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The Thorn Birds
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Colleen McCullough
4.14 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 126,191 ratings
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When Empires Fall
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Katie Jennings (Goodreads Author)
4.33 of 5 stars 4.33 avg rating — 58 ratings
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One Hundred Years of Solitude
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Gabriel García Márquez
3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 324,164 ratings
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The House of the Spirits
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4.14 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 73,695 ratings
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The Godfather
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Mario Puzo
4.31 of 5 stars 4.31 avg rating — 103,677 ratings
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The Forsyte Saga
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John Galsworthy
4.14 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 6,688 ratings
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Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family
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Thomas Mann
4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 5,714 ratings
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Roots: The Saga of an American Family
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Alex Haley
4.37 of 5 stars 4.37 avg rating — 58,893 ratings
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East of Eden
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John Steinbeck
4.3 of 5 stars 4.30 avg rating — 164,989 ratings
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Kristin Lavransdatter (Kristin Lavransdatter, #1-3)
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Table 21
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Hawaii
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4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 29,698 ratings
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Fall of Giants (The Century Trilogy #1)
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Midnight's Children
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4.02 of 5 stars 4.02 avg rating — 43,830 ratings
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Chesapeake
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4.02 of 5 stars 4.02 avg rating — 7,729 ratings
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4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 21,945 ratings
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War and Peace
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Leo Tolstoy
4.05 of 5 stars 4.05 avg rating — 78,610 ratings
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The Sound and the Fury
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William Faulkner
3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 75,702 ratings
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Hanna's Daughters
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Marianne Fredriksson
3.54 of 5 stars 3.54 avg rating — 2,201 ratings
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Absalom, Absalom!
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William Faulkner
3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 17,333 ratings
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We Were the Mulvaneys
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Joyce Carol Oates
3.57 of 5 stars 3.57 avg rating — 41,010 ratings
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The Joy Luck Club
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Amy Tan
3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 347,235 ratings
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Sarum: The Novel of England
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Edward Rutherfurd
4.02 of 5 stars 4.02 avg rating — 17,019 ratings
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Michal's Window
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4.02 of 5 stars 4.02 avg rating — 123 ratings
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Glow
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3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 339 ratings
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Cane River
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3.99 of 5 stars 3.99 avg rating — 20,674 ratings
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Fall on Your Knees
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Ann-Marie MacDonald
3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 29,276 ratings
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
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Betty Smith
4.21 of 5 stars 4.21 avg rating — 156,275 ratings
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The World According to Garp
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John Irving (Goodreads Author)
4.03 of 5 stars 4.03 avg rating — 100,551 ratings
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The Other Boleyn Girl (The Tudor Court, #2)
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Philippa Gregory (Goodreads Author)
3.99 of 5 stars 3.99 avg rating — 234,863 ratings
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Centennial
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4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 14,371 ratings
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Things Fall Apart
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Chinua Achebe
3.52 of 5 stars 3.52 avg rating — 106,023 ratings
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Birds Without Wings
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Louis de Bernières
4.1 of 5 stars 4.10 avg rating — 4,122 ratings
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Rich Man, Poor Man
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4.1 of 5 stars 4.10 avg rating — 6,508 ratings
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The House on Prospect
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4.2 of 5 stars 4.20 avg rating — 25 ratings
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Galore
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3.7 of 5 stars 3.70 avg rating — 1,772 ratings
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White Teeth
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3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 48,581 ratings
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The House of the Seven Gables
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Nathaniel Hawthorne
3.36 of 5 stars 3.36 avg rating — 14,478 ratings
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On Beauty
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3.59 of 5 stars 3.59 avg rating — 27,572 ratings
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3.72 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 3,403 ratings
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3.85 of 5 stars 3.85 avg rating — 175 ratings
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Love Medicine
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3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 9,233 ratings
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4.26 of 5 stars 4.26 avg rating — 5,545 ratings
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Love and War (North and South, #2)
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4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 6,609 ratings
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Master of the Game
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4.02 of 5 stars 4.02 avg rating — 19,392 ratings
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In the Land of the Long White Cloud
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3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 861 ratings
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Flesh and Blood
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3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 2,424 ratings
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Mine To Avenge
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4.85 of 5 stars 4.85 avg rating — 13 ratings
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The Mallen Streak / The Girl / The Gambling Man / The Cinder Path
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4.78 of 5 stars 4.78 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Ross Poldark (Poldark, #1)
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4.07 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 872 ratings
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A Good American
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3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 2,697 ratings
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Evergreen
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3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 8,927 ratings
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The Oppermanns
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Lion Feuchtwanger
4.19 of 5 stars 4.19 avg rating — 129 ratings
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Lyrics Alley
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The Sunne in Splendour
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Sackett's Land
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4.06 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 3,190 ratings
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Emancipating Alice
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4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 8 ratings
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Cloudstreet
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3.99 of 5 stars 3.99 avg rating — 5,880 ratings
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Gilding the Lily
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4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 19 ratings
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4.29 of 5 stars 4.29 avg rating — 21 ratings
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From Sea to Shining Sea
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4.22 of 5 stars 4.22 avg rating — 789 ratings
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The Cairo Trilogy: Palace Walk / Palace of Desire / Sugar Street
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4.42 of 5 stars 4.42 avg rating — 1,638 ratings
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The Glass Palace
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3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 7,562 ratings
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A Fine Balance
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4.31 of 5 stars 4.31 avg rating — 51,661 ratings
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To the Far Blue Mountains
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4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 2,563 ratings
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The Leopard
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3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 5,416 ratings
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As I Lay Dying
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3.72 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 53,304 ratings
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The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
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The Master of Hestviken
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4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 62 ratings
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The Kitchen God's Wife
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3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 34,818 ratings
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The Bonesetter's Daughter
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3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 56,696 ratings
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Time and Chance (Henry II & Eleanor of Aquitaine, #2)
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4.24 of 5 stars 4.24 avg rating — 3,159 ratings
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Devil's Brood (Henry II & Eleanor of Aquitaine, #3)
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4.32 of 5 stars 4.32 avg rating — 2,519 ratings
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The Painted Drum
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3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 3,069 ratings
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The Heaven Tree Trilogy
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4.46 of 5 stars 4.46 avg rating — 360 ratings
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The Brothers of Gwynedd Quartet: Comprising Sunrise in the West, The Dragon at Noonday, The Hounds of Sunset, Afterglow and Nightfall
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4.08 of 5 stars 4.08 avg rating — 651 ratings
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Heaven and Hell (North and South, #3)
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3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 4,869 ratings
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James Clavell Library: Gai-Jin, Tai-Pan, Noble House, & Shogun
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4.71 of 5 stars 4.71 avg rating — 58 ratings
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Odysseya: An Epic Journey from Russia to Australia
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5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Alone in the Company of Others: A Novel
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3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 9 ratings
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3.68 of 5 stars 3.68 avg rating — 78 ratings
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Dynasty
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3.52 of 5 stars 3.52 avg rating — 50 ratings
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3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 1,007 ratings
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Roma: The Novel of Ancient Rome (Roma #1)
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3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 2,852 ratings
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Galway Bay
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4.09 of 5 stars 4.09 avg rating — 1,363 ratings
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The Second-Last Woman in England
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3.36 of 5 stars 3.36 avg rating — 76 ratings
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A Will Of Their Own
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4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 10 ratings
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The Waggoner
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Tiger Hills
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Heart's Blood
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3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings
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3.51 of 5 stars 3.51 avg rating — 102 ratings
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4.43 of 5 stars 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings
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4.01 of 5 stars 4.01 avg rating — 7,958 ratings
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Epileptic
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3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 4,727 ratings
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4.08 of 5 stars 4.08 avg rating — 12 ratings
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