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Page turners and palate cleansers for people who generally prefer Joyce. Vampires need not apply.
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Emma
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A Room with a View
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Pride and Prejudice
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Northanger Abbey
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Never Let Me Go
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Kazuo Ishiguro (Goodreads Author)
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Watership Down (Watership Down, #1)
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Rebecca
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The Code of the Woosters (Jeeves, #7)
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Gaudy Night (Lord Peter Wimsey, #12)
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The Little Prince
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The Woman in White
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The Summer Book
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The Snow Child
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Eowyn Ivey (Goodreads Author)
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The Importance of Being Earnest
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A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
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The Once and Future King (The Once and Future King, #1-5)
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Howards End
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3.96 avg rating — 93,849 ratings
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High Fidelity
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3.90 avg rating — 212,829 ratings
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Kitchen
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3.90 avg rating — 123,770 ratings
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It's a Magical World (Calvin and Hobbes, #11)
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The Sirens of Titan
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The Pickwick Papers
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Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)
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We Have Always Lived in the Castle
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The Moonstone
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The Nine Tailors (Lord Peter Wimsey, #11)
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Motherless Brooklyn
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3.86 avg rating — 42,266 ratings
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The Sparrow (The Sparrow, #1)
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Mary Doria Russell (Goodreads Author)
4.14 avg rating — 80,722 ratings
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State of Wonder
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The Count of Monte Cristo
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4.32 avg rating — 1,000,306 ratings
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A Moveable Feast
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4.02 avg rating — 164,086 ratings
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And Then There Were None
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4.28 avg rating — 1,561,945 ratings
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The World According to Garp
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John Irving (Goodreads Author)
4.11 avg rating — 236,766 ratings
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The Berlin Novels
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4.04 avg rating — 12,649 ratings
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Nobody's Fool (Sully #1)
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Richard Russo (Goodreads Author)
4.11 avg rating — 32,301 ratings
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The Pursuit of Love (Radlett and Montdore, #1)
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3.95 avg rating — 22,280 ratings
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The Stolen Child
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Keith Donohue (Goodreads Author)
3.73 avg rating — 11,647 ratings
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The Enchanted April
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3.89 avg rating — 39,548 ratings
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Franny and Zooey
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3.96 avg rating — 236,571 ratings
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Hark! A Vagrant
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Cranford
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3.83 avg rating — 47,159 ratings
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On Beauty
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3.78 avg rating — 89,636 ratings
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The Marriage Plot
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3.48 avg rating — 123,775 ratings
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Orlando
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3.87 avg rating — 111,123 ratings
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The Chosen (Reuven Malther, #1)
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4.07 avg rating — 96,557 ratings
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Girl in Hyacinth Blue
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3.74 avg rating — 40,860 ratings
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The Color Purple
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4.28 avg rating — 741,405 ratings
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The Ballad of the Sad Café and Other Stories
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3.79 avg rating — 25,710 ratings
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Without Feathers
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3.90 avg rating — 10,488 ratings
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Being There
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3.86 avg rating — 14,882 ratings
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Black as He's Painted
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3.80 avg rating — 2,254 ratings
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The Shadow of the Wind
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4.31 avg rating — 703,326 ratings
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The Thirteenth Tale
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Diane Setterfield (Goodreads Author)
3.98 avg rating — 323,950 ratings
score: 187,
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Three Bags Full (Sheep Detective Story, #1)
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3.63 avg rating — 16,743 ratings
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The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
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3.91 avg rating — 63,682 ratings
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The Monster in the Box (Inspector Wexford, #22)
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3.51 avg rating — 3,442 ratings
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A Suitable Boy
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4.11 avg rating — 49,592 ratings
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The Golem and the Jinni (The Golem and the Jinni, #1)
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Helene Wecker (Goodreads Author)
4.13 avg rating — 130,007 ratings
score: 184,
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Love in a Cold Climate (Radlett and Montdore, #2)
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3.81 avg rating — 10,031 ratings
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Moo
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Jane Smiley (Goodreads Author)
3.47 avg rating — 8,516 ratings
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The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
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4.18 avg rating — 210,635 ratings
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The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (Harold Fry, #1)
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3.94 avg rating — 191,435 ratings
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Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
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Helen Simonson (Goodreads Author)
3.90 avg rating — 144,661 ratings
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Fer-De-Lance
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3.97 avg rating — 16,367 ratings
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In a Sunburned Country
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4.08 avg rating — 119,875 ratings
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The Daughter of Time (Inspector Alan Grant, #5)
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3.90 avg rating — 37,629 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
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The Headmistress
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3.94 avg rating — 484 ratings
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A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments
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The Bears' Famous Invasion of Sicily
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Cutting for Stone
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Abraham Verghese (Goodreads Author)
4.33 avg rating — 420,105 ratings
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A Few Quiet Beers with God
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John Perrier (Goodreads Author)
3.38 avg rating — 26 ratings
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Last Chance Baby
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Ashley Gallegos (Goodreads Author)
4.06 avg rating — 34 ratings
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No Way to Treat a First Lady
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Crazy Like a Fox
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4.26 avg rating — 99 ratings
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A Christmas Carol
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Vegas Candy
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Ashley Gallegos (Goodreads Author)
4.10 avg rating — 10 ratings
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Crampton Hodnet
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The Good Lord Bird
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James McBride (Goodreads Author)
3.95 avg rating — 37,511 ratings
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The Invention of Morel
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After Rain
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The Poor Rich Girl: The Arabella Academy Chronicles (#1)
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Ashley Gallegos (Goodreads Author)
4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Stuff White People Like: A Definitive Guide to the Unique Taste of Millions
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3.75 avg rating — 18,140 ratings
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The Moviegoer
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The Ugly Duckling: The Arabella Academy Chronicles (#2)
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Ashley Gallegos (Goodreads Author)
4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings
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Scoop
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3.79 avg rating — 22,164 ratings
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The Collected Tales of Nikolai Gogol
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Coming Up for Air
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Tales of Ordinary Madness
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Monkey Food: The Complete "I Was Seven in '75" Collection
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4.08 avg rating — 199 ratings
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Borges and the Eternal Orangutans
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The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
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Gabrielle Zevin (Goodreads Author)
4.04 avg rating — 348,819 ratings
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The Silent Secrets: The Arabella Academy Chronicles (#3)
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Ashley Gallegos (Goodreads Author)
4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Valley of the Dolls
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I Love Led Zeppelin
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River of Earth
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Life After Life (Todd Family, #1)
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The Economist Book of Obituaries
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Victoria: A love story (Noonday)
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A God in Ruins (Todd Family #2)
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I am soooo tempted to add Flowers in the Attic.
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