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What books would you recommend to an avid reader of YA novels who wants to try some books aimed at adults? Vote for what you enjoyed when you were at that stage, and/or for books that you think someone in that position might enjoy.
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Flowers for Algernon
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4.23 avg rating — 772,279 ratings
score: 397,
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4 people voted
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The Princess Bride
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4.27 avg rating — 940,014 ratings
score: 381,
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4 people voted
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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)
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4.22 avg rating — 1,982,619 ratings
score: 379,
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4 people voted
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The Night Circus
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Erin Morgenstern (Goodreads Author)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,076,470 ratings
score: 294,
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3 people voted
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American Gods (American Gods, #1)
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Neil Gaiman (Goodreads Author)
4.10 avg rating — 982,508 ratings
score: 290,
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3 people voted
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Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
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3.87 avg rating — 251,403 ratings
score: 288,
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3 people voted
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Little Bee
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Chris Cleave (Goodreads Author)
3.72 avg rating — 247,556 ratings
score: 283,
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3 people voted
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A Tale for the Time Being
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Ruth Ozeki (Goodreads Author)
4.06 avg rating — 132,755 ratings
score: 200,
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2 people voted
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Purple Hibiscus
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4.18 avg rating — 138,949 ratings
score: 199,
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2 people voted
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Wuthering Heights
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3.90 avg rating — 1,977,123 ratings
score: 198,
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2 people voted
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84, Charing Cross Road
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4.16 avg rating — 94,200 ratings
score: 194,
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2 people voted
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Never Let Me Go
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Kazuo Ishiguro (Goodreads Author)
3.85 avg rating — 825,762 ratings
score: 192,
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2 people voted
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The Color of Magic (Discworld, #1; Rincewind, #1)
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3.99 avg rating — 416,062 ratings
score: 189,
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2 people voted
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Emma
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4.05 avg rating — 958,982 ratings
score: 187,
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2 people voted
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Magic Bitter, Magic Sweet
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Charlie N. Holmberg (Goodreads Author)
3.71 avg rating — 12,898 ratings
score: 185,
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2 people voted
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Picnic at Hanging Rock
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3.66 avg rating — 29,648 ratings
score: 183,
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2 people voted
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The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
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Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author)
4.15 avg rating — 2,351,554 ratings
score: 182,
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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 — 79,207 ratings
score: 182,
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2 people voted
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A Room with a View
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3.89 avg rating — 198,922 ratings
score: 181,
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2 people voted
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Are Men the Weaker Sex?
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Josette Sona (Goodreads Author)
3.45 avg rating — 20 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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Mama
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Aronya Waller (Goodreads Author)
4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
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3.91 avg rating — 63,731 ratings
score: 99,
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1 person voted
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The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)
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Brandon Sanderson (Goodreads Author)
4.49 avg rating — 919,269 ratings
score: 99,
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1 person voted
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Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter
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4.12 avg rating — 17,980 ratings
score: 98,
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1 person voted
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Elantris (Elantris, #1)
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Brandon Sanderson (Goodreads Author)
4.17 avg rating — 335,293 ratings
score: 98,
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1 person voted
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Orlando
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3.87 avg rating — 111,267 ratings
score: 97,
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1 person voted
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The Awakening of Miss Prim
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3.68 avg rating — 10,224 ratings
score: 97,
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1 person voted
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Ordinary People
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3.94 avg rating — 22,861 ratings
score: 97,
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1 person voted
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Einstein’s Dreams
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Alan Lightman (Goodreads Author)
4.06 avg rating — 42,325 ratings
score: 96,
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1 person voted
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The Ice Storm
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3.65 avg rating — 6,110 ratings
score: 96,
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1 person voted
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The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1)
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Jasper Fforde (Goodreads Author)
3.88 avg rating — 136,438 ratings
score: 96,
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1 person voted
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The Chrysalids
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3.93 avg rating — 61,152 ratings
score: 95,
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1 person voted
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Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
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Jonathan Safran Foer (Goodreads Author)
3.97 avg rating — 432,744 ratings
score: 95,
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1 person voted
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The Secret History
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4.16 avg rating — 970,577 ratings
score: 94,
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1 person voted
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Lady Susan
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3.66 avg rating — 51,354 ratings
score: 94,
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1 person voted
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Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore (Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore, #1)
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Robin Sloan (Goodreads Author)
3.72 avg rating — 214,748 ratings
score: 94,
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1 person voted
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Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
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3.73 avg rating — 90,579 ratings
score: 94,
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1 person voted
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Stones from the River (Burgdorf Cycle, #1)
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4.09 avg rating — 96,256 ratings
score: 93,
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1 person voted
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White Oleander
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Janet Fitch (Goodreads Author)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 364,345 ratings
score: 93,
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1 person voted
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Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
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4.28 avg rating — 323,095 ratings
score: 92,
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1 person voted
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The Invisible Library (The Invisible Library, #1)
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Genevieve Cogman (Goodreads Author)
3.74 avg rating — 64,361 ratings
score: 91,
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1 person voted
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Don't Breathe a Word
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Jennifer McMahon (Goodreads Author)
3.59 avg rating — 16,857 ratings
score: 91,
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1 person voted
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We Have Always Lived in the Castle
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3.92 avg rating — 278,348 ratings
score: 90,
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1 person voted
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The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared (The Hundred-Year-Old Man, #1)
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3.82 avg rating — 298,901 ratings
score: 89,
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1 person voted
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The Haunting of Hill House
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3.81 avg rating — 370,969 ratings
score: 89,
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1 person voted
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Bryony and Roses
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4.06 avg rating — 10,815 ratings
score: 88,
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1 person voted
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The Bell Jar
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4.05 avg rating — 1,174,285 ratings
score: 87,
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1 person voted
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True Grit
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4.17 avg rating — 69,596 ratings
score: 86,
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1 person voted
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Far from the Madding Crowd
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3.97 avg rating — 163,900 ratings
score: 84,
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1 person voted
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Vicious (Villains, #1)
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4.19 avg rating — 308,915 ratings
score: 81,
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1 person voted
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