Simplify the following text for a Grade 9 native English-speaking person.
Original: Starting from a preliminary list of 200 titles created by bookshops and journalists , 17,000 French voted by responding to the question , `` Which books have stayed in your memory ? ''
Simplified: Starting with a list of 200 titles made by bookshops and journalists , 17,000 French people answered the question , `` Which books have stayed in your memory ? ''