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Best Books About Family Relationships
Best books that explore family dynamics as a central theme, or as an important side plot.
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Little Women
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4.17 avg rating — 2,409,731 ratings
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Pride and Prejudice
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4.29 avg rating — 4,677,478 ratings
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
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4.47 avg rating — 11,148,392 ratings
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The Secret Garden
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4.17 avg rating — 1,271,744 ratings
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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia, #1)
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4.24 avg rating — 3,082,895 ratings
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Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)
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4.32 avg rating — 1,088,179 ratings
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Coraline
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Neil Gaiman (Goodreads Author)
4.13 avg rating — 765,451 ratings
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Wuthering Heights
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3.90 avg rating — 1,975,203 ratings
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
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4.43 avg rating — 4,384,183 ratings
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The Catcher in the Rye
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3.80 avg rating — 3,824,847 ratings
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To Kill a Mockingbird
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4.26 avg rating — 6,736,580 ratings
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Sense and Sensibility
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4.09 avg rating — 1,274,355 ratings
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Beezus and Ramona (Ramona, #1)
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4.03 avg rating — 103,362 ratings
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Message from Dad: Stuck at Home
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Paul Peters (Goodreads Author)
4.27 avg rating — 33 ratings
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A Walk Between Raindrops
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Amalie Jahn (Goodreads Author)
4.30 avg rating — 73 ratings
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The Light Between Oceans
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M.L. Stedman (Goodreads Author)
4.04 avg rating — 474,994 ratings
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Romeo and Juliet
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3.74 avg rating — 2,781,901 ratings
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Matilda
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4.33 avg rating — 1,084,382 ratings
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This I Know
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Eldonna Edwards (Goodreads Author)
4.25 avg rating — 4,374 ratings
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Heidi (Heidi, #1-2)
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4.04 avg rating — 209,495 ratings
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Swallowed by a Secret
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Risa Nyman (Goodreads Author)
4.62 avg rating — 85 ratings
score: 900,
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9 people voted
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Because of Winn-Dixie
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Kate DiCamillo (Goodreads Author)
4.10 avg rating — 275,478 ratings
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The Namesake
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4.02 avg rating — 281,156 ratings
score: 878,
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The Poisonwood Bible
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4.11 avg rating — 783,788 ratings
score: 829,
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Weekend Friends
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Bella Ellwood-Clayton (Goodreads Author)
3.98 avg rating — 190 ratings
score: 800,
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8 people voted
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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
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4.06 avg rating — 282,347 ratings
score: 769,
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8 people voted
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The Secret Life of Bees
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Sue Monk Kidd (Goodreads Author)
4.10 avg rating — 1,341,784 ratings
score: 747,
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8 people voted
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Without MAlice
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Amesbury Clarke (Goodreads Author)
4.03 avg rating — 368 ratings
score: 700,
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7 people voted
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Harry Potter Series Box Set (Harry Potter, #1-7)
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4.73 avg rating — 300,489 ratings
score: 688,
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7 people voted
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The Hotel New Hampshire
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John Irving (Goodreads Author)
3.93 avg rating — 68,224 ratings
score: 683,
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7 people voted
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Till We Have Faces
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4.20 avg rating — 78,239 ratings
score: 678,
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7 people voted
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The Great Alone
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Kristin Hannah (Goodreads Author)
4.45 avg rating — 1,104,425 ratings
score: 676,
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7 people voted
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The Giver (The Giver, #1)
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Lois Lowry (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 2,751,590 ratings
score: 674,
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7 people voted
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower
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4.24 avg rating — 1,961,831 ratings
score: 664,
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7 people voted
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The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4 (Adrian Mole, #1)
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3.88 avg rating — 51,421 ratings
score: 663,
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7 people voted
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The Goldfinch
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3.96 avg rating — 1,018,712 ratings
score: 655,
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7 people voted
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Eight Cousins (Eight Cousins, #1)
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4.01 avg rating — 39,407 ratings
score: 654,
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7 people voted
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Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
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Jamie Ford (Goodreads Author)
4.05 avg rating — 312,687 ratings
score: 630,
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7 people voted
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Watching Glass Shatter (Perceptions of Glass #1)
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James J. Cudney (Goodreads Author)
4.09 avg rating — 1,043 ratings
score: 600,
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6 people voted
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Nervous Conditions
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4.04 avg rating — 22,297 ratings
score: 585,
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6 people voted
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Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing (Fudge, #1)
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Judy Blume (Goodreads Author)
4.11 avg rating — 141,885 ratings
score: 570,
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6 people voted
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Antigone (The Theban Plays, #3)
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3.68 avg rating — 171,778 ratings
score: 569,
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6 people voted
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Franny and Zooey
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3.96 avg rating — 236,566 ratings
score: 569,
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6 people voted
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Five Little Peppers and How They Grew (Five Little Peppers, #1)
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4.03 avg rating — 25,139 ratings
score: 563,
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6 people voted
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)
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4.58 avg rating — 3,587,767 ratings
score: 549,
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6 people voted
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The Railway Children
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4.02 avg rating — 63,197 ratings
score: 541,
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6 people voted
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On the Banks of Plum Creek (Little House, #4)
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4.23 avg rating — 106,141 ratings
score: 540,
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6 people voted
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The Moonstone
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3.91 avg rating — 97,705 ratings
score: 508,
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6 people voted
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Jerkbait
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Mia Siegert (Goodreads Author)
3.54 avg rating — 1,409 ratings
score: 500,
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5 people voted
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Mist Bound: How to Glue Back Grandpa
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Daryl Kho (Goodreads Author)
4.45 avg rating — 152 ratings
score: 500,
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5 people voted
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Nine Facts That Can Change Your Life
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Ronna Wineberg (Goodreads Author)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 15 ratings
score: 496,
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5 people voted
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On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness (The Wingfeather Saga, #1)
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Andrew Peterson (Goodreads Author)
4.32 avg rating — 31,267 ratings
score: 493,
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5 people voted
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The Brothers K
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4.39 avg rating — 16,751 ratings
score: 490,
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5 people voted
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The Mill on the Floss
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3.83 avg rating — 58,347 ratings
score: 481,
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5 people voted
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A Man Called Ove
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Fredrik Backman (Goodreads Author)
4.38 avg rating — 1,177,372 ratings
score: 481,
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5 people voted
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Peter Pan: The Complete Adventures
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4.18 avg rating — 1,619 ratings
score: 474,
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5 people voted
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Magyk (Septimus Heap, #1)
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3.86 avg rating — 124,305 ratings
score: 457,
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5 people voted
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Old Yeller
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4.10 avg rating — 102,711 ratings
score: 457,
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5 people voted
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An Old-Fashioned Girl
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4.09 avg rating — 22,001 ratings
score: 450,
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5 people voted
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The Ocean at the End of the Lane
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Neil Gaiman (Goodreads Author)
4.02 avg rating — 652,279 ratings
score: 450,
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5 people voted
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Divergent (Divergent, #1)
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Veronica Roth (Goodreads Author)
4.13 avg rating — 4,310,898 ratings
score: 444,
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5 people voted
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Brideshead Revisited
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 124,532 ratings
score: 419,
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5 people voted
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The Good Mother
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3.82 avg rating — 11,884 ratings
score: 406,
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5 people voted
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A Hand to Hold in Deep Water
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Shawn Nocher (Goodreads Author)
4.16 avg rating — 349 ratings
score: 399,
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4 people voted
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The Monster in the Hollows (The Wingfeather Saga, #3)
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Andrew Peterson (Goodreads Author)
4.68 avg rating — 18,565 ratings
score: 392,
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4 people voted
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Meet Me Under the Lights
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Cassie Miller (Goodreads Author)
4.56 avg rating — 9 ratings
score: 391,
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4 people voted
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The Warden and the Wolf King (The Wingfeather Saga, #4)
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Andrew Peterson (Goodreads Author)
4.74 avg rating — 16,972 ratings
score: 389,
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The Bodyguard
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Katherine Center (Goodreads Author)
3.95 avg rating — 365,282 ratings
score: 389,
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4 people voted
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The Last Runaway
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Tracy Chevalier (Goodreads Author)
3.85 avg rating — 38,839 ratings
score: 385,
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The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid
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3.94 avg rating — 67,648 ratings
score: 383,
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Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant
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Anne Tyler (Goodreads Author)
3.80 avg rating — 34,037 ratings
score: 381,
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5 people voted
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The Brothers Karamazov
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4.39 avg rating — 374,165 ratings
score: 365,
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The Beet Queen
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3.87 avg rating — 14,510 ratings
score: 363,
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Ramona the Pest (Ramona, #2)
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4.08 avg rating — 67,365 ratings
score: 355,
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The Pinballs
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3.86 avg rating — 3,345 ratings
score: 354,
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To All the Boys I've Loved Before (To All the Boys I've Loved Before, #1)
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Jenny Han (Goodreads Author)
4.04 avg rating — 1,030,614 ratings
score: 352,
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Ramona Quimby, Age 8 (Ramona, #6)
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4.11 avg rating — 73,014 ratings
score: 350,
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Northanger Abbey
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3.85 avg rating — 442,800 ratings
score: 347,
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The Thorn Birds
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4.25 avg rating — 362,148 ratings
score: 340,
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A Monster Calls
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4.35 avg rating — 285,714 ratings
score: 313,
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The Nightingale
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Kristin Hannah (Goodreads Author)
4.64 avg rating — 1,951,290 ratings
score: 307,
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First I Love You (The Downey Trilogy, #1)
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Genevieve Dewey (Goodreads Author)
4.51 avg rating — 143 ratings
score: 300,
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Great-Grandma's Gifts
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Marianne Jones (Goodreads Author)
4.22 avg rating — 40 ratings
score: 300,
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Conscious Parenting: Mindful Living Course (AoL Mindfulness #5)
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Nataša Pantović (Goodreads Author)
4.37 avg rating — 63 ratings
score: 300,
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Mother Matters: A Holistic Guide to Being a Happy, Healthy Mom
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Dayna M. Kurtz (Goodreads Author)
4.23 avg rating — 22 ratings
score: 300,
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A Summer of Secrets
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Lorna Peel (Goodreads Author)
3.72 avg rating — 150 ratings
score: 300,
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Friction in Motion
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Sy Kadella (Goodreads Author)
4.81 avg rating — 36 ratings
score: 300,
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MY DAUGHTER NATASHA: Discovering Life’s Hard Truths One Street At A Time
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4.50 avg rating — 8 ratings
score: 300,
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Rainbirds
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Clarissa Goenawan (Goodreads Author)
3.48 avg rating — 7,164 ratings
score: 299,
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Foster Fox (A 10,000 Lakes Tale)
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William D. Writer (Goodreads Author)
4.19 avg rating — 36 ratings
score: 298,
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Mama's Child
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Joan Steinau Lester (Goodreads Author)
3.43 avg rating — 83 ratings
score: 298,
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Secrets of the Nanny Whisperer: A Practical Guide for Finding and Achieving the Gold Standard of Care for Your Child
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Tammy Gold (Goodreads Author)
3.76 avg rating — 46 ratings
score: 298,
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The Slap
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3.26 avg rating — 32,671 ratings
score: 295,
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A Wind in the Door (Time Quintet, #2)
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3.99 avg rating — 131,258 ratings
score: 295,
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Hons and Rebels
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4.11 avg rating — 5,402 ratings
score: 294,
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Pachinko
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4.34 avg rating — 593,804 ratings
score: 293,
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The Magician’s Nephew (Chronicles of Narnia, #6)
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4.05 avg rating — 592,183 ratings
score: 292,
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White Teeth
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3.79 avg rating — 171,943 ratings
score: 290,
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Forever Rose (Casson Family, #5)
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4.15 avg rating — 1,458 ratings
score: 289,
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Geek Love
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3.95 avg rating — 71,801 ratings
score: 288,
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