Jesus Christ 153
William Shakespeare (1564-1616) 145
Jane Austen (1775-1817) 67
Samuel Pepys (1633-1703) 57
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860-1904) 49
Charles Dickens (1812-1870) 45
Beatrice Rappaccini 44
Giacomo Rappaccini 44
Giovanni Guasconti 44
James the Greater, Saint 41
Moses Maimonides (1135-1204) 41
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) 33
Faith Brown 30
Goodman Brown 30
Goody Cloyse 30
Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850) 30
Devil 29
Geoffrey Chaucer (d. 1400) 29
Louis XIV King of France (1638-1715) 29
Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev (1818-1883) 28
Elizabeth I Queen of England (1533-1603) 27
Xi Zhu (1130-1200) 27
Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821-1881) 26
Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893) 25
Rev. F. Frost 25
Homer 24
Muḥammad Prophet (d. 632) 24
Elizabeth 23
Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) 23
Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) 23
Adèle Ratignolle 22
Alcée Arobin 22
Alphonse Ratignolle 22
Beaudelet 22
Doctor Mandelet 22
Edna Pontellier 22
Ellen Joe 22
Etienne Pontellier 22
Farival twins 22
French 22
Gouvernail 22
Huckleberry Finn 22
James Highcamp 22
John Paul II Pope (1920-2005) 22
Léonce Pontellier 22
Madame Aline Lebrun 22
Madame Antoine 22
Madame Pontellier 22
Mademoiselle Reisz 22
Margaret Mead (1901-1978) 22
Mariequita 22
Mark Twain (1835-1910) 22
Miss Mayblunt 22
Monsieur Farival 22
Mr. Hooper 22
Mrs. Highcamp 22
Mrs. Merriman 22
Old Celestine 22
Raoul Pontellier 22
Robert Lebrun 22
Toni Antoine 22
Victor Lebrun 22
Armand Aubigny 21
Désirée 21
Jim 21
Judge Thatcher 21
La Blanche 21
Madame Valmont 21
Sandrine 21
The Widow Douglas 21
Tom Sawyer 21
Catherine Earnshaw 20
Cathy Linton 20
Edgar Linton 20
Edward Windsor Duke of (1894-1972) 20
Heathcliff 20
Hindley Earnshaw 20
Isabella Linton 20
Joseph 20
Kunio Yanagita (1875-1962) 20
Linton Heathcliff 20
Mr Lockwood 20
Napoleon I Emperor of the French (1769-1821) 20
Nelly Dean 20
Paston family 20
Zillah 20
Cheri 19
Chéri’s mother 19
Doctor Bonfils 19
Elizabeth Bennet 19
Fitzwilliam Darcy 19
Jacqueline 19
Marcel Proust (1871-1922) 19
Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) 19
Old Mis' 19
P’tit Maître 19
Tante 19
Brently Mallard 18
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Places

United States 10,307
England 6,920
China 6,511
France 5,377
Japan 5,186
Great Britain 4,732
India 4,690
Italy 4,114
Spain 2,862
Germany 2,573
Mexico 2,455
Russia (Federation) 2,352
Brazil 2,230
Ireland 1,783
London (England) 1,754
Korea 1,698
Canada 1,612
Europe 1,467
Australia 1,377
Paris (France) 1,331
Indonesia 1,325
New York (State) 1,292
California 1,283
Rome 1,257
Turkey 1,252
New York (N.Y.) 1,163
Greece 1,154
Scotland 1,098
Russia 1,094
Poland 1,082
Soviet Union 1,058
Korea (South) 1,049
London 977
Vietnam 914
New York 879
Egypt 848
Southern States 808
Africa 725
Texas 724
Peru 710
Taiwan 709
West (U.S.) 686
Hungary 666
Argentina 656
Paris 647
Netherlands 632
Iran 622
South Africa 615
Thailand 601
Ukraine 592
Austria 590
Israel 585
Switzerland 544
Nigeria 539
Pennsylvania 535
Sweden 525
Québec (Province) 520
Romania 520
Massachusetts 513
New England 502
Philippines 488
New Zealand 481
Portugal 470
Colombia 455
Louisiana 452
Virginia 447
Wales 429
Bulgaria 423
Latin America 411
Morocco 399
Tokyo (Japan) 398
Nepal 389
Cuba 381
Washington (D.C.) 379
Rome (Italy) 370
Alaska 361
Palestine 360
North Carolina 353
Finland 350
Norway 344
Florida 342
Berlin (Germany) 340
Illinois 339
New Mexico 330
Malaysia 328
Venezuela 328
Ontario 327
Burma 324
Middle East 321
Pakistan 321
Papua New Guinea 318
Sri Lanka 311
Mongolia 310
Serbia 308
Georgia 307
Asia 306
Bolivia 300
Denmark 298
Maine 283
Istanbul (Turkey) 277
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Times

20th century 12,224
19th century 7,291
18th century 2,299
21st century 1,410
17th century 1,343
1945- 1,244
16th century 854
1971- 556
To 1500 525
1918-1945 516
To 1775 512
1600-1868 411
1865-1918 335
1066-1485 319
Regency Era 319
1783-1865 279
Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 277
Medieval, 500-1500 257
1945-1970 254
Civil War, 1861-1865 223
To 332 B.C. 205
1533-1917 163
Victoria, 1837-1901 160
Edo period, 1600-1868 154
Middle Ages, 600-1500 148
1976- 145
1868-1912 141
Revolution, 1789-1799 138
1392-1910 133
1951- 130
1644-1912 128
To 146 B.C. 126
To 70 A.D. 126
960-1644 117
1789-1815 116
1929 116
221 B.C.-960 A.D. 113
1775-1865 112
1912-1949 110
Early modern, 1500-1700 105
1933-1945 104
1948- 101
1970-1991 101
20e siècle 101
Revolution, 1775-1783 98
1980- 94
To 221 B.C. 90
George III, 1760-1820 89
To 1600 89
Elizabeth, 1558-1603 88
1970- 84
1865- 83
1976-2002 81
1185-1600 79
1975- 78
Stuarts, 1603-1714 77
Tudors, 1485-1603 75
Chosŏn dynasty, 1392-1910 74
1801-1917 72
1949- 72
1917-1970 70
1991- 69
19e siècle 68
2002- 68
To 1066 66
1912-1945 62
1960- 62
1990- 62
To 1795 62
15th century 61
1775-1783 61
Tokugawa period, 1600-1868 60
1328-1600 58
1945-1989 56
1864-1910 55
George VI, 1936-1952 55
To 1763 (New France) 55
1800-1948 54
Edward VII, 1901-1910 52
1910-1945 51
Spanish colony, 1540-1810 51
Medieval period, 1066-1485 50
2000- 46
Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918 46
To 1603 46
1949-1976 45
George V, 1910-1936 45
Song dynasty, 960-1279 45
1989- 44
Early works to 1800 44
To 1865 44
1789-1900 43
Louis XIV, 1643-1715 42
Modern period, 1500- 42
Qing dynasty, 1644-1912 42
1947- 41
Meiji period, 1868-1912 41
1800- 40
1919-1933 39
Regency England 39
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First published

2010 6,905
2009 6,735
2008 6,514
2007 6,331
2011 6,166
2004 5,940
2005 5,916
2006 5,788
2002 5,662
2003 5,617
2000 5,581
2001 5,476
1999 5,358
2012 5,333
1998 5,112
2013 4,793
1997 4,769
1995 4,376
1996 4,366
1994 4,235
2014 3,932
1993 3,906
1992 3,873
1991 3,623
1990 3,388
1989 3,141
1988 3,059
1987 2,877
2015 2,774
1986 2,754
1985 2,721
1984 2,705
1983 2,627
1982 2,295
1981 2,053
1980 2,043
1978 1,875
2016 1,779
1979 1,733
1977 1,629
1976 1,577
2017 1,543
1975 1,389
1974 1,268
2018 1,235
1973 1,180
1970 1,158
1971 1,095
1972 1,085
1969 1,042
1968 947
1967 911
1966 814
2019 742
1900 623
1965 604
1964 593
1963 555
1962 516
1960 505
1961 495
2020 452
1959 411
1957 368
1958 368
1956 361
1930 350
1955 336
1937 330
1910 318
1929 311
1928 308
1935 307
1936 305
1950 301
1938 300
1954 299
1940 295
1904 293
1939 293
1927 291
1912 288
1953 282
1947 277
1946 276
1931 271
1952 271
1911 267
1948 267
1913 265
1920 262
1934 261
1926 257
1951 256
1933 251
1924 248
1941 247
1949 247
1932 245
1906 239
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Publisher

Sine nomine 2,954
Oxford University Press 1,622
Taylor & Francis Group 1,521
Arcadia Publishing 1,342
Arcadia Pub. 1,316
Cambridge University Press 979
Penguin Books 896
Macmillan 829
Penguin 781
Routledge 768
Books for Libraries Press 762
HarperCollins Publishers 666
University of California Press 657
St. Martin's Press 656
HarperCollins 576
Kessinger Publishing, LLC 563
Palgrave Macmillan 535
Tandem Library 533
Greenwood Press 513
Arcadia 501
Knopf 473
Doubleday 467
Penguin Random House 451
L'Harmattan 450
Heinemann 446
Thorndike Press 445
Oxford University Press, USA 437
Kessinger Publishing 425
University of Nebraska Press 423
Scribner 402
Little, Brown 396
University of Chicago Press 396
History Press 386
Houghton Mifflin 379
Random House 375
Yale University Press 373
U.S. G.P.O. 371
IndyPublish.com 368
AMS Press 367
BiblioBazaar 347
University of Texas Press 341
Arcadia Publishing (SC) 339
Dutton 339
Vintage Books 334
Chatto & Windus 324
Viking 324
Indiana University Press 323
Harper 321
Minsogwŏn 318
Simon & Schuster 317
Vintage 315
Columbia University Press 312
Hachette 309
Dover Publications 304
Min zu chu ban she 301
Methuen 297
McGraw-Hill 296
Little, Brown Book Group Limited 289
Collins 288
Gallimard 286
Dodo Press 282
Bantam Books 281
Dent 280
University of New Mexico Press 279
Harvard University Press 272
Signet 270
New American Library 268
Princeton University Press 267
Arcadia Publishing 266
Harper & Row 263
Simon & Schuster, Limited 259
Modern Library 253
Wiley 253
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform 252
Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John 252
University of Oklahoma Press 249
Clarendon Press 248
History Press Limited, The 246
Hodder & Stoughton 243
Picador 242
University of Illinois Press 242
Hutchinson 241
Ulverscroft Large Print 241
Penguin Books, Limited 238
Random House Publishing Group 238
University of Toronto Press 238
Avon Books 229
Echo Library 225
Arno Press 222
Penguin Classics 219
Putnam 219
Harlequin Mills & Boon, Limited 217
Penguin Books Ltd 217
University of North Carolina Press 217
Scholastic 215
Faber and Faber 214
P. Lang 214
de Gruyter GmbH, Walter 214
Franklin Watts 213
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc 211
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Language

English 114,625
French 12,017
Spanish 11,710
German 8,737
Chinese 6,970
Japanese 6,646
Italian 5,497
Russian 5,387
Hebrew 3,965
Portuguese 3,641
Korean 2,985
Arabic 2,780
Polish 1,494
Indonesian 1,387
Vietnamese 1,326
Turkish 1,245
Dutch 1,126
Mandarin 1,016
Hungarian 971
Swedish 777
Undetermined 704
Thai 626
Catalan 619
Hindi 592
Ukrainian 529
Persian 506
Danish 485
Modern Greek 472
Bulgarian 462
Norwegian 421
Bengali 410
Finnish 409
Urdu 396
Malay 384
Czech 377
Tamil 373
Romanian 333
Kannada 318
Mongolian 296
Latin 251
Serbian 244
Burmese 243
Slovene 228
Welsh 220
Croatian 209
Lithuanian 199
Irish 180
Nepali 177
Slovak 170
Yiddish 167
Gujarati 166
Marathi 156
Serbian 144
Telugu 129
Belarusian 128
Multiple languages 127
Estonian 124
Albanian 116
Irish 113
Malayalam 112
Sinhala 105
Punjabi 99
Latvian 96
Odia 95
Croatian 87
Georgian 84
Sanskrit 82
Icelandic 80
Macedonian 78
Kurdish 66
Armenian 60
Sinhalese 60
Tibetan 59
Afrikaans 56
Pashto 55
Assamese 54
Kazakh 52
Azerbaijani 50
Bosnian 50
Tajik 44
Uzbek 42
Galician 39
Sindhi 39
Turkish, Ottoman 35
Galician 34
Manipuri 31
Newari 31
Kyrgyz 30
Basque 25
Lao 25
Sino-Tibetan (Other) 25
Austronesian (Other) 24
English, Middle (1100-1500) 21
Malagasy 21
Tagalog 21
Khmer 20
Rajasthani 19
South American Indian (Other) 15
Central American Indian (Other) 14
Scottish Gaelic 14
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