As the Associates of the Boston Public Library narrows the field of contenders for their annual Hundred-Year Book Debate, we asked Boston.com readers to weigh in on which book from 1926 has had the most lasting impact .

Readers were both passionate and nostalgic, choosing books that have weathered the test of time – as well as sharing which books from our current moment will be remembered a century from now.

When we asked readers to weigh in on the eight books selected by the Associates of the Boston Public for debate, we heard from 194 readers.

In a close race, “Winnie-the-Pooh” by A. A. Milne emerged as the best book with 86 votes, narrowly edging out “The Sun Also Rises” by Ernest Hemingway, which received 85 votes.

Other contenders included T. E. Lawrence’s “Seven Pillars of Wisd

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