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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 — 772,251 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 — 940,009 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 — 1,982,574 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 — 1,076,442 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 — 982,495 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 — 251,399 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 — 247,555 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 — 132,751 ratings
score: 200,
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2 people voted
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Purple Hibiscus
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4.18 avg rating — 138,940 ratings
score: 199,
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2 people voted
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Wuthering Heights
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3.90 avg rating — 1,977,031 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 — 94,198 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 — 825,708 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 — 416,055 ratings
score: 189,
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2 people voted
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Emma
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4.05 avg rating — 958,950 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 — 29,644 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 — 2,351,458 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 — 79,206 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 — 198,914 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 — 63,730 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 — 919,195 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 — 335,276 ratings
score: 98,
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1 person voted
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Orlando
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3.87 avg rating — 111,260 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 — 10,222 ratings
score: 97,
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1 person voted
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Ordinary People
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3.94 avg rating — 22,860 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 — 42,324 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 — 136,439 ratings
score: 96,
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1 person voted
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The Chrysalids
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3.93 avg rating — 61,151 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 — 432,742 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 — 970,499 ratings
score: 94,
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1 person voted
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Lady Susan
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3.66 avg rating — 51,352 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 — 214,745 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 — 90,576 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 — 96,255 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 — 364,346 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 — 323,093 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 — 64,360 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 — 278,326 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 — 298,896 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 — 370,950 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 — 10,811 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 — 1,174,196 ratings
score: 87,
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1 person voted
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True Grit
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4.17 avg rating — 69,593 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 — 163,894 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 — 308,897 ratings
score: 81,
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1 person voted
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