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Kate Moretti lives in Pennsylvania with her husband, two kids, and a dog. She’s worked in the pharmaceutical industry for ten years as a scientist, and has been an avid fiction reader her entire life.

She enjoys traveling and cooking, although with two kids, a day job, and writing, she doesn’t get to do those things as much as she’d like.

Her lifelong dream is to buy an old house with a secret passageway.

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	The Vanishing Year 3.64 avg rating — 12,518 ratings — published 2016 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Thought I Knew You 3.87 avg rating — 3,305 ratings — published 2012 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Blackbird Season 3.45 avg rating — 2,539 ratings — published 2017 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In Her Bones 3.75 avg rating — 1,704 ratings — published 2018 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Binds That Tie 3.86 avg rating — 978 ratings — published 2014 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	While You Were Gone 3.97 avg rating — 181 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	A Thousand Doors: An Anthology of Many Lives by J.T. Ellison (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Kimberly Belle (Goodreads Author) , Laura Benedict (Goodreads Author) 4.12 avg rating — 339 ratings — published 2018 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tales of Girls and Gadgets (Brave New Girls, #1) by Paige Daniels (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Mary Fan (Goodreads Author) (Editor) , Lara Hogan (Goodreads Author) (Foreword) 4.26 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Atria Mystery Sampler 2016 by William Kent Krueger (Goodreads Author), Christine Carbo (Goodreads Author) , Mindy Mejia (Goodreads Author) 4.50 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2016 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“You can get anything you want if you're nice to people. People like to do things for people, it's so easy to be kind.”
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“There is endless psychological research on evil people. But in my experience the average sociopath has no idea they are wrong. They're born this way, not made.”
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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

by Taylor Jenkins Reid

11 votes, 18.6%

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by Jesmyn Ward

8 votes, 13.6%

Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

by David Grann

7 votes, 11.9%

The Glass Castle

by Jeannette Walls

6 votes, 10.2%

Exit West

by Mohsin Hamid

5 votes, 8.5%

In the Midst of Winter

by Isabel Allende

5 votes, 8.5%

I'll Give You the Sun

by Jandy Nelson

4 votes, 6.8%

Into the Wild

by Jon Krakauer

4 votes, 6.8%

The Heart's Invisible Furies

by John Boyne

4 votes, 6.8%

Beautiful Lies

by Jessica Warman

3 votes, 5.1%

The Blackbird Season

by Kate Moretti

1 vote, 1.7%

Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis

by J.D. Vance

1 vote, 1.7%

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