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We Are the Ants
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Shaun David Hutchinson (Goodreads Author)
4.11 avg rating — 53,408 ratings
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Fight Club 2
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Chuck Palahniuk (Goodreads Author)
3.05 avg rating — 9,789 ratings
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China Rich Girlfriend (Crazy Rich Asians, #2)
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Kevin Kwan (Goodreads Author)
3.84 avg rating — 225,701 ratings
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The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
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Daniel James Brown (Goodreads Author)
4.39 avg rating — 356,281 ratings
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Orlando
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R.U.R.
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Perdido Street Station (New Crobuzon, #1)
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China Miéville (Goodreads Author)
3.98 avg rating — 74,623 ratings
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White Jazz (L.A. Quartet, #4)
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The Bands of Mourning (Mistborn, #6)
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Brandon Sanderson (Goodreads Author)
4.41 avg rating — 180,136 ratings
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Disappearing Earth
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Julia Phillips (Goodreads Author)
3.83 avg rating — 56,680 ratings
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Perfect State
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Brandon Sanderson (Goodreads Author)
4.04 avg rating — 15,861 ratings
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The Inverted World
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3.95 avg rating — 10,627 ratings
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Messenger of Truth (Maisie Dobbs, #4)
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Jacqueline Winspear (Goodreads Author)
4.02 avg rating — 33,291 ratings
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Zero Day (John Puller, #1)
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David Baldacci (Goodreads Author)
4.06 avg rating — 85,475 ratings
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Blood Games (Chicagoland Vampires, #10)
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Chloe Neill (Goodreads Author)
4.23 avg rating — 12,719 ratings
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The Man in the Brown Suit (Colonel Race, #1)
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Piranesi
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Small Favor (The Dresden Files, #10)
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Jim Butcher (Goodreads Author)
4.43 avg rating — 115,961 ratings
score: 172,
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Carrie Soto Is Back
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Taylor Jenkins Reid (Goodreads Author)
4.20 avg rating — 687,913 ratings
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Yesterday Is History
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Kosoko Jackson (Goodreads Author)
3.73 avg rating — 3,082 ratings
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The Road of the Dead
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3.77 avg rating — 3,097 ratings
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Runaway (Airhead, #3)
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Meg Cabot (Goodreads Author)
3.90 avg rating — 24,913 ratings
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The Arrival
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4.35 avg rating — 59,420 ratings
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It's Not Summer Without You (Summer, #2)
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Jenny Han (Goodreads Author)
3.75 avg rating — 693,209 ratings
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Mistwalker
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Saundra Mitchell (Goodreads Author)
3.38 avg rating — 753 ratings
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Starters (Starters, #1)
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Lissa Price (Goodreads Author)
3.88 avg rating — 45,278 ratings
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The Bards of Bone Plain
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3.96 avg rating — 2,725 ratings
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Martin the Warrior (Redwall, #6)
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Witches Abroad (Discworld, #12; Witches, #3)
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Ice Station (Shane Schofield, #1)
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Crosstalk
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3.56 avg rating — 13,195 ratings
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Inherent Vice
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3.79 avg rating — 37,469 ratings
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Acqua Alta (Commissario Brunetti, #5)
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Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators
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4.40 avg rating — 101,643 ratings
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Warlight
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3.60 avg rating — 46,486 ratings
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Naughty in Nice (Her Royal Spyness Mysteries, #5)
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Rhys Bowen (Goodreads Author)
4.08 avg rating — 16,684 ratings
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The Quiche of Death (Agatha Raisin, #1)
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3.72 avg rating — 44,091 ratings
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N or M? (Tommy & Tuppence Mysteries, #3)
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3.81 avg rating — 28,894 ratings
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Justice Hall (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, #6)
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Laurie R. King (Goodreads Author)
4.23 avg rating — 15,817 ratings
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The Brethren
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John Grisham (Goodreads Author)
3.77 avg rating — 100,226 ratings
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He Started It
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Samantha Downing (Goodreads Author)
3.48 avg rating — 21,775 ratings
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Upgrade
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Blake Crouch (Goodreads Author)
3.81 avg rating — 117,253 ratings
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The Paris Library
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Janet Skeslien Charles (Goodreads Author)
4.06 avg rating — 142,912 ratings
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Wolf Hollow (Wolf Hollow, #1)
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4.18 avg rating — 29,181 ratings
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Soldados de Salamina
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3.86 avg rating — 13,717 ratings
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Free for All: Oddballs, Geeks, and Gangstas in the Public Library
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3.53 avg rating — 2,806 ratings
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Illusion
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The Darkest Pleasure (Lords of the Underworld, #3)
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Gena Showalter (Goodreads Author)
4.26 avg rating — 48,356 ratings
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Players Handbook (Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, 1st Edition)
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4.29 avg rating — 2,579 ratings
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Ender's Shadow (The Shadow Series, #1)
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4.32 avg rating — 178,713 ratings
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Beastkeeper
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Cat Hellisen (Goodreads Author)
3.31 avg rating — 3,043 ratings
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The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (Inheritance, #1)
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N.K. Jemisin (Goodreads Author)
3.89 avg rating — 80,971 ratings
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Prince of Fools (The Red Queen's War, #1)
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Mark Lawrence (Goodreads Author)
4.05 avg rating — 34,986 ratings
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Passenger (Passenger, #1)
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Alexandra Bracken (Goodreads Author)
3.75 avg rating — 42,168 ratings
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Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House
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3.44 avg rating — 77,071 ratings
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Isla and the Happily Ever After (Anna and the French Kiss, #3)
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Stephanie Perkins (Goodreads Author)
3.99 avg rating — 119,128 ratings
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Dark Descent into Desire
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J.J. Sorel (Goodreads Author)
4.10 avg rating — 230 ratings
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The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water
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Zen Cho (Goodreads Author)
3.61 avg rating — 7,320 ratings
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She Stoops to Conquer
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3.65 avg rating — 12,235 ratings
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The Venetian Betrayal (Cotton Malone, #3)
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Steve Berry (Goodreads Author)
3.97 avg rating — 28,655 ratings
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The House of the Spirits
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Isabel Allende (Goodreads Author)
4.29 avg rating — 310,873 ratings
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Murder on Cold Street (Lady Sherlock, #5)
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Sherry Thomas (Goodreads Author)
4.20 avg rating — 13,475 ratings
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The Glass Key
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3.92 avg rating — 13,493 ratings
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Even Dogs in the Wild (Inspector Rebus, #20)
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Ian Rankin (Goodreads Author)
4.20 avg rating — 14,972 ratings
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The Hidden Child (Patrik Hedström, #5)
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Camilla Läckberg (Goodreads Author)
4.01 avg rating — 31,710 ratings
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The Wishsong of Shannara (The Original Shannara Trilogy, #3)
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Terry Brooks (Goodreads Author)
3.98 avg rating — 55,221 ratings
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Voyage on the Great Titanic: The Diary of Margaret Ann Brady, R.M.S. Titanic, 1912
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Fierce Kingdom
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Gin Phillips (Goodreads Author)
3.52 avg rating — 24,762 ratings
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The Wife
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Alafair Burke (Goodreads Author)
3.86 avg rating — 48,498 ratings
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The Spy Who Loved Me (James Bond, #10)
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Post Captain (Aubrey & Maturin, #2)
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The Rose Code
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Kate Quinn (Goodreads Author)
4.44 avg rating — 352,226 ratings
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Conjure Women
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Afia Atakora (Goodreads Author)
3.87 avg rating — 18,576 ratings
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The Collective
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Alison Gaylin (Goodreads Author)
3.89 avg rating — 42,067 ratings
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Sweet Charlotte's Seventh Mistake
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Cori Crooks (Goodreads Author)
4.05 avg rating — 85 ratings
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The Tower at Stony Wood
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3.90 avg rating — 2,312 ratings
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The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
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3.66 avg rating — 104,780 ratings
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The Secret Bedroom (Fear Street, #13)
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R.L. Stine (Goodreads Author)
3.68 avg rating — 3,007 ratings
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Hero (Woodcutter Sisters, #2; Books of Arilland, #2)
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Alethea Kontis (Goodreads Author)
3.86 avg rating — 4,405 ratings
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Boo to You, Winnie the Pooh!
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3.85 avg rating — 121 ratings
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Breathing Black (The Black and White Duet, #1)
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Poe Avondet (Goodreads Author)
4.36 avg rating — 256 ratings
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The Good Earth (House of Earth, #1)
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4.01 avg rating — 258,956 ratings
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Song of the Silent Snow
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Principles: Life and Work
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The Girl Who Lived
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Christopher Greyson (Goodreads Author)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 63,349 ratings
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The Warded Man (The Demon Cycle, #1)
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Peter V. Brett (Goodreads Author)
4.25 avg rating — 130,497 ratings
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The Book of Three (The Chronicles of Prydain, #1)
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A Mercy
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3.76 avg rating — 32,261 ratings
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Blood Will Tell (Kate Shugak, #6)
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Dana Stabenow (Goodreads Author)
4.15 avg rating — 6,713 ratings
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The Good Woman of Setzuan
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Indelible (Grant County, #4)
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Karin Slaughter (Goodreads Author)
4.16 avg rating — 58,258 ratings
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The Gods of Gotham (Timothy Wilde, #1)
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Lyndsay Faye (Goodreads Author)
3.87 avg rating — 16,609 ratings
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The Missionary
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Rowena Kinread (Goodreads Author)
4.28 avg rating — 649 ratings
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An Enemy of the People
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The Collectors (The Camel Club, #2)
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David Baldacci (Goodreads Author)
4.06 avg rating — 51,714 ratings
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The Constant Princess (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #6)
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Philippa Gregory (Goodreads Author)
3.93 avg rating — 166,477 ratings
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Aug 10, 2008 10:22PM
i like this list because you didn't even have to read the book to be a part of it and the art on some of these books are really cool
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I have to agree with Debbie - love a couple of the cover art work but agree with Judi - have to say i think our book covers for both Escape from the Pharma Drug Cartel and Shattered Reality could compete very well here. Thanks and best of luck to those authors involved.www.kimberlycheryl.net
With all due respect, these are all hideous mass-market eyesores. The books themselves may be excellent, mind you, but mass market books are cheap and ugly by nature. For truly beautiful book-objects one needs to look at presses like Ugly Duckling Presse or Futurepoem, or any press whose primary purpose is something other than selling crap to people waiting to board airplanes or to read on the train. For attractive glossy mass-market type covers, I think comics, graphic novels or classic sci-fi or pulp books are far more attractive than the abominations we see here. Of all of them, the old art deco Atlas Shrugged cover is passable, despite the fact that I loathe Ayn Rand with every fiber of my being.
For truly imaginative work you might consider Jinger Heaston's cover for my 'Corruption's Child' or Molly Courtright's for my 'Cruel Cuts' both available from Whiskey Creek Press, www.whiskeycreekpress.com
Mark: not all of them. Paradise Stories, a masterful work of short fiction, has original art on its cover, a beautiful painting done specifically for the book by Joshua Evans.
How many Stephenie Meyer fans are voting because they like the series and not because they think the covers are great? I mean, they work, sure, but, come on!Twilight
really not so special.
The real problem with this list is that you just get whatever cover of the book happens to show up under the "primary" listing; so for an older book with dozens or even hundreds of editions, you might well end up with a very unattractive cover showing on this website. I love the Richard Powers art on H.G. Wells "The Time Machine", and other Wells paperbacks published by Berkley from the 50s-70s, but those aren't what I see when I look up the books here.Which I suppose might be a partial explanation for why almost all of the books listed here are relatively new books that only have 1 or 2 different covers to choose from...
If you hate the "mass market" covers, which really don't dominate as much as Mark says (except maybe Twilight), then look further down the list. The covers with fewer votes usually represent the covers that really drew the reader in, instead of just books that were voted for because they're popular and have a lot of fans here who are voting.
I voted for the covers I chose because I think they suited and enhanced the book inside. AND that they were attractive artistically.
My votes go to Gravity's Rainbow and A Confederacy of Dunces. Almost every edition for these novels, including the first edition and more recent editions, have had a visually pleasing cover that prepares one for what's inside.
I can't even believe that Stephanie Meyer books are on this list.
love your picks {despite what mark says!}. except for stephenie meyer's books. i'm not a fan of the cover art on those.
who keeps voting for stephenie meyer and her boring stock-photo covers?
I'm adding many of the covers produced by my publisher, Echelon Press, including
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Mark wrote: "With all due respect, these are all hideous mass-market eyesores. The books themselves may be excellent, mind you, but mass market books are cheap and ugly by nature. For truly beautiful book-obj..."did you nominate any of these books to be on the list?
Nicole wrote: "I can't even believe that Stephanie Meyer books are on this list."they are on everylist
I chose books whose covers I liked... and would like to be able to comment/question other voters at to what their reason was for voting for certain books...
Damn. People on this site have taste for SHIT. You people probably have Thomas Kinkade paintings on your walls.
nope. I have Jim Warren, Achilleos, Luis Royo, Nene Thomas, Boris Vallejo Julie Bell, Christoph Vacher, Don Paresi, Susan Seddon Boulet, Joseph Michael Linsner, Amy Brown, John Jude Palencar and pictures of my family
I saw this list and got excited because I have a background in design and I have certainly judged and/or bought books based on their covers...That said, this list is pretty crappy.
I'm not declaring myself a "pro" or anything of the sort, but out of just the first 100 on this list, there were only 7 that I felt were good book covers.
Ah well.
thank you for the invite too peruse thru the art works!
I'm seeing books here that are voted on because of how popular they are. They don't belong because the covers are truly nothing special. A good example of this is Twilight. The cover is not outstanding. And it's really not a cover I'd expect o see on a list like this. There are other that also have so-so covers. #654 doesn't even have a cover showing.
I love the cover to CARTER BEATS THE DEVIL - I've read the book as well and the cover does the book justice...and vice versa.
The artist who did the cover and other illustrations on "The Little Black Fish" read the story three times, we very carefully selected each scene according to the importance of that particular event and how we wanted to emphasize and communicate to the young readers. The hero of this book, the little black fish, is not even on the cover, because of the very special and dynamic way this book ends, how the final message is conveyed and how it will impact the readers...
David wrote: "Damn. People on this site have taste for SHIT. You people probably have Thomas Kinkade paintings on your walls. "
LOL! I tend to agree with you about Thomas Kincade.
LOL! I tend to agree with you about Thomas Kincade.
This list needs to be scrapped and started over. A lot of the covers do not belong.
did people just vote for their favorite or the most popular books? There are a lot better books out there in the way of cover art.
buryuntime wrote: "did people just vote for their favorite or the most popular books? There are a lot better books out there in the way of cover art."Yes, it does seem that people voted for their favorite books regardless of the cover art. That is why this list is bogus and needs to be scrapped.
The top ten books in this list do not have anything special in terms of cover art. If any staff is reading this, please scrap this list.
stephenie meyer has the simplest covers
shame on you fangirls
shame on you fangirls
OMG!!! a pair of hands holding an apple, that's gotta be the best cover ever. /sarcasmYou people disgust me.
Canary wrote: "Kode-dekka wrote: "OMG!!! a pair of hands holding an apple, that's gotta be the best cover ever. /sarcasmYou people disgust me. "
AND YOU BORE ME! Get over it already!
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I'm sorry you feel this list is boring. For those of us who actually want the list to be correct, most of the books on this list don't belong on this list. This list has nothing to do with cover art, but the popularity of the books on the list. Basically, it's a fan wank.
JSWolf wrote: "Canary wrote: "Kode-dekka wrote: "OMG!!! a pair of hands holding an apple, that's gotta be the best cover ever. /sarcasmYou people disgust me. "
AND YOU BORE ME! Get over it already!
"
I'm sor..."
Finally someone who understands, unfortunately I believe it may be impossible to reason with a twitard.
i admit i luv twilight and i voted for them. but the reason i actually started the series was because of the awesome covers!!!!!!!!
Lizzie wrote: "i admit i luv twilight and i voted for them. but the reason i actually started the series was because of the awesome covers!!!!!!!!"
I am totally impressed with the covers also! I actually bought Twilight due to the neverending quiz. I have a BA in Fine Art and I am influenced by book covers. My mother use to give me a very hard time about it. She liked to say I had silly decorator mentality, etc
Lizzie, we just have to ignore those who don't have the good taste we do! ;-)
I am totally impressed with the covers also! I actually bought Twilight due to the neverending quiz. I have a BA in Fine Art and I am influenced by book covers. My mother use to give me a very hard time about it. She liked to say I had silly decorator mentality, etc
Lizzie, we just have to ignore those who don't have the good taste we do! ;-)
Lizzie and Canary...You both now you voted for the Twilight series because you liked the books and not the covers. The covers are nothing special. This list is an abomination overall and those who voted for the nothing special covers (like those of the Twilight series) have ruined what could have been a rather nice list.
Could agree more JSWolf. It's one thing to like covers, but a book you like with covers you like doesn't make them the best covers. You don't even need to have read a book to vote for it in this quiz. Sorry, but the bland covers of Twilight being the best there is? I'm not buying it, just another example of a rabid fanbase destroying another list.
Travis, I agree 100%. What we need is a librarian to remove this list so it can be restarted and more librarians to police this list so the bland covers are not allowed to be voted on.
I think "Where the wild things are" has the best book cover hands down. I would encourage all who may have overlooked this classic to band together against travis's "abominations". If we act now the vampires need not yet win
The best idea is to delete this abomination of a list and start over and have a librarian monitor the list and any books that do not fit get removed before they get added.
JSWolf wrote: "Lizzie and Canary...You both now you voted for the Twilight series because you liked the books and not the covers. The covers are nothing special. This list is an abomination overall and those wh..."
Oh come on now. You know very well that this is all subjective. Who are you to say what I can and can't like? As it happens, I don't like the Twilight covers either, and I don't feel the need to bash those that do. Sure, some of the votes must be because of the popularity, so what. Big whoop I say.
Kody wrote: "JSWolf wrote: "Canary wrote: "Kode-dekka wrote: "OMG!!! a pair of hands holding an apple, that's gotta be the best cover ever. /sarcasmYou people disgust me. "
AND YOU BORE ME! Get over it alr..."
What do you think of the cover of Fawcetta...I'm an artist and I have to say...that is good illustration art...not just photographs of people...
I like book covers that you know people worked hard to produce it. When I see covers that are more photogrpahy than art...that sucks...to me illustration art is the best...because you know it was drawn up...
I do think photography on a covert can be good. But come on, the best covert art is not a pair of hands holding an apple.
I don't understand why so many people are obsessed by a series of books that is basically nothing more than "The Babysitters' Club" with added sparkly vampires. The covers are also very underwhelming.
I was going to start complaining about the awful picks here, but then I realized: it actually is a popularity contest! Should anyone really be surprised that some of the books most commonly read are those most commonly chosen?Which isn't to say that the covers of the Twilight books aren't boring as hell. But you can't expect the Book of Kells to make this list, or old editions of Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, or the new Penguin edition of The Three Musketeers, or even the famous cover to The Great Gatsby, because many, many, many more people have read Twilight (alas).
The Hunger Games, The Twilight series, The Giver (awesome beard), The City of EMber, The Last Olympian, Uglies, and Graceling have the best cover art that I have read.
Adam has no idea what good cover art is.
that he has read, hes still young dude. he doesnt read books about drugs and high school afairs. hes only 14 man. i love the books he posted but i think hunger games and catching fire really catch my attention.
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