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The Lord of the Rings (The Lord of the Rings, #1-3)
by
J.R.R. Tolkien
4.41 of 5 stars 4.41 avg rating — 207,242 ratings
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A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
by
George R.R. Martin
4.43 of 5 stars 4.43 avg rating — 414,549 ratings
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Ender's Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
by
Orson Scott Card
4.28 of 5 stars 4.28 avg rating — 401,028 ratings
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The Hobbit
by
J.R.R. Tolkien
4.18 of 5 stars 4.18 avg rating — 1,045,747 ratings
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Dune (Dune Chronicles, #1)
by
Frank Herbert
4.08 of 5 stars 4.08 avg rating — 299,579 ratings
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The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1-5)
by
Douglas Adams
4.34 of 5 stars 4.34 avg rating — 114,687 ratings
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Harry Potter Boxset (Harry Potter, #1-7)
by
J.K. Rowling
4.71 of 5 stars 4.71 avg rating — 87,406 ratings
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The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)
by
Patrick Rothfuss (Goodreads Author)
4.56 of 5 stars 4.56 avg rating — 105,330 ratings
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1984
by
George Orwell
4.06 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 907,087 ratings
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The Foundation Trilogy (Foundation, #1-3)
by
Isaac Asimov
4.32 of 5 stars 4.32 avg rating — 30,609 ratings
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The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia, #2)
by
C.S. Lewis
4.14 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 627,740 ratings
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Fahrenheit 451
by
Ray Bradbury
3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 512,847 ratings
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Brave New World
by
Aldous Huxley
3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 547,487 ratings
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| 14 |
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)
by
Douglas Adams
4.14 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 515,786 ratings
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Watchmen
by
Alan Moore
4.31 of 5 stars 4.31 avg rating — 193,584 ratings
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The Eye of the World (Wheel of Time, #1)
by
Robert Jordan
4.14 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 102,643 ratings
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Good Omens
by
Terry Pratchett
4.27 of 5 stars 4.27 avg rating — 145,000 ratings
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| 18 |
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The Hunger Games Trilogy Boxset (The Hunger Games, #1-3)
by
Suzanne Collins
4.56 of 5 stars 4.56 avg rating — 55,001 ratings
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American Gods
by
Neil Gaiman (Goodreads Author)
4.1 of 5 stars 4.10 avg rating — 188,074 ratings
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| 20 |
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A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2)
by
George R.R. Martin
4.37 of 5 stars 4.37 avg rating — 212,714 ratings
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| 21 |
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Snow Crash
by
Neal Stephenson
3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 100,082 ratings
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A Wrinkle in Time (Time, #1)
by
Madeleine L'Engle
4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 315,088 ratings
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| 23 |
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Starship Troopers
by
Robert A. Heinlein
3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 65,216 ratings
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| 24 |
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The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, #1)
by
Philip Pullman
3.87 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 489,932 ratings
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| 25 |
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World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
by
Max Brooks (Goodreads Author)
4.08 of 5 stars 4.08 avg rating — 111,041 ratings
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| 26 |
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Mistborn Trilogy Boxed Set (Mistborn, #1-3)
by
Brandon Sanderson (Goodreads Author)
4.58 of 5 stars 4.58 avg rating — 5,671 ratings
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| 27 |
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Animal Farm
by
George Orwell
3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 981,238 ratings
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| 28 |
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Frankenstein
by
Mary Shelley
3.66 of 5 stars 3.66 avg rating — 465,068 ratings
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The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower, #1)
by
Stephen King
3.99 of 5 stars 3.99 avg rating — 149,754 ratings
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| 30 |
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Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1)
by
William Gibson
3.78 of 5 stars 3.78 avg rating — 113,666 ratings
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| 31 |
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The Princess Bride
by
William Goldman
4.23 of 5 stars 4.23 avg rating — 325,204 ratings
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| 32 |
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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
by
Philip K. Dick
4.03 of 5 stars 4.03 avg rating — 96,913 ratings
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Slaughterhouse-Five
by
Kurt Vonnegut
3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 470,173 ratings
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A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3)
by
George R.R. Martin
4.51 of 5 stars 4.51 avg rating — 182,810 ratings
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Magician (The Riftwar Saga, #1-2)
by
Raymond E. Feist
4.3 of 5 stars 4.30 avg rating — 21,546 ratings
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The Stand
by
Stephen King
4.3 of 5 stars 4.30 avg rating — 211,578 ratings
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I, Robot
by
Isaac Asimov
4.08 of 5 stars 4.08 avg rating — 84,974 ratings
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Dracula
by
Bram Stoker
3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 279,740 ratings
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Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)
by
Dan Simmons
4.15 of 5 stars 4.15 avg rating — 45,580 ratings
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The Color of Magic (Discworld, #1)
by
Terry Pratchett
3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 92,026 ratings
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| 41 |
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Stranger in a Strange Land
by
Robert A. Heinlein
3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 140,577 ratings
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| 42 |
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Assassin's Apprentice (Farseer Trilogy, #1)
by
Robin Hobb (Goodreads Author)
4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 48,883 ratings
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Daemon (Daemon, #1)
by
Daniel Suarez
4.2 of 5 stars 4.20 avg rating — 9,847 ratings
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The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1)
by
Joe Abercrombie
4.08 of 5 stars 4.08 avg rating — 26,545 ratings
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Neverwhere
by
Neil Gaiman (Goodreads Author)
4.15 of 5 stars 4.15 avg rating — 125,447 ratings
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The Wise Man's Fear (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #2)
by
Patrick Rothfuss (Goodreads Author)
4.53 of 5 stars 4.53 avg rating — 70,176 ratings
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The Handmaid's Tale
by
Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author)
3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 250,293 ratings
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Storm Front (The Dresden Files, #1)
by
Jim Butcher (Goodreads Author)
4.01 of 5 stars 4.01 avg rating — 85,237 ratings
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Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
by
Susanna Clarke
3.74 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 70,271 ratings
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Lord of the Flies
by
William Golding
3.59 of 5 stars 3.59 avg rating — 907,328 ratings
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Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1)
by
Arthur C. Clarke
3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 41,603 ratings
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The Martian Chronicles
by
Ray Bradbury
4.06 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 68,034 ratings
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The Left Hand of Darkness
by
Ursula K. Le Guin
3.99 of 5 stars 3.99 avg rating — 27,174 ratings
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The Dragonriders of Pern (Dragonriders of Pern, #1-3)
by
Anne McCaffrey
4.14 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 10,930 ratings
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The Road
by
Cormac McCarthy
3.93 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 273,714 ratings
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2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)
by
Arthur C. Clarke
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 73,481 ratings
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| 57 |
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The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
by
Robert A. Heinlein
4.15 of 5 stars 4.15 avg rating — 40,870 ratings
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| 58 |
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
by
Oscar Wilde
3.99 of 5 stars 3.99 avg rating — 252,656 ratings
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| 59 |
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The War of the Worlds
by
H.G. Wells
3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 72,868 ratings
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| 60 |
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Old Man's War
by
John Scalzi (Goodreads Author)
4.2 of 5 stars 4.20 avg rating — 33,032 ratings
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| 61 |
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The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, #1)
by
Brandon Sanderson (Goodreads Author)
4.57 of 5 stars 4.57 avg rating — 32,702 ratings
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| 62 |
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Watership Down
by
Richard Adams
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 149,691 ratings
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Flowers for Algernon
by
Daniel Keyes
3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 140,704 ratings
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| 64 |
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A Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle, #1)
by
Ursula K. Le Guin
3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 68,146 ratings
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The Time Traveler's Wife
by
Audrey Niffenegger (Goodreads Author)
3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 690,582 ratings
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The Belgariad: Volume One
by
David Eddings
4.24 of 5 stars 4.24 avg rating — 7,157 ratings
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Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There
by
Lewis Carroll
4.09 of 5 stars 4.09 avg rating — 33,943 ratings
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His Dark Materials (His Dark Materials #1-3)
by
Philip Pullman
4.22 of 5 stars 4.22 avg rating — 58,937 ratings
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Wizard's First Rule (Sword of Truth, #1)
by
Terry Goodkind (Goodreads Author)
4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 84,700 ratings
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His Majesty's Dragon (Temeraire, #1)
by
Naomi Novik (Goodreads Author)
4.05 of 5 stars 4.05 avg rating — 20,863 ratings
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The Silmarillion
by
J.R.R. Tolkien
3.74 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 76,716 ratings
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The Graveyard Book
by
Neil Gaiman (Goodreads Author)
4.09 of 5 stars 4.09 avg rating — 128,104 ratings
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The Mote in God's Eye (Moties #1)
by
Larry Niven
4.01 of 5 stars 4.01 avg rating — 25,103 ratings
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Anathem
by
Neal Stephenson
4.16 of 5 stars 4.16 avg rating — 22,336 ratings
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Pandora's Star (Commonwealth Saga, #1)
by
Peter F. Hamilton
4.18 of 5 stars 4.18 avg rating — 11,929 ratings
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The Sword of Shannara Trilogy (Shannara, #1-3)
by
Terry Brooks (Goodreads Author)
3.93 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 7,169 ratings
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Red Mars (Mars Trilogy, #1)
by
Kim Stanley Robinson
3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 19,347 ratings
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A Dance With Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire, #5)
by
George R.R. Martin
4.19 of 5 stars 4.19 avg rating — 115,942 ratings
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A Feast for Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire, #4)
by
George R.R. Martin
3.99 of 5 stars 3.99 avg rating — 153,073 ratings
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The Stars My Destination
by
Alfred Bester
4.17 of 5 stars 4.17 avg rating — 13,455 ratings
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| 81 |
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Ringworld (Ringworld #1)
by
Larry Niven
3.93 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 35,449 ratings
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The Once and Future King (The Once and Future King, #1-4)
by
T.H. White
4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 49,480 ratings
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Kushiel's Dart (Phèdre's Trilogy #1)
by
Jacqueline Carey (Goodreads Author)
4.09 of 5 stars 4.09 avg rating — 29,129 ratings
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by
J.K. Rowling
4.35 of 5 stars 4.35 avg rating — 1,792,725 ratings
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Tigana
by
Guy Gavriel Kay (Goodreads Author)
4.13 of 5 stars 4.13 avg rating — 15,515 ratings
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| 86 |
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A Fire Upon the Deep
by
Vernor Vinge
4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 15,709 ratings
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| 87 |
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The Dispossessed
by
Ursula K. Le Guin
4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 22,395 ratings
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| 87 |
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Childhood's End
by
Arthur C. Clarke
4.03 of 5 stars 4.03 avg rating — 36,712 ratings
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| 89 |
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Cat's Cradle
by
Kurt Vonnegut
4.18 of 5 stars 4.18 avg rating — 128,809 ratings
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| 90 |
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The Time Machine
by
H.G. Wells
3.78 of 5 stars 3.78 avg rating — 114,899 ratings
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| 91 |
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Lord of Light
by
Roger Zelazny
4.1 of 5 stars 4.10 avg rating — 9,846 ratings
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| 92 |
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Ready Player One
by
Ernest Cline (Goodreads Author)
4.28 of 5 stars 4.28 avg rating — 59,338 ratings
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| 93 |
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The Phantom Tollbooth
by
Norton Juster
4.21 of 5 stars 4.21 avg rating — 97,630 ratings
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| 94 |
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
by
L. Frank Baum
3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 110,579 ratings
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
by
Roald Dahl
4.06 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 227,297 ratings
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| 96 |
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Jurassic Park
by
Michael Crichton
3.78 of 5 stars 3.78 avg rating — 357,826 ratings
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The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (The Inheritance Trilogy, #1)
by
N.K. Jemisin (Goodreads Author)
3.78 of 5 stars 3.78 avg rating — 9,077 ratings
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The Dragonbone Chair (Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, #1)
by
Tad Williams
3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 22,783 ratings
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The Book of the New Sun
by
Gene Wolfe
4.15 of 5 stars 4.15 avg rating — 1,109 ratings
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Lucifer's Hammer
by
Larry Niven
3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 17,833 ratings
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