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Works of Pure Genius
Have you ever read something that completely overwhelmed you with the writer's pure genius? Vote on your favorites or even books that you hate but seemed to start a new wave of literature with their ideas.
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Life After Life (Todd Family, #1)
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Tom Jones
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Katherine
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Storm Front (The Dresden Files, #1)
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Jim Butcher (Goodreads Author)
3.97 avg rating — 372,852 ratings
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Neuromancer (Sprawl #1)
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To the Lighthouse
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Demian
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The Thorn Birds
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Rebecca
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The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
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Beowulf
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Holes (Holes, #1)
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Louis Sachar (Goodreads Author)
4.01 avg rating — 1,342,264 ratings
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The End of the Affair
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Picnic at Hanging Rock
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream
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Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
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4.11 avg rating — 3,629,542 ratings
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The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3)
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4.58 avg rating — 1,013,923 ratings
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Where Pain Thrives
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Mie Hansson (Goodreads Author)
4.06 avg rating — 18 ratings
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The Triumph of Improvisation: Gorbachev's Adaptability, Reagan's Engagement, and the End of the Cold War
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James Graham Wilson (Goodreads Author)
3.62 avg rating — 110 ratings
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The Weaver of Odds (Vivian Amberville, #1)
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Louise Blackwick (Goodreads Author)
4.32 avg rating — 76 ratings
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Magnolias in Paradise
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Leonard Seet (Goodreads Author)
3.75 avg rating — 1,860 ratings
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The Shaman's Apprentice (Jovai, #1)
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4.33 avg rating — 51 ratings
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The Creation of Me, Them and Us
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Heather Marsh (Goodreads Author)
4.56 avg rating — 43 ratings
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Finding Identity
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Silenus (Goodreads Author)
4.08 avg rating — 39 ratings
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Don't Close Your Eyes
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Lynessa James (Goodreads Author)
3.76 avg rating — 608 ratings
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The Fundamental Concepts of Metaphysics: World, Finitude, Solitude
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4.23 avg rating — 308 ratings
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The Ignorant God: Thoughts about Time and Eternity
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Mathijs Koenraadt (Goodreads Author)
4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings
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WHY GOD SLEEPS WHEN WE WAKE-UP
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Ramzi Najjar (Goodreads Author)
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
score: 199,
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The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2)
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4.50 avg rating — 1,094,769 ratings
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Butterflies and Lies: Poems
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4.40 avg rating — 15 ratings
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Complicated Moonlight (DCYE, #2)
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Lynessa Layne (Goodreads Author)
4.37 avg rating — 310 ratings
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Finnegans Wake
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3.68 avg rating — 13,489 ratings
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The Shell Seekers
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4.20 avg rating — 119,034 ratings
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Ezekiel's Wheel
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Adam Byrn Tritt (Goodreads Author)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 8 ratings
score: 196,
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Meditation on Space-Time
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Leonard Seet (Goodreads Author)
4.11 avg rating — 38 ratings
score: 196,
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The Truth-Seeker’s Handbook: A Science-Based Guide
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Gleb Tsipursky (Goodreads Author)
4.18 avg rating — 77 ratings
score: 196,
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Mad Love (DCYE, #3)
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Lynessa Layne (Goodreads Author)
4.37 avg rating — 214 ratings
score: 196,
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Milk and honey
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Rupi Kaur (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 784,582 ratings
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Red Mars (Mars Trilogy, #1)
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3.86 avg rating — 87,554 ratings
score: 195,
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Arcadia
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4.13 avg rating — 23,859 ratings
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The Inferno
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4.03 avg rating — 201,993 ratings
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Angelica and Francesca
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4.57 avg rating — 407 ratings
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The Life & Opinions of Tristram Shandy
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3.73 avg rating — 22,803 ratings
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There but for the
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3.50 avg rating — 9,919 ratings
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The Shifter Dimension (Starbirth, #2)
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J.M. Johnson (Goodreads Author)
4.61 avg rating — 123 ratings
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The Little Prince
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4.33 avg rating — 2,400,398 ratings
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The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
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4.40 avg rating — 3,075,754 ratings
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The White Tiger
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3.77 avg rating — 200,785 ratings
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And Then There Were None
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4.28 avg rating — 1,561,799 ratings
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The Bone Collector (Lincoln Rhyme, #1)
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Jeffery Deaver (Goodreads Author)
4.20 avg rating — 193,227 ratings
score: 184,
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Cold Comfort Farm
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3.88 avg rating — 54,145 ratings
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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
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4.34 avg rating — 1,217,334 ratings
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Kristin Lavransdatter
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4.31 avg rating — 14,044 ratings
score: 182,
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Plexus (The Rosy Crucifixion, #2)
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4.11 avg rating — 4,462 ratings
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The Island Stallion (The Black Stallion, #4)
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4.13 avg rating — 9,404 ratings
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Sexus (The Rosy Crucifixion, #1)
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 10,132 ratings
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In This House of Brede
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4.35 avg rating — 6,684 ratings
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Quidditch Through the Ages
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3.80 avg rating — 187,204 ratings
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
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Rebecca Skloot (Goodreads Author)
4.13 avg rating — 791,782 ratings
score: 173,
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Lightning
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Dean Koontz (Goodreads Author)
4.09 avg rating — 64,952 ratings
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Memoirs of Hadrian
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4.22 avg rating — 34,761 ratings
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A Modest Proposal and Other Satirical Works
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4.05 avg rating — 14,599 ratings
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The Tales of Beedle the Bard (Hogwarts Library, #3)
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4.03 avg rating — 508,566 ratings
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De donkere kamer van Damokles
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3.80 avg rating — 14,222 ratings
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Christy
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Never Cry Wolf
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4.21 avg rating — 25,644 ratings
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I Know This Much Is True
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Wally Lamb (Goodreads Author)
4.21 avg rating — 322,168 ratings
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NGLND XPX
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Ian Hutson (Goodreads Author)
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A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2)
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4.42 avg rating — 1,005,696 ratings
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A Feast for Crows
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The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
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3.99 avg rating — 117,533 ratings
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The Martian
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Andy Weir (Goodreads Author)
4.42 avg rating — 1,251,585 ratings
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The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1)
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Ken Follett (Goodreads Author)
4.35 avg rating — 814,973 ratings
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Emperor of Thorns (The Broken Empire, #3)
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Mark Lawrence (Goodreads Author)
4.22 avg rating — 56,958 ratings
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A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3)
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The Tempest
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Prince of Thorns (Broken Empire, #1)
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Mark Lawrence (Goodreads Author)
3.83 avg rating — 121,935 ratings
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The Cyberiad: Fables for the Cybernetic Age
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4.14 avg rating — 13,889 ratings
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Quicksand
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3.72 avg rating — 8,415 ratings
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Breakfast of Champions
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4.06 avg rating — 276,405 ratings
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Stardust
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Neil Gaiman (Goodreads Author)
4.10 avg rating — 477,495 ratings
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The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer
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Neal Stephenson (Goodreads Author)
4.16 avg rating — 92,586 ratings
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Redwall (Redwall, #1)
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4.14 avg rating — 127,348 ratings
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The Amulet of Samarkand (Bartimaeus, #1)
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Jonathan Stroud (Goodreads Author)
4.04 avg rating — 133,805 ratings
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Anarchism and Other Essays
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Murder in Mesopotamia (Hercule Poirot, #14)
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3.94 avg rating — 68,213 ratings
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Villette
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3.78 avg rating — 79,011 ratings
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Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children, #1)
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3.92 avg rating — 1,342,423 ratings
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The Giver (The Giver, #1)
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Lois Lowry (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 2,751,627 ratings
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Gerald's Game
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Stephen King (Goodreads Author)
3.58 avg rating — 175,879 ratings
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Regeneration (Regeneration #1)
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4.02 avg rating — 33,205 ratings
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Inferno (Robert Langdon, #4)
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Dan Brown (Goodreads Author)
3.90 avg rating — 583,857 ratings
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The A.B.C. Murders (Hercule Poirot, #13)
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Silent Spring
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The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall
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The Tattooist of Auschwitz
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4.32 avg rating — 1,131,259 ratings
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Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1)
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Dan Brown (Goodreads Author)
3.95 avg rating — 3,356,698 ratings
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The Thin Man
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The Slynx
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Washington Irving: A Treasury: Rip Van Winkle, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Old Christmas
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I have created a new group called Goodreads All Sorts and I'd love for people to join it or just even just give it a look. It's a group that discusses anything and everything. There will be monthly group reads, movies, and music. There is a folder for everything you could think of. I'd really like if people could spread the word because I'd love for the group to be a success. Here is the link to the group:
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Thanks very much,
Jack :-)