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Books With Animate Inanimate Objects
This list is for books that feature objects which for some reason are alive. Think singing crockery in Disney's Beauty and the Beast.
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The Colour of Magic (Discworld, #1)
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3.99 avg rating — 415,742 ratings
score: 393,
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4 people voted
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Ship of Magic (Liveship Traders, #1)
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Robin Hobb (Goodreads Author)
4.23 avg rating — 100,319 ratings
score: 200,
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2 people voted
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
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4.47 avg rating — 11,144,528 ratings
score: 198,
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2 people voted
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The Spellshop
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Sarah Beth Durst (Goodreads Author)
4.03 avg rating — 111,216 ratings
score: 196,
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2 people voted
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A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic, #1)
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4.04 avg rating — 419,557 ratings
score: 195,
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2 people voted
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The Last Days of New Paris
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China Miéville (Goodreads Author)
3.54 avg rating — 7,515 ratings
score: 189,
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2 people voted
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Dragon Bones (Hurog, #1)
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4.07 avg rating — 12,097 ratings
score: 188,
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2 people voted
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Kraken
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China Miéville (Goodreads Author)
3.62 avg rating — 28,430 ratings
score: 187,
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2 people voted
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Christine
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Stephen King (Goodreads Author)
3.86 avg rating — 259,807 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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Foundryside (The Founders Trilogy, #1)
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Robert Jackson Bennett (Goodreads Author)
4.17 avg rating — 52,402 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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Un Lun Dun
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China Miéville (Goodreads Author)
3.83 avg rating — 19,367 ratings
score: 99,
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1 person voted
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The Half-Made World (The Half-Made World, #1)
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Felix Gilman (Goodreads Author)
3.76 avg rating — 4,028 ratings
score: 99,
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1 person voted
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Redemption (Hearts of Stone, #1)
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Veronique Launier (Goodreads Author)
3.42 avg rating — 167 ratings
score: 99,
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1 person voted
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Rumo & His Miraculous Adventures (Zamonia, #3)
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4.52 avg rating — 13,115 ratings
score: 99,
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1 person voted
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The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making (Fairyland, #1)
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Catherynne M. Valente (Goodreads Author)
3.95 avg rating — 41,418 ratings
score: 98,
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1 person voted
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The Waste Lands (The Dark Tower, #3)
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Stephen King (Goodreads Author)
4.25 avg rating — 242,742 ratings
score: 98,
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1 person voted
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The Winter of Enchantment
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4.13 avg rating — 186 ratings
score: 98,
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1 person voted
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Radiant (Towers Trilogy, #1)
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Karina Sumner-Smith (Goodreads Author)
3.81 avg rating — 1,177 ratings
score: 98,
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1 person voted
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The Dungeon That Walks Like A Man (The Mimic Dungeon, #1)
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Alex Raizman (Goodreads Author)
4.23 avg rating — 273 ratings
score: 98,
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1 person voted
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The City's Son (The Skyscraper Throne, #1)
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Tom Pollock (Goodreads Author)
3.59 avg rating — 1,667 ratings
score: 97,
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1 person voted
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Keeper of Enchanted Rooms (Whimbrel House, #1)
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Charlie N. Holmberg (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 55,584 ratings
score: 97,
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1 person voted
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The Glass Republic (The Skyscraper Throne, #2)
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Tom Pollock (Goodreads Author)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 418 ratings
score: 96,
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1 person voted
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The Complete Fairy Tales
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4.29 avg rating — 108,279 ratings
score: 96,
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1 person voted
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Moon-Whales
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3.80 avg rating — 65 ratings
score: 95,
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1 person voted
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Our Lady of the Streets (The Skyscraper Throne, #3)
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Tom Pollock (Goodreads Author)
4.11 avg rating — 234 ratings
score: 95,
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1 person voted
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Challenger Deep
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Neal Shusterman (Goodreads Author)
4.14 avg rating — 33,686 ratings
score: 94,
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1 person voted
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Shadowshaper (Shadowshaper Cypher, #1)
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Daniel José Older (Goodreads Author)
3.74 avg rating — 10,808 ratings
score: 94,
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1 person voted
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On the Animation of the Inorganic: Art, Architecture, and the Extension of Life
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3.69 avg rating — 16 ratings
score: 93,
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1 person voted
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Those That Wake (Those That Wake, #1)
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3.02 avg rating — 929 ratings
score: 91,
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1 person voted
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Honor Among Thieves (The Honors, #1)
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3.89 avg rating — 5,913 ratings
score: 89,
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1 person voted
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A Little Something Different
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Sandy Hall (Goodreads Author)
3.56 avg rating — 24,010 ratings
score: 88,
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1 person voted
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House of Leaves
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Mark Z. Danielewski (Goodreads Author)
4.09 avg rating — 193,539 ratings
score: 87,
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1 person voted
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The Awakening of Ren Crown (Ren Crown, #1)
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Anne Zoelle (Goodreads Author)
4.05 avg rating — 965 ratings
score: 86,
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1 person voted
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The Devils You Know
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3.20 avg rating — 432 ratings
score: 85,
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1 person voted
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The Shining (The Shining, #1)
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Stephen King (Goodreads Author)
4.28 avg rating — 1,661,747 ratings
score: 84,
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1 person voted
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My Life as a Bench
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Jaq Hazell (Goodreads Author)
3.46 avg rating — 274 ratings
score: 83,
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1 person voted
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New York Fantastic: Fantasy Stories from the City that Never Sleeps
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Paula Guran (editor)
3.48 avg rating — 120 ratings
score: 82,
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1 person voted
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The Other Side
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3.72 avg rating — 2,209 ratings
score: 81,
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1 person voted
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Mortal Engines (Mortal Engines, #1)
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Philip Reeve (Goodreads Author)
3.77 avg rating — 69,812 ratings
score: 80,
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1 person voted
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