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Recommended Reads
Ever read a book you want others to read, too? Here's a list of recommendable reads of varying genres and styles.
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Twilight
Twilight
by Stephenie Meyer 73 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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Harry Potter Boxset Books 1-7
Harry Potter Boxset Books 1-7
by J.K. Rowling 68 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee 53 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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The Hobbit: Or There and Back Again
The Hobbit: Or There and Back Again
by J.R.R. Tolkien 49 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
5
Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre
by Charlotte Brontë 44 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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Breaking Dawn
Breaking Dawn
by Stephenie Meyer 43 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye
by J.D. Salinger 36 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
7
Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice
by Jane Austen 36 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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Eclipse
Eclipse
by Stephenie Meyer 36 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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New Moon
New Moon
by Stephenie Meyer 33 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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The Time Traveler's Wife
The Time Traveler's Wife
by Audrey Niffenegger (Goodreads author) 30 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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The Outsiders
The Outsiders
by S.E. Hinton 29 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Flies
by William Golding 26 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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The Golden Compass
The Golden Compass
by Philip Pullman 22 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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The Host
The Host
by Stephenie Meyer 22 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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Anne of Green Gables
Anne of Green Gables
by L.M. Montgomery 21 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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Angels & Demons
Angels & Demons
by Dan Brown 19 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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Ella Enchanted
Ella Enchanted
by Gail Carson Levine 18 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl
by Anne Frank 20 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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The Stand: Complete & Uncut
The Stand: Complete & Uncut
by Stephen King 18 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Picture of Dorian Gray
by Oscar Wilde 17 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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The Hunger Games
The Hunger Games
by Suzanne Collins 17 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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The Bell Jar
The Bell Jar
by Sylvia Plath 15 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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Midnight Sun
Midnight Sun
by Stephenie Meyer 14 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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The Shack
The Shack
by William P. Young 13 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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Confidential Communications
Confidential Communications
by J.R. Reardon (Goodreads author) 13 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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Outlander
Outlander
by Diana Gabaldon 14 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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The Other Boleyn Girl
The Other Boleyn Girl
by Philippa Gregory 13 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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The Silence of the Lambs
The Silence of the Lambs
by Thomas Harris 12 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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All Quiet on the Western Front
All Quiet on the Western Front
by Erich Maria Remarque, A.W. Wheen (Translator) 12 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through th...
by Lewis Carroll 12 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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It
It
by Stephen King 12 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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The Book Thief
The Book Thief
by Markus Zusak 12 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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The Five People You Meet in Heaven
The Five People You Meet in Heaven
by Mitch Albom 12 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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My Sister's Keeper
My Sister's Keeper
by Jodi Picoult 11 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
36
Lolita
Lolita
by Vladimir Nabokov, Craig Raine (Afterword) 9 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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Nineteen Minutes
Nineteen Minutes
by Jodi Picoult 9 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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Where the Heart Is
Where the Heart Is
by Billie Letts 10 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
39
Chasing Memories
Chasing Memories
by Cindy Bauer (Goodreads author) 8 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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Walk Two Moons
Walk Two Moons
by Sharon Creech 8 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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The Notebook
The Notebook
by Nicholas Sparks 8 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
42
The Pillars of the Earth
The Pillars of the Earth
by Ken Follett 8 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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Anne of Avonlea
Anne of Avonlea
by L.M. Montgomery 8 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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The God of Small Things
The God of Small Things
by Arundhati Roy 7 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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Bridget Jones's Diary
Bridget Jones's Diary
by Helen Fielding 7 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
by Ann Brashares 7 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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Shades of Blue
Shades of Blue
by Cindy Bauer (Goodreads author) 6 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
by Susanna Clarke 6 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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Bleak House
Bleak House
by Charles Dickens 6 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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1st to Die
1st to Die
by James Patterson 6 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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4th of July
4th of July
by James Patterson, Maxine Paetro 6 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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Rebecca
Rebecca
by Daphne du Maurier 6 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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Change of Heart
Change of Heart
by Jodi Picoult 6 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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Johnny Tremain
Johnny Tremain
by Esther Forbes, Lynd Ward (Illustrator) 6 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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Mystic River
Mystic River
by Dennis Lehane 6 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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Familiar Scars
Familiar Scars
by Christy Leigh Stewart (Goodreads author), Megan Hansen (Illustrator) 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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Just Plain Weird
Just Plain Weird
by Tom Upton (Goodreads author) 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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The Help
The Help
by Kathryn Stockett (Goodreads author) 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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The Lovely Bones
The Lovely Bones
by Alice Sebold 6 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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Dissolution
Dissolution
by C.J. Sansom 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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The Chronicles of the Virago: Book 1 The Novus
The Chronicles of the Virago: Book 1 The Novus
by Michael K. Bialys (Goodreads author) 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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It Happened One Knife
It Happened One Knife
by Jeffrey Cohen 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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Random Acts of Senseless Violence
Random Acts of Senseless Violence
by Jack Womack 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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Tilt-a-Whirl
Tilt-a-Whirl
by Chris Grabenstein (Goodreads author) 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash
In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash
by Jean Shepherd 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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For One More Day
For One More Day
by Mitch Albom 6 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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The Misadventures of the Laundry Hag:
The Misadventures of the Laundry Hag:
by Jennifer L. Hart (Goodreads author) 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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No One Heard Her Scream
No One Heard Her Scream
by Jordan Dane 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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Groucho, Harpo, Chico and Sometimes Zeppo a Celebration of the Marx Brothers
Groucho, Harpo, Chico and Sometimes Zeppo a Cel...
by Joe Adamson 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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The Spellman Files
The Spellman Files
by Lisa Lutz (Goodreads author), Christina Moore (Narrator) 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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Airhead
Airhead
by Meg Cabot 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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The Complete Novels of Jane Austen
The Complete Novels of Jane Austen
by Jane Austen 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
73
Chasing Dreams
Chasing Dreams
by Aaron Jennings (Goodreads author) 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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Hideaway
Hideaway
by Dean Koontz 6 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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Graceling
Graceling
by Kristin Cashore 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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The Alchemist
The Alchemist
by Paulo Coelho (Goodreads author) 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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Bag of Bones
Bag of Bones
by Stephen King 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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The Shadow of the Wind
The Shadow of the Wind
by Carlos Ruiz Zafón 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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Goodnight Nobody
Goodnight Nobody
by Jennifer Weiner (Goodreads author) 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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2nd Chance
2nd Chance
by James Patterson, Andrew Gross 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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A Tomb on the Periphery
A Tomb on the Periphery
by John Domini (Goodreads author) 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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The Lost Books of The Odyssey: A Novel
The Lost Books of The Odyssey: A Novel
by Zachary Mason (Goodreads author) 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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The Angel Experiment
The Angel Experiment
by James Patterson 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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All Over
All Over
by Roy Kesey 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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Cancer Ward
Cancer Ward
by Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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Rightfully mine
Rightfully mine
by Aggie Villanueva (Goodreads author) 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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Night
Night
by Elie Wiesel 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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The Grand Complication: A Novel
The Grand Complication: A Novel
by Allen Kurzweil 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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The Road
The Road
by Cormac McCarthy 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
90
Dombey and Son
Dombey and Son
by Charles Dickens 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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Splintered
Splintered
by Andrea Howarth-Salazar (Goodreads author) 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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School's Out - Forever
School's Out - Forever
by James Patterson 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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Into The Shadow
Into The Shadow
by Christina Dodd 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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The Muse Asylum
The Muse Asylum
by David Czuchlewski 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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Heart-Shaped Box: A Novel
Heart-Shaped Box: A Novel
by Joe Hill 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports
Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports
by James Patterson 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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The Poisonwood Bible
The Poisonwood Bible
by Barbara Kingsolver 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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The Virgin Suicides
The Virgin Suicides
by Jeffrey Eugenides 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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Confessions of a Shopaholic
Confessions of a Shopaholic
by Sophie Kinsella 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
100
Unwind
Unwind
by Neal Shusterman 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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message 1: by Jen (new)

582249 Without a doubt, one of my absolute favorite crime fiction novels that starts my favorite crime fiction series. John Ceepak is a cop with a code. Danny Boye is his young partner. Together they learn about life from each other and solve Sea Haven's big murder!


message 2: by Tom (new)

1617370 Just for fun.


message 3: by Tom (new)

1617370 Only because I'm a Virgo.


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