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Heren van de thee
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Viola in Reel Life (Viola #1)
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Adriana Trigiani (Goodreads Author)
3.54 avg rating — 3,857 ratings
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A Rose for Virtue
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The Americans, Vol. 3: The Democratic Experience
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One in a Million
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Lindsey Kelk (Goodreads Author)
3.88 avg rating — 9,122 ratings
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Miranda Writes
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Gail Ward Olmsted (Goodreads Author)
4.32 avg rating — 224 ratings
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The Caretaker
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Ron Rash (Goodreads Author)
4.17 avg rating — 10,241 ratings
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Russische liefdesverhalen
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Dunya Breur (editor & translator)
3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings
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The Friday Society
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Adrienne Kress (Goodreads Author)
3.47 avg rating — 3,057 ratings
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The Otherworldlies (The Otherworldlies, #1)
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Jennifer Anne Kogler (Goodreads Author)
3.50 avg rating — 1,406 ratings
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Madselin
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3.88 avg rating — 214 ratings
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The Dog Who Rescues Cats: The True Story of Ginny
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All My Rage
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Sabaa Tahir (Goodreads Author)
4.48 avg rating — 62,317 ratings
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Brooms
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Kevin Miller (Goodreads Author)
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
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The Scapegoat
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De weg van een man
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3.56 avg rating — 16 ratings
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The Siren's Cry (The Otherworldlies #2)
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Jennifer Anne Kogler (Goodreads Author)
3.84 avg rating — 222 ratings
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Lovers All Untrue
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3.76 avg rating — 200 ratings
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Something for Christmas
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4.22 avg rating — 99 ratings
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Flamer
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4.31 avg rating — 12,457 ratings
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The Devil's Whispers
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3.33 avg rating — 63 ratings
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Absolutely and Forever
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3.85 avg rating — 6,242 ratings
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Niets is ons onbeduidend
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3.57 avg rating — 7 ratings
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The Betrayal of Natalie Hargrove
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Lauren Kate (Goodreads Author)
3.17 avg rating — 6,359 ratings
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The Homecoming (Suffolk, #2)
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4.12 avg rating — 281 ratings
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Russian Fairy Tales
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4.03 avg rating — 31 ratings
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Once & Future (Once & Future, #1)
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3.55 avg rating — 10,576 ratings
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The Color of Your Voice
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Daniel Newwyn (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 106 ratings
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Merivel: A Man of His Time
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4.01 avg rating — 2,474 ratings
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The Fatal Woman: Three Tales
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3.43 avg rating — 7 ratings
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The Maude Reed Tale
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4.15 avg rating — 239 ratings
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The Cloud That Wouldn't Rain
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score: 43,
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I'm Afraid of Men.
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Vivek Shraya (Goodreads Author)
4.21 avg rating — 12,289 ratings
score: 43,
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The Revenge of Joe Wild
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Andrew Komarnyckyj (Goodreads Author)
3.80 avg rating — 10 ratings
score: 43,
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Human Croquet
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3.73 avg rating — 11,836 ratings
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Het zachtmoedig erfdeel
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3.44 avg rating — 521 ratings
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The Season
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Sarah MacLean (Goodreads Author)
3.78 avg rating — 12,827 ratings
score: 42,
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Before I Fall
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Lauren Oliver (Goodreads Author)
3.88 avg rating — 345,041 ratings
score: 42,
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Pargeters
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4.02 avg rating — 302 ratings
score: 42,
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The Saffron Robe
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3.92 avg rating — 360 ratings
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Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found
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3.94 avg rating — 11,226 ratings
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Capitol Punishment
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K.D. McQuain (Goodreads Author)
4.70 avg rating — 10 ratings
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Restoration
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3.98 avg rating — 6,707 ratings
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Hele dagen in de regen
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2.75 avg rating — 4 ratings
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The Reluctant Heiress
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3.93 avg rating — 8,548 ratings
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The Old Priory
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4.16 avg rating — 339 ratings
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Making schools work: A reporter's journey through some of America's most remarkable classrooms
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it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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A Red Herring Without Mustard (Flavia de Luce, #3)
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Alan Bradley (Goodreads Author)
4.05 avg rating — 46,454 ratings
score: 41,
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Summertime with Snowman Paul
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Yossi Lapid (Goodreads Author)
4.45 avg rating — 51 ratings
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A Long Long Way (Dunne Family #3)
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4.14 avg rating — 8,615 ratings
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Nachtboek van een slapeloze
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3.71 avg rating — 243 ratings
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The Haunting (Laurel-Leaf Books)
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3.67 avg rating — 1,172 ratings
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Queens of England
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4.01 avg rating — 335 ratings
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Licit and Illicit Drugs; The Consumers Union Report on Narcotics, Stimulants, Depressants, Inhalants, Hallucinogens and Marijuana-Including Caffeine, Nicotine and Alcohol
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4.46 avg rating — 41 ratings
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Helen of Troy
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Margaret George (Goodreads Author)
3.95 avg rating — 12,046 ratings
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Once a Fallen Lady (Fallen, #2)
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Eve Pendle (Goodreads Author)
3.87 avg rating — 224 ratings
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Ridgeline
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4.28 avg rating — 4,191 ratings
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Carlota's minnaar
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3.33 avg rating — 492 ratings
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Knight's Acre (Suffolk, #1)
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4.06 avg rating — 443 ratings
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The Sunken City and Other Tales From Round the World
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4.06 avg rating — 33 ratings
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Empire of Sand (The Books of Ambha, #1)
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Tasha Suri (Goodreads Author)
3.83 avg rating — 13,423 ratings
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Blue Haven
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Lisa King (Goodreads Author)
3.86 avg rating — 153 ratings
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The Children's Train
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4.13 avg rating — 16,865 ratings
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Verhalen
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Chime
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3.62 avg rating — 13,180 ratings
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Dead Rules
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Randy Russell (Goodreads Author)
3.64 avg rating — 1,781 ratings
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A Wayside Tavern
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4.23 avg rating — 369 ratings
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Wolfling
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3.86 avg rating — 735 ratings
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Girl Gone Viral (Modern Love, #2)
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Alisha Rai (Goodreads Author)
3.70 avg rating — 12,727 ratings
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The Gods of Women Have Gone Mad
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Wole Akosile (Goodreads Author)
4.45 avg rating — 49 ratings
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An Ice-Cream War
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De dichter vaart tusschen twee stormen : Een herinnering
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Rowan Hood: Outlaw Girl of Sherwood Forest (Rowan Hood, #1)
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Nancy Springer (Goodreads Author)
3.78 avg rating — 3,138 ratings
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The Haunting of Gad's Hall (Gad's Hall, #2)
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Evolution: A Theory in Crisis
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An Unnecessary Woman
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A Phantom's Vengeance
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4.38 avg rating — 13 ratings
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The Blue Afternoon
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Ave Eva : Portret van een dame
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Happy Cafe, Vol. 1 (Happy Cafe, #1)
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Bless This House
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That Quail, Robert
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The Raven (Spirits of the Norse, #2)
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Kate Robbins (Goodreads Author)
4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings
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Brazzaville Beach
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Dat weet ik zelf niet : Jonge mensen in boek en verhaal
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그놈에게 바치는 장미 1
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Freeze Tag
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Nethergate
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Parent Effectiveness Training: The Proven Program for Raising Responsible Children
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The Midnight Bargain
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C.L. Polk (Goodreads Author)
3.75 avg rating — 16,364 ratings
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Ultimate Love (Calderone Family Romance #6)
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Victoria Grant (Goodreads Author)
4.58 avg rating — 12 ratings
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Love Is Blind
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De grote zaal
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Separate Beds
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The Lost Queen
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Seeds of Change: Wangari's Gift to the World
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Jen Cullerton Johnson (Goodreads Author)
4.30 avg rating — 732 ratings
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The Way the Crow Flies
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Ezra Slef: The Next Nobel Laureate in Literature
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Andrew Komarnyckyj (Goodreads Author)
4.14 avg rating — 107 ratings
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Sweet Caress: The Many Lives of Amory Clay
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Zout op mijn huid
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Jan 08, 2009 01:42PM
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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