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SALON READER'S CHOICE POLL Vote for your favorite books of 1997. We'll have our say Jan. 19, 1998, when Salon announces the 10 winners of the annual Salon Book Awards. Now it's your turn to stand up and be counted. Tell us your favorite fiction and nonfiction books of the year. We'll tally the results, and on the day we announce our winners, we'll honor your favorites as well. Send us the titles of one fiction and one nonfiction book, first published in 1997. (Paperback editions of books published in hardback in previous years are not qualified, but paperback originals published in 1997 are.) SALON | Dec. 23, 1997 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ILLUSTRATION BY SCOTT LAUMANN