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The Red Queen's Daughter
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3.54 avg rating — 1,575 ratings
score: 731,
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Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
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4.31 avg rating — 1,458,263 ratings
score: 731,
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| 103 |
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Bloody Jack (Bloody Jack, #1)
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4.12 avg rating — 27,557 ratings
score: 730,
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Artemis Fowl (Artemis Fowl, #1)
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3.86 avg rating — 559,874 ratings
score: 723,
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| 104 |
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Island of the Blue Dolphins
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3.88 avg rating — 347,263 ratings
score: 723,
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| 106 |
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Bridge to Terabithia
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4.06 avg rating — 583,303 ratings
score: 720,
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| 107 |
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Dark Lord of Derkholm (Derkholm, #1)
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4.11 avg rating — 17,951 ratings
score: 717,
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| 108 |
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One of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies
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Sonya Sones (Goodreads Author)
3.95 avg rating — 8,139 ratings
score: 711,
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| 109 |
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The House of the Scorpion (Matteo Alacran, #1)
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Nancy Farmer (Goodreads Author)
4.08 avg rating — 95,919 ratings
score: 705,
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| 110 |
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The Silver Crown
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3.96 avg rating — 3,422 ratings
score: 703,
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| 111 |
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Matching Configurations (Quantum Roots, #3)
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Kyle Keyes (Goodreads Author)
4.30 avg rating — 6,792 ratings
score: 701,
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| 112 |
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Maya of the In-between (Maya Rising, #1)
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Sita Bennett (Goodreads Author)
4.35 avg rating — 186 ratings
score: 700,
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| 112 |
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Mirage
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Nilakshi Garg (Goodreads Author)
4.44 avg rating — 136 ratings
score: 700,
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| 114 |
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First Rider's Call (Green Rider, #2)
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4.22 avg rating — 24,877 ratings
score: 666,
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| 114 |
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Academy 7
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Anne Osterlund (Goodreads Author)
3.80 avg rating — 6,593 ratings
score: 666,
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| 114 |
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A Great and Terrible Beauty (Gemma Doyle, #1)
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Libba Bray (Goodreads Author)
3.80 avg rating — 225,337 ratings
score: 666,
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| 117 |
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Fairest
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Gail Carson Levine (Goodreads Author)
3.89 avg rating — 68,747 ratings
score: 661,
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| 118 |
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Dissolution (Matthew Shardlake, #1)
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4.07 avg rating — 60,671 ratings
score: 660,
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| 119 |
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Shot Down: The True Story of Pilot Howard Snyder and the Crew of the B-17 Susan Ruth
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Steve Snyder (Goodreads Author)
4.21 avg rating — 8,582 ratings
score: 658,
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| 119 |
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The Graveyard Book
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Neil Gaiman (Goodreads Author)
4.15 avg rating — 562,643 ratings
score: 658,
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Morevi: The Chronicles of Rafe and Askana (Book 1)
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4.01 avg rating — 352 ratings
score: 655,
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Stones from the River (Burgdorf Cycle, #1)
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4.09 avg rating — 96,283 ratings
score: 653,
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| 123 |
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Angelfall (Penryn & the End of Days, #1)
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Susan Ee (Goodreads Author)
4.10 avg rating — 197,833 ratings
score: 652,
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| 124 |
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
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Rebecca Skloot (Goodreads Author)
4.13 avg rating — 793,200 ratings
score: 644,
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| 125 |
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This Lullaby
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Sarah Dessen (Goodreads Author)
4.01 avg rating — 180,623 ratings
score: 642,
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| 126 |
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Grandfather Twilight
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4.37 avg rating — 2,187 ratings
score: 640,
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| 127 |
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Well Wished
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3.52 avg rating — 590 ratings
score: 631,
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| 128 |
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Shadows of Atlantis: Awakening
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Mara Powers (Goodreads Author)
4.32 avg rating — 330 ratings
score: 624,
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| 129 |
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Dark Places
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Gillian Flynn (Goodreads Author)
3.94 avg rating — 825,285 ratings
score: 620,
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| 130 |
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The Witch of Blackbird Pond
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4.03 avg rating — 158,769 ratings
score: 616,
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| 131 |
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Shiver (The Wolves of Mercy Falls, #1)
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Maggie Stiefvater (Goodreads Author)
3.76 avg rating — 494,666 ratings
score: 615,
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| 132 |
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Hannibal (Hannibal Lecter, #3)
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3.82 avg rating — 115,400 ratings
score: 608,
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| 133 |
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The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (Sisterhood, #1)
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3.85 avg rating — 730,108 ratings
score: 606,
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| 134 |
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Watership Down (Watership Down, #1)
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4.09 avg rating — 501,533 ratings
score: 604,
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| 135 |
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Because of Winn-Dixie
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Kate DiCamillo (Goodreads Author)
4.10 avg rating — 275,889 ratings
score: 603,
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| 136 |
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I Dream of Yellow Kites: What if it was all just a nightmare?
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3.94 avg rating — 102 ratings
score: 597,
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6 people voted
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| 136 |
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Charlie Bucket, #1)
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4.17 avg rating — 918,681 ratings
score: 597,
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| 138 |
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Marmalade Boy, Vol. 1 (Marmalade Boy, #1)
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3.95 avg rating — 10,779 ratings
score: 589,
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| 139 |
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I Am Not a Serial Killer (John Cleaver, #1)
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Dan Wells (Goodreads Author)
3.79 avg rating — 41,472 ratings
score: 585,
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| 140 |
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The Swan Kingdom
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Zoë Marriott (Goodreads Author)
3.75 avg rating — 4,924 ratings
score: 584,
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| 141 |
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Fablehaven (Fablehaven, #1)
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Brandon Mull (Goodreads Author)
4.14 avg rating — 176,025 ratings
score: 583,
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| 142 |
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Stargirl (Stargirl, #1)
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3.77 avg rating — 335,020 ratings
score: 577,
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| 143 |
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The Musician's Daughter (Theresa Schurman #1)
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Susanne Dunlap (Goodreads Author)
3.69 avg rating — 3,832 ratings
score: 576,
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Triptych (Will Trent, #1)
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Karin Slaughter (Goodreads Author)
4.13 avg rating — 123,167 ratings
score: 574,
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The Phantom Tollbooth
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4.20 avg rating — 303,617 ratings
score: 568,
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| 146 |
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Aurelia (Aurelia, #1)
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Anne Osterlund (Goodreads Author)
3.63 avg rating — 6,855 ratings
score: 565,
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| 147 |
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A Countess Below Stairs
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3.91 avg rating — 21,534 ratings
score: 553,
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| 148 |
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The Princess and the Goblin
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4.03 avg rating — 40,531 ratings
score: 552,
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Rebecca
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4.25 avg rating — 707,474 ratings
score: 548,
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
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3.89 avg rating — 1,579,127 ratings
score: 546,
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| 151 |
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Pippi Longstocking (Pippi Långstrump, #1)
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4.15 avg rating — 207,783 ratings
score: 544,
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| 152 |
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Bad Luck and Trouble (Jack Reacher, #11)
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Lee Child (Goodreads Author)
4.22 avg rating — 101,961 ratings
score: 541,
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| 153 |
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The Blue Sword (Damar, #1)
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4.20 avg rating — 62,655 ratings
score: 540,
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Ivy
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3.36 avg rating — 1,571 ratings
score: 533,
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| 155 |
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The Rapture of Canaan
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Sheri Reynolds (Goodreads Author)
3.83 avg rating — 34,792 ratings
score: 532,
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| 156 |
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The Cabinet of Curiosities (Pendergast, #3; Nora Kelly, #0B)
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Douglas Preston (Goodreads Author)
4.26 avg rating — 55,108 ratings
score: 531,
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| 157 |
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The Wall and the Wing (Wall and the Wing, #1)
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4.08 avg rating — 1,261 ratings
score: 530,
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The City of Ember (Book of Ember, #1)
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3.90 avg rating — 296,514 ratings
score: 529,
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| 159 |
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The Ginger Tree
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3.97 avg rating — 4,213 ratings
score: 525,
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| 160 |
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Dakota Son
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Mary Ramsey (Goodreads Author)
4.40 avg rating — 97 ratings
score: 524,
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The Hakawati
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3.95 avg rating — 4,533 ratings
score: 521,
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| 162 |
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The Passion
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4.11 avg rating — 26,068 ratings
score: 513,
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| 163 |
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Spellbound in His Arms (The Greek Isles Series, #1)
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Angel Sefer (Goodreads Author)
3.88 avg rating — 370 ratings
score: 500,
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Happiness
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3.78 avg rating — 4,182 ratings
score: 498,
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| 164 |
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It Began With Ashes (Wroge Elements, #1)
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D.E.M. Emrys (Goodreads Author)
3.77 avg rating — 60 ratings
score: 498,
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| 166 |
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First Love
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3.76 avg rating — 23,804 ratings
score: 497,
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| 167 |
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Margarettown
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Gabrielle Zevin (Goodreads Author)
3.48 avg rating — 2,116 ratings
score: 496,
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| 168 |
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Mad Love: Volume 3 of the Don't Close Your Eyes Series
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Lynessa Layne (Goodreads Author)
4.37 avg rating — 215 ratings
score: 490,
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| 169 |
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Newes from the Dead
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3.76 avg rating — 2,335 ratings
score: 483,
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Obernewtyn (The Obernewtyn Chronicles, #1)
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Isobelle Carmody (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 12,442 ratings
score: 483,
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| 171 |
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In the Woods
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Tana French (Goodreads Author)
3.78 avg rating — 433,118 ratings
score: 480,
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What My Mother Doesn't Know (What My Mother Doesn't Know #1)
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Sonya Sones (Goodreads Author)
3.83 avg rating — 14,647 ratings
score: 478,
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Charlotte Sometimes (Aviary Hall, #3)
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4.09 avg rating — 4,460 ratings
score: 477,
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Trinity
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4.29 avg rating — 25,182 ratings
score: 466,
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Cybele's Secret (Wildwood, #2)
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Juliet Marillier (Goodreads Author)
4.09 avg rating — 13,432 ratings
score: 466,
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Flipped
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Wendelin Van Draanen (Goodreads Author)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 125,062 ratings
score: 462,
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Brainwalker
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Robyn Mundell (Goodreads Author)
4.30 avg rating — 9,988 ratings
score: 459,
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| 178 |
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The Princess Diaries (The Princess Diaries, #1)
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Meg Cabot (Goodreads Author)
3.81 avg rating — 261,414 ratings
score: 458,
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| 179 |
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Jaws (Jaws, #1)
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3.95 avg rating — 176,797 ratings
score: 457,
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| 180 |
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The Bourne Supremacy (Jason Bourne, #2)
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4.11 avg rating — 181,792 ratings
score: 453,
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From Russia with Love (James Bond, #5)
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3.91 avg rating — 38,258 ratings
score: 448,
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| 182 |
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The Lost Symbol (Robert Langdon, #3)
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Dan Brown (Goodreads Author)
3.76 avg rating — 645,069 ratings
score: 445,
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The Ruby in the Smoke (Sally Lockhart, #1)
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3.78 avg rating — 30,091 ratings
score: 442,
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Vampire Academy (Vampire Academy, #1)
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Richelle Mead (Goodreads Author)
4.10 avg rating — 676,070 ratings
score: 441,
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Winter Wheat
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4.13 avg rating — 2,488 ratings
score: 439,
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The Crimson Petal and the White
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3.89 avg rating — 44,844 ratings
score: 438,
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| 187 |
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Holes (Holes, #1)
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Louis Sachar (Goodreads Author)
4.01 avg rating — 1,344,605 ratings
score: 436,
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| 188 |
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Hush, Hush (Hush, Hush, #1)
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Becca Fitzpatrick (Goodreads Author)
3.92 avg rating — 738,602 ratings
score: 426,
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| 189 |
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Peter and the Starcatchers (Peter and the Starcatchers, #1)
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Dave Barry (Goodreads Author)
4.05 avg rating — 78,086 ratings
score: 424,
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Always Coming Home
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4.07 avg rating — 4,487 ratings
score: 423,
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Beautiful Creatures (Caster Chronicles, #1)
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Kami Garcia (Goodreads Author)
3.77 avg rating — 618,442 ratings
score: 421,
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The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest (Millennium, #3)
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4.24 avg rating — 769,754 ratings
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The Falconer's Knot: A Story of Friars, Flirtation and Foul Play
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3.62 avg rating — 1,275 ratings
score: 407,
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Misery
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Stephen King (Goodreads Author)
4.23 avg rating — 825,829 ratings
score: 404,
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I Am Her... (I Am Her..., #1)
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Sarah Ann Walker (Goodreads Author)
3.95 avg rating — 842 ratings
score: 400,
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The Book of Occult
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Simon W. Clark (Goodreads Author)
3.65 avg rating — 3,463 ratings
score: 400,
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King Street Run
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4.83 avg rating — 12 ratings
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Waking Rose (A Fairy Tale Retold #3)
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Regina Doman (Goodreads Author)
4.34 avg rating — 1,299 ratings
score: 389,
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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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