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Easter with Snowman Paul
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Yossi Lapid (Goodreads Author)
4.38 avg rating — 61 ratings
score: 16,
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| 1799 |
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Cabinet of Curiosities: A Historical Tour of the Unbelievable, the Unsettling, and the Bizarre
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Aaron Mahnke (Goodreads Author)
3.75 avg rating — 950 ratings
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The Secret Scripture
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3.84 avg rating — 22,781 ratings
score: 16,
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My Blood Runs Blue (My Blood Runs Blue #1)
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Stacy Eaton (Goodreads Author)
3.88 avg rating — 356 ratings
score: 15,
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| 1804 |
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The Library of the Unwritten (Hell's Library #1)
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A.J. Hackwith (Goodreads Author)
3.81 avg rating — 25,983 ratings
score: 15,
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| 1804 |
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Veering Off on Valentine's (Halloway Hills Middle School Mysteries Book 3)
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A.J. Kormon (Goodreads Author)
4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings
score: 15,
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| 1804 |
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The Short-Timers
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4.22 avg rating — 2,334 ratings
score: 15,
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| 1804 |
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Star of the Sea
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3.93 avg rating — 11,932 ratings
score: 15,
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| 1809 |
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Blue is for Nightmares Collections (Blue Is For Nightmares, #1-4)
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Laurie Faria Stolarz (Goodreads Author)
4.28 avg rating — 788 ratings
score: 14,
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| 1809 |
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The Right Swipe (Modern Love, #1)
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Alisha Rai (Goodreads Author)
3.64 avg rating — 24,916 ratings
score: 14,
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| 1809 |
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Hiding Out on Halloween (Halloway Hills Middle School Mysteries Book 1)
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A.J. Kormon (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 8 ratings
score: 14,
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| 1809 |
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My Father's House (Rome Escape Line Trilogy, #1)
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4.01 avg rating — 10,419 ratings
score: 14,
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| 1813 |
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Strange Candy (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #0.5)
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Laurell K. Hamilton (Goodreads Author)
3.78 avg rating — 17,523 ratings
score: 13,
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| 1813 |
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Alpha & Omega (Alpha & Omega, #0.5)
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4.27 avg rating — 28,466 ratings
score: 13,
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| 1813 |
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Scruffy Muffin Loses His Money
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A.J. Kormon (Goodreads Author)
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
score: 13,
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| 1813 |
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Grace
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Paul Lynch (Goodreads Author)
3.73 avg rating — 2,819 ratings
score: 13,
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1 person voted
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| 1817 |
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Acheron (Dark-Hunter, #12)
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Goodreads Author)
4.56 avg rating — 61,425 ratings
score: 12,
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1 person voted
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| 1817 |
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Born of Night (The League: Nemesis Rising, #1)
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Goodreads Author)
4.19 avg rating — 28,252 ratings
score: 12,
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| 1817 |
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Try Dying
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Rajeev Singh (Goodreads Author)
4.36 avg rating — 22 ratings
score: 12,
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1 person voted
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| 1817 |
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Red Sky in Morning
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Paul Lynch (Goodreads Author)
3.75 avg rating — 1,475 ratings
score: 12,
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1 person voted
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| 1821 |
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Fantasy Lover (Hunter Legends, #1)
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Goodreads Author)
4.15 avg rating — 95,209 ratings
score: 11,
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| 1821 |
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The Perfume Collector
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Kathleen Tessaro (Goodreads Author)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 42,050 ratings
score: 11,
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| 1821 |
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Unmuted: Stories of Courage and Resilience from the GenPRIDE Community
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Genpride (Creator)
4.76 avg rating — 21 ratings
score: 11,
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1 person voted
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| 1821 |
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The Queen of Dirt Island
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4.07 avg rating — 12,277 ratings
score: 11,
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| 1825 |
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Spells (Wings, #2)
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3.97 avg rating — 42,517 ratings
score: 10,
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| 1825 |
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Kaikeyi
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Vaishnavi Patel (Goodreads Author)
4.18 avg rating — 36,549 ratings
score: 10,
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1 person voted
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| 1825 |
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Moon-Force 1
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Janelle M. Adams (Goodreads Author)
4.65 avg rating — 20 ratings
score: 10,
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| 1825 |
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The African Queen
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 9,192 ratings
score: 10,
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| 1829 |
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A Wolf at the Table
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Augusten Burroughs (Goodreads Author)
3.75 avg rating — 29,962 ratings
score: 9,
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| 1829 |
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All the Stars and Teeth (All the Stars and Teeth, #1)
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Adalyn Grace (Goodreads Author)
3.65 avg rating — 36,452 ratings
score: 9,
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1 person voted
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| 1829 |
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Nothing Is Strange
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Mike Russell (Goodreads Author)
3.77 avg rating — 276 ratings
score: 9,
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| 1829 |
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The Girls of Slender Means
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3.65 avg rating — 8,220 ratings
score: 9,
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| 1833 |
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Cut
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3.76 avg rating — 60,002 ratings
score: 8,
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| 1833 |
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Delicious!
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3.82 avg rating — 36,355 ratings
score: 8,
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| 1833 |
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Up the Creek! (Milligan Creek, #1)
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Kevin Miller (Goodreads Author)
4.21 avg rating — 161 ratings
score: 8,
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| 1833 |
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The Greenlanders
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Jane Smiley (Goodreads Author)
3.93 avg rating — 3,049 ratings
score: 8,
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| 1837 |
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Burned (Burned, #1)
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Ellen Hopkins (Goodreads Author)
4.25 avg rating — 70,524 ratings
score: 7,
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1 person voted
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The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
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Arundhati Roy (Goodreads Author)
3.55 avg rating — 38,347 ratings
score: 7,
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| 1837 |
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His Name Was Zach (His Name Was Zach, #1)
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Peter Martuneac (Goodreads Author)
4.27 avg rating — 51 ratings
score: 7,
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| 1837 |
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Horse Heaven
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Jane Smiley (Goodreads Author)
3.89 avg rating — 5,454 ratings
score: 7,
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1 person voted
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| 1841 |
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Wake (Wake, #1)
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Lisa McMann (Goodreads Author)
3.75 avg rating — 82,566 ratings
score: 6,
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| 1841 |
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The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy (Montague Siblings, #2)
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Mackenzi Lee (Goodreads Author)
4.04 avg rating — 39,210 ratings
score: 6,
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| 1841 |
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PRODUCE POETRY OR DIE.
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Narada Voux Sanders (Goodreads Author)
4.38 avg rating — 8 ratings
score: 6,
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| 1841 |
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The All-True Travels and Adventures of Lidie Newton
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Jane Smiley (Goodreads Author)
3.59 avg rating — 2,788 ratings
score: 6,
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| 1845 |
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The Tuesday Club Murders (Miss Marple, #0.5)
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3.94 avg rating — 40,549 ratings
score: 5,
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| 1845 |
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Spiral
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Khaled Talib (Goodreads Author)
4.64 avg rating — 11 ratings
score: 5,
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| 1845 |
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Foreign Affairs
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3.76 avg rating — 12,888 ratings
score: 5,
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| 1848 |
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Impulse (Impulse, #1)
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Ellen Hopkins (Goodreads Author)
4.25 avg rating — 82,107 ratings
score: 4,
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1 person voted
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| 1848 |
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How the Penguins Saved Veronica
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Hazel Prior (Goodreads Author)
4.09 avg rating — 45,592 ratings
score: 4,
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| 1848 |
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Randolph the Yellow Snowman
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Kevin Miller (Goodreads Author)
4.33 avg rating — 9 ratings
score: 4,
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| 1848 |
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The Truth About Lorin Jones
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3.68 avg rating — 658 ratings
score: 4,
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| 1852 |
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The Fate of Ideas: Seductions, Betrayals, Appraisals
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4.08 avg rating — 13 ratings
score: 3,
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| 1852 |
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The Underground Toy Society You're the Illustrator
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Jessica D. Adams (Goodreads Author)
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 9 ratings
score: 3,
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| 1852 |
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They Were Counted
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4.20 avg rating — 1,487 ratings
score: 3,
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| 1855 |
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Something Blue (Something About Him #3)
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4.05 avg rating — 492 ratings
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| 1855 |
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A Taxing Affair (Cynthia Webber #4)
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Michelle Cornish (Goodreads Author)
4.50 avg rating — 14 ratings
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| 1855 |
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They Were Found Wanting
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4.32 avg rating — 649 ratings
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| 1858 |
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Speak
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Laurie Halse Anderson (Goodreads Author)
4.05 avg rating — 625,646 ratings
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| 1858 |
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Rough Edges
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Cardeno C. (Goodreads Author)
3.68 avg rating — 578 ratings
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The Edge of Whiteness
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Joe Montaperto (Goodreads Author)
4.54 avg rating — 13 ratings
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They Were Divided
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4.38 avg rating — 596 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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