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Books with Humorous Narrators
After a long day of serious literature (whether it's "Romeo and Juliet," "1984," or "Anne Frank"), one should pack away the tissues, let in some sunlight, and laugh away those depressing or heartbreaking stories. What better way to do it than with a narrator who pokes fun at their own work? Keep the classics close, but don't forget that a book doesn't have to make you cry a river to be worth your time.
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We Got Zombies on the Lawn Again, Ma (Ax Handel's Special Zombie Notebooks, #1)
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Donnie Smith (Goodreads Author)
3.60 avg rating — 127 ratings
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The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #1)
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Lemony Snicket (Goodreads Author)
4.02 avg rating — 562,044 ratings
score: 799,
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Adventures of Tom and Huck, #2)
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3.83 avg rating — 1,323,667 ratings
score: 693,
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The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1)
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Rick Riordan (Goodreads Author)
4.31 avg rating — 3,360,930 ratings
score: 599,
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6 people voted
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The Mayonnaise Affair
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Frank Linn (Goodreads Author)
3.34 avg rating — 35 ratings
score: 400,
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4 people voted
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One for the Money (Stephanie Plum, #1)
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Janet Evanovich (Goodreads Author)
4.05 avg rating — 574,801 ratings
score: 393,
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4 people voted
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Shit my History Teacher DID NOT tell me!
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Karl Wiggins (Goodreads Author)
4.14 avg rating — 297 ratings
score: 388,
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4 people voted
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Grit: The Banter and Brutality of the Late-Night Cab
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Karl Wiggins (Goodreads Author)
3.76 avg rating — 1,100 ratings
score: 386,
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4 people voted
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It's Kind of a Funny Story
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4.07 avg rating — 260,700 ratings
score: 385,
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Calico Jack in your Garden
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Karl Wiggins (Goodreads Author)
4.22 avg rating — 218 ratings
score: 385,
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4 people voted
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Prince Charming Opens Doors, the Buffoon Opens Legs: The Seduction Manual that Women Don't Want You to Read
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Lucano Divina (Goodreads Author)
3.94 avg rating — 53 ratings
score: 300,
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3 people voted
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Bournemouth Boys and Boscombe Girls
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4.16 avg rating — 25 ratings
score: 298,
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Dogshit Saved My Life
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Karl Wiggins (Goodreads Author)
4.21 avg rating — 189 ratings
score: 297,
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3 people voted
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An A - Z of Looney Limericks
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Bernie Morris (Goodreads Author)
4.79 avg rating — 42 ratings
score: 297,
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3 people voted
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The Fault in Our Stars
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John Green (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 5,615,738 ratings
score: 294,
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3 people voted
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Speaking from Among the Bones (Flavia de Luce, #5)
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Alan Bradley (Goodreads Author)
4.16 avg rating — 39,512 ratings
score: 289,
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The Boyfriend List: 15 Guys, 11 Shrink Appointments, 4 Ceramic Frogs and Me, Ruby Oliver (Ruby Oliver, #1)
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E. Lockhart (Goodreads Author)
3.49 avg rating — 27,033 ratings
score: 286,
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3 people voted
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You Really Are Full of Shit, Aren't You?
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Karl Wiggins (Goodreads Author)
4.15 avg rating — 196 ratings
score: 286,
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What Has He Done Now?: Tales from a North West Childhood in the 60s and Early 70s
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3.56 avg rating — 889 ratings
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The Ipswich Bus
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4.72 avg rating — 43 ratings
score: 284,
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3 people voted
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Gunpowder Soup
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Karl Wiggins (Goodreads Author)
4.67 avg rating — 21 ratings
score: 281,
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3 people voted
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My Best Friend's Brother (My Best Friend's Brother #1)
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3.79 avg rating — 933 ratings
score: 200,
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2 people voted
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Vagabonds in France
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3.82 avg rating — 79 ratings
score: 200,
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2 people voted
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The Rise of Renegade X (Renegade X, #1)
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Chelsea M. Campbell (Goodreads Author)
3.89 avg rating — 3,092 ratings
score: 198,
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2 people voted
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Life of Pi
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3.94 avg rating — 1,734,720 ratings
score: 197,
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2 people voted
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The Tale of Despereaux
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Kate DiCamillo (Goodreads Author)
4.07 avg rating — 211,152 ratings
score: 196,
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2 people voted
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What has He Done Now?: Tales from A North West Childhood in the 60s and Early 70s
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3.56 avg rating — 889 ratings
score: 195,
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Cold Comfort Farm
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3.88 avg rating — 54,136 ratings
score: 194,
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Miss Fortune Cookie
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Lauren Bjorkman (Goodreads Author)
3.39 avg rating — 433 ratings
score: 193,
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2 people voted
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Nobody Asked Me, But ....
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Karl Wiggins (Goodreads Author)
4.13 avg rating — 63 ratings
score: 192,
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2 people voted
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Stone Cold (Joe Pickett, #14)
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4.29 avg rating — 20,978 ratings
score: 190,
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2 people voted
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The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks
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E. Lockhart (Goodreads Author)
3.80 avg rating — 50,622 ratings
score: 189,
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2 people voted
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Carry On (Simon Snow, #1)
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Rainbow Rowell (Goodreads Author)
4.16 avg rating — 330,755 ratings
score: 189,
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2 people voted
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A Tale Dark & Grimm (A Tale Dark & Grimm, #1)
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Adam Gidwitz (Goodreads Author)
4.07 avg rating — 26,600 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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Tongue-Tied With Stomach Knots
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Reginald Dipwipple (Goodreads Author)
3.62 avg rating — 8 ratings
score: 100,
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Get Happy
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3.94 avg rating — 18 ratings
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Greetings Earthlings, My name is Appleton and I come from the Planet Reginta
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J. Jack Bergeron (Goodreads Author)
3.48 avg rating — 23 ratings
score: 100,
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Tales From Little Lump - Alien Season
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Jeff Folschinsky (Goodreads Author)
3.93 avg rating — 73 ratings
score: 100,
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Washington Square
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3.71 avg rating — 25,269 ratings
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Torpedo Juice (Serge Storms, #7)
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4.16 avg rating — 3,832 ratings
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The Day the Words Went Away
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Christina Escamilla (Goodreads Author)
3.83 avg rating — 24 ratings
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Crooked Creek Farm
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Kimber C. Turner (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 8 ratings
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His PhD is in Hypocrisy: And Other Poems about My Crappy Ex-Boyfriend
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Tayo Oredein (Goodreads Author)
4.14 avg rating — 28 ratings
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Campervan Kama Sutra - Outback Australia, with a camper trailer, three kids and a dog*
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John Perrier (Goodreads Author)
3.52 avg rating — 133 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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Lost Journal Vol. 1: Confessions of a Failed Paperboy
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4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings
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The Soft Ground
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3.07 avg rating — 14 ratings
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How to Flirt with a Naked Werewolf (Naked Werewolf, #1)
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Molly Harper (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 20,990 ratings
score: 100,
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Tegenvoeters, een reis door Australië
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4.08 avg rating — 119,841 ratings
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I, Q (Star Trek: The Next Generation Unnumbered)
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3.86 avg rating — 1,978 ratings
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Animal Lovers
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3.73 avg rating — 116 ratings
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The Sidepiece Handbook
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toniwo (Goodreads Author)
4.32 avg rating — 31 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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Fire & Flood (Fire & Flood, #1)
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Victoria Scott (Goodreads Author)
4.05 avg rating — 12,049 ratings
score: 99,
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1 person voted
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Tales From Little Lump - Night of the Undead Snow Monkeys (Tales From Little Lump #2)
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Jeff Folschinsky (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 28 ratings
score: 99,
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1 person voted
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Freight Dog: The Dark Side of Aviation
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Kimber C. Turner (Goodreads Author)
3.63 avg rating — 100 ratings
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Plan B
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3.49 avg rating — 1,840 ratings
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Lost Journal Vol. 2: Five Older Brothers, Twenty Bad Jobs, and Zero Dates
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4.71 avg rating — 7 ratings
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My Lady Jane: The Not Entirely True Story (The Lady Janies, #1)
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Cynthia Hand (Goodreads Author)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 80,187 ratings
score: 99,
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Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative
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Austin Kleon (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 327,575 ratings
score: 98,
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The Automation
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3.52 avg rating — 82 ratings
score: 98,
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Lost Journal Vol. 3: Some Lives Are Funnier than Others
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it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 7 ratings
score: 98,
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The Dalai Lama's Cat (The Dalai Lama's Cat, #1)
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David Michie (Goodreads Author)
4.17 avg rating — 15,876 ratings
score: 98,
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Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians (Alcatraz, #1)
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Brandon Sanderson (Goodreads Author)
3.92 avg rating — 35,032 ratings
score: 97,
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The Art of Purring (The Dalai Lama's Cat, #2)
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David Michie (Goodreads Author)
4.43 avg rating — 4,068 ratings
score: 97,
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5 Novels: Alan Mendelsohn, the Boy from Mars / Slaves of Spiegel / The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death / The Last Guru / Young Adult Novel
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4.40 avg rating — 942 ratings
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The Dalai Lama's Cat and the Power of Meow (The Dalai Lama's Cat, #3)
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David Michie (Goodreads Author)
4.49 avg rating — 2,701 ratings
score: 96,
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Henry the Queen’s Corgi
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4.13 avg rating — 602 ratings
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How to Say Goodbye in Robot
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Natalie Standiford (Goodreads Author)
3.83 avg rating — 8,519 ratings
score: 94,
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The Dalai Lama's Cat and the Four Paws of Spiritual Success
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David Michie (Goodreads Author)
4.53 avg rating — 1,208 ratings
score: 94,
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Good Dogs Don't Make it to the South Pole
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3.48 avg rating — 748 ratings
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Stumbling through the tulips: An American Family in Holland
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The Queen'S Corgi: On Purpose
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David Michie (Goodreads Author)
3.94 avg rating — 816 ratings
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The Midnight Fox (Puffin Books)
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3.73 avg rating — 1,353 ratings
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Carry On, Jeeves (Jeeves, #3)
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4.25 avg rating — 26,907 ratings
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The Care and Feeding of Stray Vampires (Half-Moon Hollow, #1)
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Molly Harper (Goodreads Author)
4.01 avg rating — 14,158 ratings
score: 89,
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