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Of Mice and Men
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3.89 avg rating — 2,775,284 ratings
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To Kill a Mockingbird
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4.26 avg rating — 6,744,463 ratings
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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3.83 avg rating — 1,324,632 ratings
score: 879,
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About a Boy
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3.80 avg rating — 140,471 ratings
score: 843,
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The Help
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Kathryn Stockett (Goodreads Author)
4.47 avg rating — 2,979,172 ratings
score: 685,
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Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories
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3.87 avg rating — 234,083 ratings
score: 669,
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The Princess Bride
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4.27 avg rating — 940,269 ratings
score: 574,
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The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
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4.35 avg rating — 9,686,200 ratings
score: 563,
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Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
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4.35 avg rating — 4,057,722 ratings
score: 556,
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News of the World
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4.08 avg rating — 111,145 ratings
score: 492,
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The Host (The Host, #1)
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3.86 avg rating — 1,042,866 ratings
score: 485,
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
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4.20 avg rating — 771,626 ratings
score: 476,
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Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
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4.11 avg rating — 3,634,638 ratings
score: 455,
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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 — 1,179,508 ratings
score: 381,
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4 people voted
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Remarkable Creatures
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Tracy Chevalier (Goodreads Author)
3.89 avg rating — 54,902 ratings
score: 377,
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4 people voted
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Brideshead Revisited
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 124,707 ratings
score: 375,
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A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes, #1)
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4.13 avg rating — 486,047 ratings
score: 363,
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4 people voted
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Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption
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Stephen King (Goodreads Author)
4.49 avg rating — 59,054 ratings
score: 351,
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4 people voted
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Zefram's Journey: A Tale of New York
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3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings
score: 300,
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3 people voted
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Project Hail Mary
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Andy Weir (Goodreads Author)
4.50 avg rating — 948,609 ratings
score: 300,
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3 people voted
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Bombshell (Hell's Belles, #1)
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Sarah MacLean (Goodreads Author)
3.78 avg rating — 15,210 ratings
score: 299,
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3 people voted
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Don Quixote
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3.91 avg rating — 299,697 ratings
score: 293,
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3 people voted
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Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
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4.25 avg rating — 814,675 ratings
score: 293,
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Driving Miss Daisy
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4.24 avg rating — 20,445 ratings
score: 292,
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3 people voted
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
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3.92 avg rating — 1,003,582 ratings
score: 280,
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3 people voted
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Cedric and the Dragon
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Elizabeth Raum (Goodreads Author)
3.73 avg rating — 15 ratings
score: 200,
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2 people voted
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Marco (Sky Ghosts, #1.5)
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Alexandra Engellmann (Goodreads Author)
4.46 avg rating — 95 ratings
score: 200,
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2 people voted
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The Elegance of the Hedgehog
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3.80 avg rating — 197,264 ratings
score: 199,
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2 people voted
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The Collected Regrets of Clover
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Mikki Brammer (Goodreads Author)
4.16 avg rating — 112,387 ratings
score: 199,
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2 people voted
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The Lady in the Van
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3.71 avg rating — 10,898 ratings
score: 196,
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2 people voted
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King Henry IV, Part 1
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3.80 avg rating — 32,746 ratings
score: 194,
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2 people voted
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Binti (Binti, #1)
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Nnedi Okorafor (Goodreads Author)
3.84 avg rating — 79,259 ratings
score: 194,
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2 people voted
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Murder in G Major (Gethsemane Brown Mysteries, #1)
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Alexia Gordon (Goodreads Author)
3.79 avg rating — 3,080 ratings
score: 192,
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2 people voted
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Artificial Condition (The Murderbot Diaries, #2)
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Martha Wells (Goodreads Author)
4.25 avg rating — 200,922 ratings
score: 187,
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2 people voted
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Stargirl (Stargirl, #1)
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3.77 avg rating — 334,928 ratings
score: 183,
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2 people voted
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The Lord of the Rings
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4.54 avg rating — 720,860 ratings
score: 176,
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2 people voted
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The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)
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4.14 avg rating — 379,836 ratings
score: 170,
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2 people voted
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #3)
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4.30 avg rating — 322,204 ratings
score: 163,
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2 people voted
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The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1)
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 491,257 ratings
score: 163,
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2 people voted
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Heartstone (Matthew Shardlake, #5)
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4.36 avg rating — 22,444 ratings
score: 163,
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2 people voted
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The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
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John Boyne (Goodreads Author)
4.16 avg rating — 945,338 ratings
score: 161,
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2 people voted
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His Last Bow (Sherlock Holmes, #8)
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4.23 avg rating — 46,295 ratings
score: 159,
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2 people voted
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The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #9)
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4.12 avg rating — 29,863 ratings
score: 159,
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The Sign of Four (Sherlock Holmes, #2)
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3.89 avg rating — 174,100 ratings
score: 159,
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2 people voted
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The Return of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #6)
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4.27 avg rating — 69,235 ratings
score: 158,
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2 people voted
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The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #4)
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4.29 avg rating — 103,891 ratings
score: 158,
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2 people voted
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The A.B.C. Murders (Hercule Poirot, #13)
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4.03 avg rating — 193,262 ratings
score: 158,
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The Murder on the Links (Hercule Poirot, #2)
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3.87 avg rating — 114,642 ratings
score: 158,
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2 people voted
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The Valley of Fear (Sherlock Holmes, #7)
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3.96 avg rating — 54,086 ratings
score: 156,
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2 people voted
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The Green Mile
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Stephen King (Goodreads Author)
4.49 avg rating — 354,955 ratings
score: 153,
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2 people voted
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Hallowe'en Party (Hercule Poirot, #41)
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3.57 avg rating — 99,193 ratings
score: 144,
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My Name is Joe
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3.67 avg rating — 334 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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Jasper Jones
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Craig Silvey (Goodreads Author)
4.09 avg rating — 42,692 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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The Oaken Throne (The Deptford Histories, #2)
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4.22 avg rating — 604 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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The Lido
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3.86 avg rating — 27,419 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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Transformation (Rai-Kirah, #1)
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Carol Berg (Goodreads Author)
4.01 avg rating — 7,375 ratings
score: 100,
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More Than Bones
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Craig David Singer (Goodreads Author)
3.68 avg rating — 68 ratings
score: 100,
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Apeirogon
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Colum McCann (Goodreads Author)
4.25 avg rating — 26,158 ratings
score: 100,
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A Duke in Time (The Widow Rules, #1)
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Janna MacGregor (Goodreads Author)
3.87 avg rating — 1,242 ratings
score: 100,
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Jassy
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4.01 avg rating — 356 ratings
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Wahala
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Nikki May (Goodreads Author)
3.62 avg rating — 17,774 ratings
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Hunting and Gathering
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4.13 avg rating — 23,942 ratings
score: 100,
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The Accidental Sisterhood
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3.93 avg rating — 73 ratings
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Libby Lost and Found
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Stephanie Booth (Goodreads Author)
3.49 avg rating — 3,056 ratings
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Offbeat Love Stories and More
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Jennifer K. Lafferty (Goodreads Author)
3.66 avg rating — 95 ratings
score: 99,
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Nicht hungrig, nicht schläfrig/ Not hungry, Not sleepy!
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4.70 avg rating — 10 ratings
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My Brilliant Friend (L'amica geniale, #1)
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4.05 avg rating — 447,919 ratings
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Black Sun Rising (The Coldfire Trilogy, #1)
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3.93 avg rating — 19,359 ratings
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Akin
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Emma Donoghue (Goodreads Author)
3.68 avg rating — 16,958 ratings
score: 99,
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Beholder's Eye (Web Shifters, #1)
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Julie E. Czerneda (Goodreads Author)
3.99 avg rating — 1,771 ratings
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David Copperfield
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4.04 avg rating — 255,017 ratings
score: 98,
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Nathan's Story
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3.98 avg rating — 97 ratings
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Who are you? (Balu Baldauf #5)
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4.43 avg rating — 14 ratings
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The Snow Goose
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4.15 avg rating — 5,500 ratings
score: 98,
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Summer of My German Soldier (Summer of My German Soldier, #1)
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3.70 avg rating — 17,738 ratings
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Avian (Dragonrider Chronicles, #2)
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Nicole Conway (Goodreads Author)
4.38 avg rating — 2,294 ratings
score: 98,
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The Lake at the End of the World
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3.58 avg rating — 289 ratings
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Kidnapped (David Balfour, #1)
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3.79 avg rating — 67,407 ratings
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Nothing Strikes Back!
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3.64 avg rating — 59 ratings
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Twelve castles in the sky! (Balu Baldauf #3)
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3.73 avg rating — 11 ratings
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The Bone Sparrow
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Zana Fraillon (Goodreads Author)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5,592 ratings
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Afternoon of an Autocrat
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4.08 avg rating — 228 ratings
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Wicked!
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3.78 avg rating — 717 ratings
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Locomotives in Winter
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3.34 avg rating — 58 ratings
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The Tastes of the Planets
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4.25 avg rating — 12 ratings
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The Universe Versus Alex Woods
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4.10 avg rating — 24,194 ratings
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Hearts in Darkness (Hearts in Darkness, #1)
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Laura Kaye (Goodreads Author)
3.85 avg rating — 37,840 ratings
score: 95,
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Letters to a Shooting Star
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3.92 avg rating — 24 ratings
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I Rule World (Balu Baldauf #1)
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4.69 avg rating — 26 ratings
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Foundryside (The Founders Trilogy, #1)
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Robert Jackson Bennett (Goodreads Author)
4.17 avg rating — 52,615 ratings
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Forgive My Fins (Fins, #1)
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Tera Lynn Childs (Goodreads Author)
3.83 avg rating — 17,480 ratings
score: 94,
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Jimmy
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3.56 avg rating — 142 ratings
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Beautiful Disaster (Beautiful, #1)
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Jamie McGuire (Goodreads Author)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 705,266 ratings
score: 93,
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Atom Heart John Beloved
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3.83 avg rating — 356 ratings
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Penric’s Demon (Penric and Desdemona, #1)
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Lois McMaster Bujold (Goodreads Author)
4.20 avg rating — 12,083 ratings
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Comfort Food
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Kitty Thomas (Goodreads Author)
3.69 avg rating — 18,662 ratings
score: 92,
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North of Beautiful
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Justina Chen (Goodreads Author)
3.92 avg rating — 35,805 ratings
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In Other Lands
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Sarah Rees Brennan (Goodreads Author)
4.35 avg rating — 12,818 ratings
score: 92,
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Fool on the Hill
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Matt Ruff (Goodreads Author)
4.10 avg rating — 4,905 ratings
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Battering Rams (Wicked!, #2)
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3.53 avg rating — 118 ratings
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