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Timeless Classics for Reading Challengers
What current books do you think will be classics in 50 or 100 or 200 years? Vote on books written since 2000 that our grandchildren or great-great-grandchildren may love to read.
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A Tale for the Time Being
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Ruth Ozeki (Goodreads Author)
4.06 avg rating — 132,622 ratings
score: 192,
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| 102 |
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The Master and Margarita
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4.28 avg rating — 406,069 ratings
score: 191,
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Money
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3.70 avg rating — 25,207 ratings
score: 190,
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Post Office
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3.93 avg rating — 136,630 ratings
score: 189,
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| 105 |
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Junky
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3.85 avg rating — 70,287 ratings
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| 106 |
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Here
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| 107 |
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Sometimes a Great Notion
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4.26 avg rating — 23,590 ratings
score: 186,
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| 108 |
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Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life
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4.05 avg rating — 112,575 ratings
score: 184,
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| 109 |
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The Silver Linings Playbook
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Matthew Quick (Goodreads Author)
3.98 avg rating — 162,170 ratings
score: 183,
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| 109 |
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The Fireman
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Joe Hill (Goodreads Author)
3.92 avg rating — 64,020 ratings
score: 183,
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| 109 |
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The Sex Lives of Siamese Twins
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3.66 avg rating — 5,487 ratings
score: 183,
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| 112 |
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Angels Fall
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Nora Roberts (Goodreads Author)
4.05 avg rating — 52,146 ratings
score: 182,
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| 112 |
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Our Souls at Night
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3.92 avg rating — 82,657 ratings
score: 182,
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Invisible
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3.74 avg rating — 22,907 ratings
score: 182,
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| 112 |
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Tropic of Cancer (Tropic, #1)
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3.66 avg rating — 76,970 ratings
score: 182,
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| 116 |
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Moon Palace
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3.98 avg rating — 28,664 ratings
score: 181,
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| 117 |
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The Idiot
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4.21 avg rating — 210,174 ratings
score: 180,
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| 118 |
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Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstance
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Ruth Emmie Lang (Goodreads Author)
4.17 avg rating — 26,558 ratings
score: 179,
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| 119 |
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Porno (Mark Renton, #3)
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3.84 avg rating — 26,501 ratings
score: 178,
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| 120 |
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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
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3.89 avg rating — 276,035 ratings
score: 177,
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| 120 |
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The Glass Castle
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Jeannette Walls (Goodreads Author)
4.32 avg rating — 1,334,771 ratings
score: 177,
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| 120 |
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The Girl with All the Gifts (The Girl With All the Gifts, #1)
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M.R. Carey (Goodreads Author)
3.95 avg rating — 241,909 ratings
score: 177,
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| 120 |
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Heart of Darkness
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3.43 avg rating — 548,854 ratings
score: 177,
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Pale Fire
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4.17 avg rating — 56,354 ratings
score: 177,
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| 125 |
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The Comfort of Strangers
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Ian McEwan (Goodreads Author)
3.39 avg rating — 20,340 ratings
score: 175,
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| 126 |
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Brighton Rock
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3.69 avg rating — 35,127 ratings
score: 174,
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| 127 |
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Time's Arrow
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3.76 avg rating — 17,715 ratings
score: 173,
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| 128 |
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Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto
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3.74 avg rating — 72,352 ratings
score: 172,
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| 129 |
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One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
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3.98 avg rating — 123,039 ratings
score: 171,
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| 130 |
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Bel Canto
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3.94 avg rating — 315,034 ratings
score: 170,
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| 130 |
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Howl and Other Poems
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4.13 avg rating — 117,864 ratings
score: 170,
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| 130 |
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The Catcher in the Rye
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3.80 avg rating — 3,823,703 ratings
score: 170,
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| 133 |
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The Drowned World
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3.47 avg rating — 20,300 ratings
score: 169,
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| 134 |
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Dark Places
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Gillian Flynn (Goodreads Author)
3.94 avg rating — 822,805 ratings
score: 161,
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| 134 |
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Dead Babies
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3.38 avg rating — 6,345 ratings
score: 161,
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| 136 |
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Notes from Underground
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4.17 avg rating — 214,066 ratings
score: 156,
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| 137 |
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Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar
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Cheryl Strayed (Goodreads Author)
4.15 avg rating — 138,736 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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| 137 |
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Changes (The Dresden Files, #12)
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Jim Butcher (Goodreads Author)
4.51 avg rating — 121,366 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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| 137 |
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Dark Matter
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Blake Crouch (Goodreads Author)
4.13 avg rating — 678,466 ratings
score: 100,
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| 137 |
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The Arrival
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4.35 avg rating — 59,305 ratings
score: 100,
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| 137 |
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The Sluts
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3.78 avg rating — 8,750 ratings
score: 100,
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| 137 |
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Glamorama
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3.55 avg rating — 25,222 ratings
score: 100,
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| 137 |
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Dead Men's Trousers
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4.18 avg rating — 4,912 ratings
score: 100,
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| 137 |
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Brown River
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Matthew Balleza (Goodreads Author)
3.85 avg rating — 71 ratings
score: 100,
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| 137 |
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Snow Falling on Cedars
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3.86 avg rating — 192,934 ratings
score: 100,
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| 146 |
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American War
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Omar El Akkad (Goodreads Author)
3.80 avg rating — 41,495 ratings
score: 99,
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| 146 |
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Yellow Star
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4.25 avg rating — 16,256 ratings
score: 99,
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| 146 |
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The Lincoln Lawyer (The Lincoln Lawyer, #1; Harry Bosch Universe, #16)
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Michael Connelly (Goodreads Author)
4.22 avg rating — 251,788 ratings
score: 99,
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1 person voted
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| 146 |
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Between the World and Me
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4.40 avg rating — 359,267 ratings
score: 99,
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| 146 |
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Song Yet Sung
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James McBride (Goodreads Author)
4.05 avg rating — 6,045 ratings
score: 99,
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| 146 |
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The Portrait of a Lady
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3.80 avg rating — 84,339 ratings
score: 99,
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| 152 |
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Turtles All the Way Down
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John Green (Goodreads Author)
3.88 avg rating — 630,879 ratings
score: 98,
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1 person voted
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| 152 |
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Be Frank with Me
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Julia Claiborne Johnson (Goodreads Author)
3.89 avg rating — 23,476 ratings
score: 98,
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| 152 |
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Raising Steam (Discworld, #40; Moist von Lipwig, #3)
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4.02 avg rating — 44,063 ratings
score: 98,
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| 152 |
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The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
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Elizabeth Kolbert (Goodreads Author)
4.15 avg rating — 77,837 ratings
score: 98,
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| 152 |
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The Bell Jar
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4.05 avg rating — 1,171,798 ratings
score: 98,
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| 152 |
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If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler
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4.02 avg rating — 109,108 ratings
score: 98,
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| 152 |
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Growth of the Soil
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4.23 avg rating — 12,218 ratings
score: 98,
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| 159 |
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Black River
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S.M. Hulse (Goodreads Author)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2,739 ratings
score: 97,
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| 159 |
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Me Talk Pretty One Day
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4.01 avg rating — 715,563 ratings
score: 97,
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| 159 |
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Delirium (Delirium, #1)
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Lauren Oliver (Goodreads Author)
3.95 avg rating — 477,369 ratings
score: 97,
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| 159 |
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Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore (Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore, #1)
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Robin Sloan (Goodreads Author)
3.72 avg rating — 214,661 ratings
score: 97,
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| 159 |
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The War of the Flowers
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Tad Williams (Goodreads Author)
3.89 avg rating — 9,539 ratings
score: 97,
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| 159 |
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Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow (Nevermoor, #1)
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Jessica Townsend (Goodreads Author)
4.31 avg rating — 74,079 ratings
score: 97,
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| 159 |
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We Were Liars
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E. Lockhart (Goodreads Author)
3.65 avg rating — 1,338,580 ratings
score: 97,
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The End of Everything
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Megan Abbott (Goodreads Author)
3.35 avg rating — 15,965 ratings
score: 97,
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Animal Farm
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4.01 avg rating — 4,403,447 ratings
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Zorba the Greek
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4.03 avg rating — 57,110 ratings
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The Lacuna
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3.82 avg rating — 73,391 ratings
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| 170 |
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Turn On the Light So I Can Hear
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Teri Kanefield (Goodreads Author)
3.75 avg rating — 259 ratings
score: 96,
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| 170 |
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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 — 133,224 ratings
score: 96,
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| 170 |
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Annihilation (Southern Reach, #1)
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Jeff VanderMeer (Goodreads Author)
3.79 avg rating — 286,798 ratings
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The Sense of an Ending
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3.74 avg rating — 189,346 ratings
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Alias Grace
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Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author)
4.04 avg rating — 154,249 ratings
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The Things We Keep
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Sally Hepworth (Goodreads Author)
3.94 avg rating — 34,666 ratings
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Vanished (Callahan & McLane, #1)
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Kendra Elliot (Goodreads Author)
4.21 avg rating — 32,568 ratings
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Silently and Very Fast
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Catherynne M. Valente (Goodreads Author)
4.07 avg rating — 1,898 ratings
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Invisible Cities
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4.10 avg rating — 94,562 ratings
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The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness, and Greed
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4.11 avg rating — 12,139 ratings
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Beautiful World, Where Are You
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Sally Rooney (Goodreads Author)
3.53 avg rating — 478,525 ratings
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No Safe Haven
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Kimberley Woodhouse (Goodreads Author)
4.10 avg rating — 405 ratings
score: 94,
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Little Brother (Little Brother, #1)
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Cory Doctorow (Goodreads Author)
3.92 avg rating — 52,827 ratings
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Heart of a Dog
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4.09 avg rating — 69,364 ratings
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Choke
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Chuck Palahniuk (Goodreads Author)
3.71 avg rating — 219,205 ratings
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Pieces on Earth
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Cathy Bryant (Goodreads Author)
4.29 avg rating — 319 ratings
score: 93,
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Tiny Sunbirds, Far Away
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Christie Watson (Goodreads Author)
4.10 avg rating — 5,068 ratings
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17776: What football will look like in the future
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4.68 avg rating — 2,243 ratings
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As Soon as I Fell: A Memoir
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Kay Bruner (Goodreads Author)
4.24 avg rating — 425 ratings
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A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic, #1)
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4.04 avg rating — 419,545 ratings
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Running the Rift
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Naomi Benaron (Goodreads Author)
3.97 avg rating — 7,201 ratings
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The Ballad of Black Tom
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3.84 avg rating — 33,013 ratings
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Killing Yourself to Live: 85% of a True Story
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The Marbled Swarm
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Forsaken
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The Rest of Us Just Live Here
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3.68 avg rating — 62,987 ratings
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Girl at War
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Sara Nović (Goodreads Author)
4.02 avg rating — 33,348 ratings
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Delicacy
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The Last Samurai
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Blue
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Miss Fortune Series Boxset 1
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Jana Deleon (Goodreads Author)
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Mar 17, 2018 07:37AM
The Time Traveler's Wife is twice on the list :-)
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Agnieszka wrote: "The Time Traveler's Wife is twice on the list :-)"Fixed
The Harry Potter Boxed set was removed because it does not meet the criteria. Several of the books were published before 2000.
Quite a few of these books were written well *before* 2000!
The Brothers Karamazov was written more than 100 years before 2000!
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