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Master of the Mountain (Mountain Masters & Dark Haven, #1)
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Cherise Sinclair (Goodreads Author)
4.09 avg rating — 19,225 ratings
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Restore Me (Wrecked, #2)
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J.L. Mac (Goodreads Author)
4.09 avg rating — 7,129 ratings
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Urchin of the Riding Stars (The Mistmantle Chronicles, #1)
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4.12 avg rating — 6,634 ratings
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White Boy in Watts
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Karl Wiggins (Goodreads Author)
3.88 avg rating — 34 ratings
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Wild Hearts (Wild Hearts, #1)
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Cherie Bennett (Goodreads Author)
3.86 avg rating — 37 ratings
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Audition (North Security, #4)
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Skye Warren (Goodreads Author)
3.95 avg rating — 1,264 ratings
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Agro State (Telluria, #1)
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K.D. McQuain (Goodreads Author)
4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Saints at the River
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Ron Rash (Goodreads Author)
3.84 avg rating — 4,826 ratings
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Whom the Gods Love (Julian Kestrel Mysteries, #3)
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4.21 avg rating — 2,450 ratings
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Sink or Swim
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Stacy Juba (Goodreads Author)
3.49 avg rating — 180 ratings
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Fourteen
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3.63 avg rating — 54 ratings
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Untouchable
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3.74 avg rating — 6,469 ratings
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Plains of Promise
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3.83 avg rating — 224 ratings
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Rest Inn Peace
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Bonnie Bernard (Goodreads Author)
4.31 avg rating — 36 ratings
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Priceless (Rylee Adamson, #1)
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Shannon Mayer (Goodreads Author)
4.05 avg rating — 19,540 ratings
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Witch-Hunt: Mysteries of the Salem Witch Trials
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Marc Aronson (Goodreads Author)
3.48 avg rating — 1,067 ratings
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Jerry Junior
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3.32 avg rating — 381 ratings
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Watching Trees Grow
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Peter F. Hamilton (Goodreads Author)
4.04 avg rating — 269 ratings
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Underground
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3.83 avg rating — 178 ratings
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Moon Over Manifest
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4.04 avg rating — 35,839 ratings
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Warchild (Warchild, #1)
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Karin Lowachee (Goodreads Author)
4.09 avg rating — 2,262 ratings
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UFOs & IFOs: A Factual Report on Flying Saucers
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3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings
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From The Falls (The Falls Trilogy, #2)
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Heather Renee (Goodreads Author)
4.62 avg rating — 100 ratings
score: 89,
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How Far to Bethlehem?
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4.24 avg rating — 853 ratings
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Vinyl Cafe Unplugged (Vinyl Cafe, #3)
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4.27 avg rating — 1,948 ratings
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Shatter (Seaside, #3)
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Rachel Van Dyken (Goodreads Author)
4.21 avg rating — 4,966 ratings
score: 89,
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The Last Dragon
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4.03 avg rating — 5,579 ratings
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Gemini Game
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Michael Scott (Goodreads Author)
3.91 avg rating — 126 ratings
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Sonata (North Security, #3)
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Skye Warren (Goodreads Author)
4.07 avg rating — 2,205 ratings
score: 89,
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To Trust and to Touch
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Vivi Anne Hunt (Goodreads Author)
3.78 avg rating — 119 ratings
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The Tilted World
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Tom Franklin (Goodreads Author)
3.87 avg rating — 6,033 ratings
score: 89,
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Superior (Superior, #1)
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4.04 avg rating — 107 ratings
score: 88,
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The Fat Girl
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2.94 avg rating — 961 ratings
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Along Came a Demon (Whisperings, #1)
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Linda Welch (Goodreads Author)
3.66 avg rating — 1,907 ratings
score: 88,
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Bunheads
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3.72 avg rating — 7,193 ratings
score: 88,
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Clara Morison
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3.72 avg rating — 40 ratings
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Nature Calls
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Bonnie Bernard (Goodreads Author)
4.63 avg rating — 27 ratings
score: 88,
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The Immigrant and the Golden Coin (Mike McBride, #3)
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Dorothy May Mercer (Goodreads Author)
4.74 avg rating — 81 ratings
score: 88,
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Loose Ends (Mary O’Reilly #1)
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Terri Reid (Goodreads Author)
4.08 avg rating — 7,539 ratings
score: 88,
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50 Great Horror Stories
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John Canning (editor)
3.56 avg rating — 115 ratings
score: 88,
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Apple Bough
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4.01 avg rating — 713 ratings
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The Donkey Rustlers
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3.77 avg rating — 349 ratings
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Calvin
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3.81 avg rating — 3,075 ratings
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The Mysterious Benedict Society (The Mysterious Benedict Society, #1)
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Trenton Lee Stewart (Goodreads Author)
4.20 avg rating — 173,063 ratings
score: 88,
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Dragon's Egg (Cheela, #1)
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4.12 avg rating — 9,634 ratings
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The Sacred Band
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Janet E. Morris (Goodreads Author)
4.47 avg rating — 320 ratings
score: 88,
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Mystery monsters of the deep
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Embracing The Falls (The Falls Trilogy, #3)
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Heather Renee (Goodreads Author)
4.67 avg rating — 81 ratings
score: 88,
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In the Forests of the Night (Den of Shadows, #1)
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Amelia Atwater-Rhodes (Goodreads Author)
3.89 avg rating — 15,082 ratings
score: 88,
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Frontier
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Janet Edwards (Goodreads Author)
4.28 avg rating — 225 ratings
score: 88,
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Coming Home (Wakefield Romance, #2)
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Theresa Marguerite Hewitt (Goodreads Author)
4.32 avg rating — 1,233 ratings
score: 88,
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The Zombie Room
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3.91 avg rating — 38,403 ratings
score: 88,
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Museum of Thieves (The Keepers, #1)
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Lian Tanner (Goodreads Author)
3.92 avg rating — 6,340 ratings
score: 88,
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Anxiety
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4.07 avg rating — 43 ratings
score: 88,
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That's my Boy
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4.09 avg rating — 23 ratings
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Concerto (North Security, #2)
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Skye Warren (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 2,926 ratings
score: 88,
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Distorted Prophecy: An epic romantic fantasy adventure (The Adanian Chronicles Book 1)
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Amber Faucher (Goodreads Author)
4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings
score: 88,
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This House of Sky: Landscapes of a Western Mind
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4.28 avg rating — 7,298 ratings
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The Secret Under My Skin
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3.69 avg rating — 1,209 ratings
score: 87,
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Walking with Her Daughter
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Jessica Barksdale Inclán (Goodreads Author)
3.53 avg rating — 66 ratings
score: 87,
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Better Off Undead (The Bloodhound Files, #4)
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D.D. Barant (Goodreads Author)
4.03 avg rating — 2,557 ratings
score: 87,
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Hiam
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3.39 avg rating — 66 ratings
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Suki desu Suzuki-kun!!, Vol. 01 (Suki desu Suzuki-kun!!, #1)
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4.17 avg rating — 305 ratings
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Emily of Deep Valley (Deep Valley, #2)
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4.30 avg rating — 3,721 ratings
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Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang
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3.88 avg rating — 1,991 ratings
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Troubled Waters
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3.85 avg rating — 13 ratings
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The Fish the Fighters and the Song-Girl: Sacred Band of Stepsons: Sacred Band Tales 2 (Sacred Band Series)
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Janet E. Morris (Goodreads Author)
4.49 avg rating — 183 ratings
score: 87,
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Becky Lou in Grandmother's Days
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Forever Fae (Forever Fae, #1)
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L.P. Dover (Goodreads Author)
3.65 avg rating — 3,218 ratings
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Telepath (Hive Mind, #1)
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Janet Edwards (Goodreads Author)
4.42 avg rating — 801 ratings
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Spellfall (Earthaven, #1)
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Katherine Roberts (Goodreads Author)
3.81 avg rating — 1,392 ratings
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Heavy Metal Thunder: Kick-Ass Cover Art from Kick-Ass Albums
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4.04 avg rating — 80 ratings
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Overture (North Security, #1)
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Skye Warren (Goodreads Author)
3.92 avg rating — 5,698 ratings
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Life on the Road
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Michelle Cornish (Goodreads Author)
4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Now We Shall Be Entirely Free
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3.89 avg rating — 4,132 ratings
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The Raintree Rebellion
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3.67 avg rating — 203 ratings
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Fall of a Kingdom (The Farsala Trilogy, #1)
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Hilari Bell (Goodreads Author)
3.74 avg rating — 5,646 ratings
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The Matter of Grace
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Jessica Barksdale Inclán (Goodreads Author)
3.03 avg rating — 176 ratings
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Dreams of the Ringed Vale (Luthiel's Song, #1)
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Robert Fanney (Goodreads Author)
3.66 avg rating — 2,791 ratings
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Road Story
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Julienne van Loon (Goodreads Author)
3.29 avg rating — 92 ratings
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Buster Keel
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3.55 avg rating — 22 ratings
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Secret of the Ron Mor Skerry
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Catherine of Aragon
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4.14 avg rating — 1,382 ratings
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Mermaid's Song
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4.41 avg rating — 180 ratings
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The Stone Age Kids Discover America
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3.28 avg rating — 25 ratings
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Red Glass
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Laura Resau (Goodreads Author)
4.03 avg rating — 2,037 ratings
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The Vinyl Cafe: On Tour
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4.51 avg rating — 57 ratings
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A Summoner's Tale: The Vampire's Confessor (Order of the Black Swan, #3)
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Victoria Danann (Goodreads Author)
4.31 avg rating — 2,831 ratings
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The Woven Path (Tales from the Wyrd Museum, #1)
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3.86 avg rating — 823 ratings
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#Lured (#NorthStar #2)
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Jo Schneider (Goodreads Author)
4.31 avg rating — 32 ratings
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Mercy
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Jodi Picoult (Goodreads Author)
3.60 avg rating — 64,302 ratings
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Innocence on Trial
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Stephen Roth (Goodreads Author)
4.39 avg rating — 71 ratings
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The Words in My Hand
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Guinevere Glasfurd (Goodreads Author)
3.99 avg rating — 2,076 ratings
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One Small Thing
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Jessica Barksdale Inclán (Goodreads Author)
3.52 avg rating — 166 ratings
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The Book of Deacon (The Book of Deacon, #1)
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Joseph R. Lallo (Goodreads Author)
3.87 avg rating — 10,387 ratings
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Trust
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3.26 avg rating — 70 ratings
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Drown Them in the Sea
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3.39 avg rating — 18 ratings
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ワンパンマン 1 一撃 [One Punch Man 1: Ichigeki]
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ONE (writer)
4.48 avg rating — 82,436 ratings
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Ghost Moon
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Karen Robards (Goodreads Author)
3.89 avg rating — 3,170 ratings
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How does "The Host" qualify as a lesser known book? It was an instant best seller and continues to dominate the top of the New York Times Best Sellers list. Seriously.
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I second that.Also "The Little Prince." Very well known, in fact.
The Giver and Beauty are also both very popular
Eh Percy Jackson has a hollywood movie,
Someone remove The Giver and the Pearcy Jackson one. They're definately well-know, the former being required reading for middle schoolers in many school districts
Sarah wrote: "Someone remove The Giver and the Pearcy Jackson one. They're definately well-know, the former being required reading for middle schoolers in many school districts"I'll delete both the Percy Jackson's (if it has a movie, it's known) and The Giver.
Edit: That's done, and I also deleted Never Let Me Go, since that has a movie too.
I Capture the Castle and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall have movies too....but even they aren't known...
Removed a few books that weren't at all lesser-known.
I don't think you can say that "A Fine Balance" is lesser known - a critically aclaimed best seller that was on Oprah's list. No Oprah book should qualify as lesser known. I saw Andromeda Strain here too - a New York Times Best Seller. But worst of all, The Lovely Bones ...
The Host definitely should not be on here, it instantly went on best seller lists. And The Lovely Bones is really well known too, especially now that the movie is out.
I don't think anything by Pratchett had be considered "little known" -- We Free Men has almost 12,000 ratings!
I think this is one of the highest quality most appropriate lists I've seen.
Daughter of the Flames should totally qualify! I would show it to the world if I had the resources. I. LOVE. That. Book. >w<
I removed The Host and The Lovely Bones. I don't think any book with more than 100k reviews can be considered "lesser known". Personally I would cap it at 50k reviews, but since I haven't read the ones that would be excluded by that rule, I'll leave them.
Interview with John Greene (Author of The Fault In Our Stars) in Goodreads All Sorts!: http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/9...
There are so many lesser known books that deserve a lot more popularity and credit than they have... I went through my own list for this Listopia and only added lesser known books that I had given four or five stars. The books I added have not been read by a lot of GR members, as all books added have a low number of ratings.To name just a few of my votes: The Rape of Tamar by Dan Jacobson, The God Boy by Ian Cross, Uncle Piper of Piper's Hill by Tasma, Prelude To Christopher by Eleanor Dark and In The Winter Dark by Tim Winton. And that's just my top five... :-)
Mandi wrote: "I removed The Host and The Lovely Bones. I don't think any book with more than 100k reviews can be considered "lesser known". Personally I would cap it at 50k reviews, but since I haven't read the ..."I also noticed (very) popular books like The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Villete and Wives and Daughters. Those classics shouldn't be on this list either, in my opinion, as they can hardly be called 'lesser known'. But then again, that might just be a matter of opinion... :-0
I don't think Pride and Prejudice or To Kill a Mockingbird belong on this list. Both have over 1 million ratings. Otherwise, a fantastic list!!!
Booklovinglady wrote: "Mandi wrote: "I removed The Host and The Lovely Bones. I don't think any book with more than 100k reviews can be considered "lesser known". Personally I would cap it at 50k reviews, but since I hav..."It varies according to the country. In Brazil, i.e., Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights are the only Brontë sisters novels known by more than 10 people.
Booklovinglady wrote: "Mandi wrote: "I removed The Host and The Lovely Bones. I don't think any book with more than 100k reviews can be considered "lesser known". Personally I would cap it at 50k reviews, but since I hav..."It varies according to the country. In Brazil, i.e., Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights are the only Brontë sisters novels known by more than 10 people.
Carrie wrote: "It varies according to the country. ..."I know, as I'm Dutch, and here it is a different matter altogether as well. But as the differences by country can be huge, I thought I'd better have a look at number of readers mentioned on GR ...
To Kill a Mockingbird has to be the most popular Lesser Known Book of all time lol...
How can To Kill a Mockingbird be a lesser known book when it has 3,275,202 ratings?
Throne of Glass is on here? People will NOT shut up about that series. It's EVERYWHERE! Same with Cinder from the Lunar Chronicles. Both series are far from "lesser known."
Cant say I believe in this list any more. There are far too many well knowen books on here.
Rachel wrote: "Cant say I believe in this list any more. There are far too many well knowen books on here."I agree. The Bone People (#79), to name just one, won the Booker, for Pete's sake. But I guess as the voters come from different countries, it is different to all what is 'lesser known'.
Usually lists like this set a limit for how many ratings a book can have. Books with more than that number of ratings are removed from the list. What do you think would be a good limit? I think any book with more than 100,00 ratings is way too well known I'd suggest a limit of 50,000 but if there's a consensus on setting a different limit I'm good with that. Also how do you feel about books that have been turned in to movies. Should they all be removed or only the ones with more then a certain number of ratings?
Checked for duplicates and removed the books mentioned earlier in this thread and books with more than a million rations.
Removed books with over one million ratings and some spam.
Agatha Christie and Stephen King do not belong on this list ! Personally I have added books by some very gifted writers: Nickolas Butler who writes about the Midwest and Ron Rash who writes about Appalachia.
Anyone can add books to this list.
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