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The Spy Who Came In from the Cold (George Smiley, #3)
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4.09 avg rating — 123,712 ratings
score: 177,
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| 502 |
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The Boys from Brazil
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4.06 avg rating — 40,408 ratings
score: 176,
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| 502 |
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Matched (Matched, #1)
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Ally Condie (Goodreads Author)
3.62 avg rating — 811,554 ratings
score: 176,
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| 502 |
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Club Shadowlands (Masters of the Shadowlands, #1)
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Cherise Sinclair (Goodreads Author)
3.97 avg rating — 36,590 ratings
score: 176,
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| 505 |
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Houdini Heart
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Ki Longfellow (Goodreads Author)
3.84 avg rating — 5,458 ratings
score: 175,
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| 505 |
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Carney's House Party (Deep Valley, #1)
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4.14 avg rating — 2,322 ratings
score: 175,
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| 505 |
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Jane of Lantern Hill
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4.21 avg rating — 10,976 ratings
score: 175,
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| 508 |
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Sabriel (Abhorsen, #1)
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Garth Nix (Goodreads Author)
4.16 avg rating — 216,870 ratings
score: 174,
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| 508 |
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A Humble Heart (Hollywood Hearts, #1)
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R.L. Mathewson (Goodreads Author)
4.06 avg rating — 10,804 ratings
score: 174,
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| 510 |
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Hunted by the Others (H&W Investigations, #1)
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Jess Haines (Goodreads Author)
3.60 avg rating — 3,122 ratings
score: 173,
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| 510 |
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The Heretic's Daughter
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Kathleen Kent (Goodreads Author)
3.79 avg rating — 37,128 ratings
score: 173,
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| 510 |
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Spindle's End
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3.83 avg rating — 25,194 ratings
score: 173,
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| 513 |
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Shadowfell (Shadowfell, #1)
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Juliet Marillier (Goodreads Author)
3.94 avg rating — 14,738 ratings
score: 172,
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| 514 |
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Home to Woefield (Woefield, #1)
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3.87 avg rating — 3,404 ratings
score: 171,
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| 515 |
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The Hounds of the Morrigan
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4.05 avg rating — 3,831 ratings
score: 170,
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| 515 |
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The Great Brain (Great Brain, #1)
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4.16 avg rating — 17,866 ratings
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| 517 |
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Shine Not Burn (Shine Not Burn, #1)
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Elle Casey (Goodreads Author)
4.03 avg rating — 22,796 ratings
score: 169,
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| 517 |
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The Coincidence of Callie & Kayden (The Coincidence, #1)
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Jessica Sorensen (Goodreads Author)
4.16 avg rating — 117,244 ratings
score: 169,
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| 519 |
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Only Time Will Tell (The Clifton Chronicles, #1)
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Jeffrey Archer (Goodreads Author)
4.11 avg rating — 94,703 ratings
score: 168,
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| 519 |
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Big Little Lies
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Liane Moriarty (Goodreads Author)
4.31 avg rating — 1,100,067 ratings
score: 168,
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| 521 |
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Breath
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Donna Jo Napoli (Goodreads Author)
3.79 avg rating — 946 ratings
score: 167,
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| 521 |
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Vigilante (Vigilante, #1)
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Claude Bouchard (Goodreads Author)
3.86 avg rating — 1,552 ratings
score: 167,
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| 521 |
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The Runaway Jury
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John Grisham (Goodreads Author)
4.03 avg rating — 313,173 ratings
score: 167,
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| 524 |
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The Merlin Conspiracy (Magids, #2)
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3.93 avg rating — 6,512 ratings
score: 166,
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| 524 |
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Blackveil (Green Rider, #4)
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4.21 avg rating — 13,439 ratings
score: 166,
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| 524 |
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The Shadow Girl
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Misty Mount (Goodreads Author)
4.25 avg rating — 2,403 ratings
score: 166,
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| 527 |
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These Is My Words: The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine, 1881-1901, Arizona Territories (Sarah Agnes Prine, #1)
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4.36 avg rating — 80,974 ratings
score: 165,
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| 527 |
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Alanna: The First Adventure (Song of the Lioness, #1)
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Tamora Pierce (Goodreads Author)
4.27 avg rating — 135,959 ratings
score: 165,
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| 527 |
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The Space Between (The Book of Phoenix, #1)
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Kristie Cook (Goodreads Author)
3.92 avg rating — 1,551 ratings
score: 165,
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| 530 |
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Cities of Salt (مدن الملح #1)
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4.06 avg rating — 4,806 ratings
score: 164,
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| 530 |
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Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters & Seymour: An Introduction
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4.10 avg rating — 53,178 ratings
score: 164,
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| 530 |
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Magyk (Septimus Heap, #1)
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3.86 avg rating — 124,390 ratings
score: 164,
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| 530 |
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Thursday's Child (Margaret Thursday, #1)
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3.97 avg rating — 1,559 ratings
score: 164,
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| 530 |
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The Forgotten Door
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4.11 avg rating — 2,783 ratings
score: 164,
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| 535 |
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The Door Within (The Door Within, #1)
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Wayne Thomas Batson (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 8,675 ratings
score: 162,
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| 535 |
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Anthem
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3.61 avg rating — 165,211 ratings
score: 162,
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| 535 |
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Nobody's Hero (Rescue Me Saga, #2)
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Kallypso Masters (Goodreads Author)
4.30 avg rating — 12,046 ratings
score: 162,
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| 538 |
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An Incomplete Education
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3.90 avg rating — 2,423 ratings
score: 161,
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| 538 |
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Anglo-Saxon Attitudes
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3.67 avg rating — 640 ratings
score: 161,
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| 538 |
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Night Fall (John Corey, #3)
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4.14 avg rating — 35,951 ratings
score: 161,
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| 538 |
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Mr. X
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Clarissa Wild (Goodreads Author)
3.74 avg rating — 3,400 ratings
score: 161,
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| 542 |
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Stones (Garnet and Raphaella, #1)
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3.51 avg rating — 593 ratings
score: 160,
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| 543 |
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The Shadow of the Bear (A Fairy Tale Retold #1)
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Regina Doman (Goodreads Author)
4.13 avg rating — 2,148 ratings
score: 158,
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Indian Tales
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4.19 avg rating — 118 ratings
score: 156,
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| 544 |
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Before I Go to Sleep
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S.J. Watson (Goodreads Author)
3.90 avg rating — 364,407 ratings
score: 156,
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| 546 |
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Tracy
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4.15 avg rating — 48 ratings
score: 155,
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| 547 |
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Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
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3.99 avg rating — 11,788 ratings
score: 153,
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| 548 |
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Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1)
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Sarah J. Maas (Goodreads Author)
4.18 avg rating — 2,266,287 ratings
score: 152,
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| 549 |
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Letter Perfect (California Historical, #1)
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4.02 avg rating — 5,382 ratings
score: 151,
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| 550 |
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Famous Last Words
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3.98 avg rating — 1,861 ratings
score: 150,
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| 551 |
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1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created
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4.12 avg rating — 20,739 ratings
score: 149,
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| 552 |
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Replay
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4.15 avg rating — 43,771 ratings
score: 148,
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| 553 |
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Eustace Chisholm and the Works
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3.97 avg rating — 459 ratings
score: 147,
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| 554 |
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Thirteen Moons
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3.75 avg rating — 16,229 ratings
score: 146,
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| 554 |
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The Elephant Tree
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3.89 avg rating — 38,556 ratings
score: 146,
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| 556 |
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Fractured (Will Trent, #2)
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Karin Slaughter (Goodreads Author)
4.16 avg rating — 95,803 ratings
score: 143,
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| 557 |
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Little (Grrl) Lost (Newford, #16)
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Charles de Lint (Goodreads Author)
3.75 avg rating — 2,013 ratings
score: 142,
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| 558 |
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The Stepsister Scheme (Princess, #1)
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Jim C. Hines (Goodreads Author)
3.76 avg rating — 5,277 ratings
score: 140,
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| 558 |
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Wrath (The Faithful and the Fallen, #4)
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John Gwynne (Goodreads Author)
4.52 avg rating — 29,872 ratings
score: 140,
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| 560 |
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Father Fox's Pennyrhymes
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4.13 avg rating — 140 ratings
score: 139,
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| 561 |
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The Golden Key
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4.06 avg rating — 3,864 ratings
score: 138,
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| 561 |
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Sweet Venom (Medusa Girls, #1)
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Tera Lynn Childs (Goodreads Author)
3.91 avg rating — 12,238 ratings
score: 138,
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| 561 |
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Valor (The Faithful and the Fallen, #2)
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John Gwynne (Goodreads Author)
4.43 avg rating — 38,344 ratings
score: 138,
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| 564 |
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Kiss the Girls (Alex Cross, #2)
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James Patterson (Goodreads Author)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 351,026 ratings
score: 137,
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| 565 |
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Evermore (The Immortals, #1)
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Alyson Noel (Goodreads Author)
3.60 avg rating — 297,704 ratings
score: 136,
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| 566 |
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Inside the Shadow City (Kiki Strike, #1)
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Kirsten Miller (Goodreads Author)
4.07 avg rating — 6,329 ratings
score: 135,
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| 567 |
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Ruin (The Faithful and the Fallen, #3)
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John Gwynne (Goodreads Author)
4.50 avg rating — 32,222 ratings
score: 134,
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| 568 |
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The Camel Club (The Camel Club, #1)
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David Baldacci (Goodreads Author)
4.07 avg rating — 97,222 ratings
score: 133,
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| 569 |
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His Natural Life
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3.96 avg rating — 3,081 ratings
score: 130,
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| 570 |
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The Quiltmaker's Gift
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4.52 avg rating — 3,774 ratings
score: 129,
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| 571 |
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Agnes and the Hitman (The Organization, #0)
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Jennifer Crusie (Goodreads Author)
3.97 avg rating — 21,943 ratings
score: 128,
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| 572 |
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The Remarkable Life and Times of Eliza Rose
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3.77 avg rating — 1,699 ratings
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Owls Do Cry
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3.96 avg rating — 2,036 ratings
score: 127,
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The Stand
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Stephen King (Goodreads Author)
4.35 avg rating — 821,379 ratings
score: 127,
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| 575 |
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Shutter Island
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Dennis Lehane (Goodreads Author)
4.13 avg rating — 219,775 ratings
score: 126,
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| 576 |
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The Ill-Made Mute (The Bitterbynde, #1)
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Cecilia Dart-Thornton (Goodreads Author)
3.75 avg rating — 4,874 ratings
score: 124,
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| 577 |
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In a Dark Wood Wandering: A Novel of the Middle Ages
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4.09 avg rating — 2,640 ratings
score: 123,
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| 577 |
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No Time for Goodbye (No Time For Goodbye, #1)
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Linwood Barclay (Goodreads Author)
4.02 avg rating — 42,311 ratings
score: 123,
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| 579 |
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An Apple For Zoë (The Forsaken #1)
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Thomas Amo (Goodreads Author)
3.67 avg rating — 253 ratings
score: 122,
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| 580 |
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The Down Home Zombie Blues
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Linnea Sinclair (Goodreads Author)
3.66 avg rating — 1,271 ratings
score: 121,
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| 580 |
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The Bone Collector (Lincoln Rhyme, #1)
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Jeffery Deaver (Goodreads Author)
4.20 avg rating — 193,815 ratings
score: 121,
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| 582 |
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The School for Good and Evil (The School for Good and Evil, #1)
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Soman Chainani (Goodreads Author)
3.99 avg rating — 133,581 ratings
score: 118,
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| 583 |
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Fog (Losing Christina, #1)
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3.73 avg rating — 1,807 ratings
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It
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Stephen King (Goodreads Author)
4.24 avg rating — 1,239,870 ratings
score: 116,
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| 585 |
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Gone for Good
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Harlan Coben (Goodreads Author)
4.11 avg rating — 71,044 ratings
score: 115,
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| 586 |
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Bet Me
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Jennifer Crusie (Goodreads Author)
3.94 avg rating — 94,951 ratings
score: 112,
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| 587 |
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The Shadow in the North (Sally Lockhart, #2)
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3.87 avg rating — 16,167 ratings
score: 108,
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Red Dragon (Hannibal Lecter, #1)
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4.07 avg rating — 367,774 ratings
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| 589 |
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Walden
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3.42 avg rating — 392 ratings
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| 589 |
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Dragon and Thief (Dragonback, #1)
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Timothy Zahn (Goodreads Author)
4.02 avg rating — 3,804 ratings
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| 589 |
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The Shadow Warrior
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3.84 avg rating — 31 ratings
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The Bad Behavior of Belle Cantrell
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Loraine Despres (Goodreads Author)
3.70 avg rating — 1,520 ratings
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The Chronicles of the Virago--The Novus: Book I
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Michael Bialys (Goodreads Author)
4.03 avg rating — 64 ratings
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| 589 |
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Trudy's Promise
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3.86 avg rating — 491 ratings
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Music Box Danseur
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Marlene K. Slade (Goodreads Author)
3.62 avg rating — 26 ratings
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Clutching Dust and Stars
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Laryn Kragt Bakker (Goodreads Author)
4.08 avg rating — 12 ratings
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The Serpent (Canongate Classic)
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4.08 avg rating — 24 ratings
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Awen: Powys/Mercia, Offa's Dyke, Canu Heledd, 793-796 AD
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Susan Mayse (Goodreads Author)
3.65 avg rating — 26 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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