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The Book Thief
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Markus Zusak (Goodreads Author)
4.39 avg rating — 2,823,415 ratings
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All the Light We Cannot See
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Anthony Doerr (Goodreads Author)
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
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Life of Pi
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3.94 avg rating — 1,735,719 ratings
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The Help
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Kathryn Stockett (Goodreads Author)
4.47 avg rating — 2,978,559 ratings
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
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4.20 avg rating — 771,472 ratings
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The Fault in Our Stars
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John Green (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 5,620,471 ratings
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The Time Traveler's Wife
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Audrey Niffenegger (Goodreads Author)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,847,696 ratings
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)
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4.58 avg rating — 3,590,431 ratings
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The Martian
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Andy Weir (Goodreads Author)
4.42 avg rating — 1,253,099 ratings
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The Road
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,011,561 ratings
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
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Never Let Me Go
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Kazuo Ishiguro (Goodreads Author)
3.85 avg rating — 826,090 ratings
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Requiem for a Dream
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4.11 avg rating — 63,517 ratings
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The Zombie Room
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3.91 avg rating — 38,293 ratings
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I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
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Malala Yousafzai (Goodreads Author)
4.16 avg rating — 615,176 ratings
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The Nightingale
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Kristin Hannah (Goodreads Author)
4.64 avg rating — 1,958,214 ratings
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Trainspotting (Mark Renton, #2)
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4.11 avg rating — 175,898 ratings
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The Elephant Tree
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3.89 avg rating — 38,316 ratings
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A Clockwork Orange
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American Psycho
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3.80 avg rating — 352,737 ratings
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Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)
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Ernest Cline (Goodreads Author)
4.23 avg rating — 1,276,256 ratings
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The Wasp Factory
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3.75 avg rating — 105,829 ratings
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The Night Circus
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Erin Morgenstern (Goodreads Author)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,076,819 ratings
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American Gods
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Neil Gaiman (Goodreads Author)
4.10 avg rating — 982,615 ratings
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The Goldfinch
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3.96 avg rating — 1,019,750 ratings
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)
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4.50 avg rating — 3,720,998 ratings
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Lunar Park
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3.65 avg rating — 30,482 ratings
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Invisible Monsters
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Chuck Palahniuk (Goodreads Author)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 150,045 ratings
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A Thousand Splendid Suns
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Khaled Hosseini (Goodreads Author)
4.45 avg rating — 1,698,748 ratings
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The Kite Runner
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Khaled Hosseini (Goodreads Author)
4.35 avg rating — 3,428,481 ratings
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Skagboys (Mark Renton, #1)
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4.06 avg rating — 17,579 ratings
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A Man Called Ove
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Fredrik Backman (Goodreads Author)
4.38 avg rating — 1,178,963 ratings
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11/22/63
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Stephen King (Goodreads Author)
4.35 avg rating — 622,513 ratings
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The Hate U Give (The Hate U Give, #1)
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Angie Thomas (Goodreads Author)
4.45 avg rating — 993,720 ratings
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The Five People You Meet in Heaven
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Mitch Albom (Goodreads Author)
4.01 avg rating — 788,220 ratings
score: 877,
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Fight Club
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Chuck Palahniuk (Goodreads Author)
4.18 avg rating — 633,027 ratings
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Station Eleven
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Emily St. John Mandel (Goodreads Author)
4.07 avg rating — 597,199 ratings
score: 857,
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Pachinko
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4.34 avg rating — 595,267 ratings
score: 857,
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Factotum
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3.92 avg rating — 74,871 ratings
score: 813,
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Fahrenheit 451
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3.97 avg rating — 2,752,057 ratings
score: 791,
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The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)
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Patrick Rothfuss (Goodreads Author)
4.52 avg rating — 1,060,222 ratings
score: 776,
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Coraline
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Neil Gaiman (Goodreads Author)
4.13 avg rating — 766,171 ratings
score: 775,
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
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Rebecca Skloot (Goodreads Author)
4.13 avg rating — 792,365 ratings
score: 741,
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Americanah
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4.31 avg rating — 405,200 ratings
score: 678,
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The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1)
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4.31 avg rating — 704,040 ratings
score: 676,
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Kafka on the Shore
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4.12 avg rating — 534,823 ratings
score: 668,
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Saga, Volume 1
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4.16 avg rating — 356,534 ratings
score: 660,
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The Girl on the Train
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Paula Hawkins (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 3,228,413 ratings
score: 619,
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Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
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3.87 avg rating — 251,444 ratings
score: 574,
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The Snow Child
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Eowyn Ivey (Goodreads Author)
4.01 avg rating — 167,984 ratings
score: 566,
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Still Alice
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Lisa Genova (Goodreads Author)
4.32 avg rating — 357,446 ratings
score: 553,
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Middlesex
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4.04 avg rating — 659,159 ratings
score: 543,
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The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
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4.17 avg rating — 3,398,682 ratings
score: 536,
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Me Before You (Me Before You, #1)
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Jojo Moyes (Goodreads Author)
4.26 avg rating — 1,773,532 ratings
score: 529,
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Eat, Pray, Love
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Elizabeth Gilbert (Goodreads Author)
3.64 avg rating — 1,826,866 ratings
score: 479,
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5 people voted
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A Gentleman in Moscow
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Amor Towles (Goodreads Author)
4.32 avg rating — 645,321 ratings
score: 477,
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Salt to the Sea
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Ruta Sepetys (Goodreads Author)
4.35 avg rating — 247,904 ratings
score: 474,
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Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1)
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Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 283,551 ratings
score: 463,
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5 people voted
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The Blind Assassin
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Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 161,994 ratings
score: 458,
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Uprooted
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Naomi Novik (Goodreads Author)
4.02 avg rating — 258,764 ratings
score: 456,
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We Should All Be Feminists
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4.39 avg rating — 323,491 ratings
score: 448,
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On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
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Stephen King (Goodreads Author)
4.34 avg rating — 312,483 ratings
score: 444,
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Beartown (Beartown, #1)
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Fredrik Backman (Goodreads Author)
4.29 avg rating — 561,432 ratings
score: 388,
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4 people voted
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Winter's Bone
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3.86 avg rating — 38,352 ratings
score: 387,
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Mistborn: The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)
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Brandon Sanderson (Goodreads Author)
4.49 avg rating — 920,008 ratings
score: 384,
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4 people voted
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The Invention of Wings
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Sue Monk Kidd (Goodreads Author)
4.26 avg rating — 329,413 ratings
score: 383,
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Homegoing
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Yaa Gyasi (Goodreads Author)
4.47 avg rating — 391,440 ratings
score: 378,
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Hell's Angels
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3.98 avg rating — 53,987 ratings
score: 372,
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Survivor
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Chuck Palahniuk (Goodreads Author)
3.93 avg rating — 123,031 ratings
score: 371,
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The Secret History
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4.16 avg rating — 971,228 ratings
score: 365,
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1Q84 (1Q84, #1-3)
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3.95 avg rating — 335,092 ratings
score: 359,
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My Sister's Grave (Tracy Crosswhite, #1)
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Robert Dugoni (Goodreads Author)
4.10 avg rating — 165,393 ratings
score: 292,
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Mudbound
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Hillary Jordan (Goodreads Author)
4.05 avg rating — 69,942 ratings
score: 290,
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The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, #1)
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Brandon Sanderson (Goodreads Author)
4.66 avg rating — 638,978 ratings
score: 290,
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The Blade Artist (Mark Renton, #4)
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3.83 avg rating — 8,035 ratings
score: 285,
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Fight Club
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Chuck Palahniuk (Goodreads Author)
4.18 avg rating — 633,027 ratings
score: 283,
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The Rum Diary
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3.85 avg rating — 65,077 ratings
score: 283,
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Lilac Girls (Woolsey-Ferriday, #1)
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Martha Hall Kelly (Goodreads Author)
4.29 avg rating — 335,137 ratings
score: 281,
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The Rules of Attraction
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3.72 avg rating — 50,924 ratings
score: 279,
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The Great Alone
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Kristin Hannah (Goodreads Author)
4.45 avg rating — 1,108,268 ratings
score: 278,
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You (You, #1)
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Caroline Kepnes (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 286,209 ratings
score: 278,
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Less Than Zero
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3.60 avg rating — 96,182 ratings
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A Scanner Darkly
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4.03 avg rating — 108,819 ratings
score: 277,
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The Informers
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3.40 avg rating — 19,807 ratings
score: 274,
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Small Great Things
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Jodi Picoult (Goodreads Author)
4.36 avg rating — 428,305 ratings
score: 273,
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Brooklyn
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3.74 avg rating — 154,404 ratings
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Nobody Move
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3.35 avg rating — 5,065 ratings
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The Cement Garden
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Ian McEwan (Goodreads Author)
3.54 avg rating — 34,820 ratings
score: 270,
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A Monster Calls
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4.35 avg rating — 285,903 ratings
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The New York Trilogy (New York Trilogy, #1-3)
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3.86 avg rating — 85,195 ratings
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Delta of Venus
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3.61 avg rating — 24,950 ratings
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Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
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4.04 avg rating — 536,797 ratings
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The Brothers Karamazov
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4.39 avg rating — 374,785 ratings
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The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
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Dan Brown (Goodreads Author)
3.93 avg rating — 2,489,152 ratings
score: 264,
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You Will Know Me
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Megan Abbott (Goodreads Author)
3.43 avg rating — 44,883 ratings
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Filth
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3.82 avg rating — 31,663 ratings
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Gilead (Gilead, #1)
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Storm Front (The Dresden Files, #1)
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Jim Butcher (Goodreads Author)
3.97 avg rating — 373,112 ratings
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NYPD Red: A maniac killer targets Hollywood’s biggest stars
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James Patterson (Goodreads Author)
3.97 avg rating — 41,327 ratings
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Mar 17, 2018 07:37AM
The Time Traveler's Wife is twice on the list :-)
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Agnieszka wrote: "The Time Traveler's Wife is twice on the list :-)"Fixed
The Harry Potter Boxed set was removed because it does not meet the criteria. Several of the books were published before 2000.
Quite a few of these books were written well *before* 2000!
The Brothers Karamazov was written more than 100 years before 2000!
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