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The Dismissal of Miss Ruth Brown: Civil Rights, Censorship, and the American Library
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3.37 avg rating — 253 ratings
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| 300 |
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The Book Woman's Daughter (The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek, #2)
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Kim Michele Richardson (Goodreads Author)
4.23 avg rating — 82,286 ratings
score: 138,
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| 303 |
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Fantasy Literature
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Neil Barron (Editor)
3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings
score: 131,
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| 303 |
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The Library at the Edge of the World (Finfarran Peninsula, #1)
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Felicity Hayes-McCoy (Goodreads Author)
3.50 avg rating — 10,176 ratings
score: 131,
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| 305 |
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A Book Addict's Treasury
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3.65 avg rating — 142 ratings
score: 129,
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| 306 |
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A Book Dragon
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4.05 avg rating — 301 ratings
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| 307 |
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A Book of Rereadings: Two
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3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings
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| 307 |
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The Pagemaster
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4.24 avg rating — 693 ratings
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| 309 |
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Twenty-five Books That Shaped America: How White Whales, Green Lights, and Restless Spirits Forged Our National Identity
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3.72 avg rating — 596 ratings
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| 309 |
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The Dark Archive (The Invisible Library, #7)
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Genevieve Cogman (Goodreads Author)
4.19 avg rating — 9,515 ratings
score: 124,
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| 311 |
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The Well of Lost Plots (Thursday Next, #3)
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Jasper Fforde (Goodreads Author)
4.09 avg rating — 42,155 ratings
score: 123,
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| 312 |
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Know the Past, Find the Future: The New York Public Library at 100
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3.69 avg rating — 121 ratings
score: 117,
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| 312 |
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The Bookshop Girl
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3.97 avg rating — 1,103 ratings
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| 312 |
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Witch Hat Atelier, Vol. 7
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4.55 avg rating — 8,548 ratings
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| 315 |
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The Readers' Choice: 200 Book Club Favorites
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3.37 avg rating — 70 ratings
score: 116,
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| 315 |
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The Joys of Reading: Life's Greatest Pleasure
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3.50 avg rating — 6 ratings
score: 116,
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| 317 |
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Casanova Was a Librarian: A Light-Hearted Look at the Profession
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3.04 avg rating — 50 ratings
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| 317 |
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Christopher Morley: Two Classic Novels in One Volume: Parnassus on Wheels and The Haunted Bookshop
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score: 115,
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| 317 |
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Why You Should Read Children's Books, Even Though You Are So Old and Wise
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4.10 avg rating — 3,333 ratings
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| 320 |
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Tolstoy and the Purple Chair: My Year of Magical Reading
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Nina Sankovitch (Goodreads Author)
3.48 avg rating — 7,312 ratings
score: 113,
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| 320 |
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Fierce Bad Rabbits: The Tales Behind Children's Picture Books
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4.15 avg rating — 331 ratings
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| 320 |
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Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong
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3.97 avg rating — 73,010 ratings
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| 323 |
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The Complete Guide to Self-Publishing: Everything You Need to Know to Write, Publish, Promote and Sell Your Own Book
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3.91 avg rating — 268 ratings
score: 112,
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| 323 |
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Best of Both Worlds: Museums, Libraries, and Archives in a Digital Age
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3.59 avg rating — 37 ratings
score: 112,
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| 325 |
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Perfect Reader
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2.95 avg rating — 533 ratings
score: 110,
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| 325 |
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Confessions of a Bookseller
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3.12 avg rating — 56 ratings
score: 110,
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| 325 |
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The Magician's Book: A Skeptic's Adventures in Narnia
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Laura Miller (Goodreads Author)
3.81 avg rating — 1,144 ratings
score: 110,
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| 328 |
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A History of Booksellers: The Old and the New
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liked it 3.00 avg rating — 5 ratings
score: 109,
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| 329 |
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Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction
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Neil Barron (Editor)
4.32 avg rating — 41 ratings
score: 108,
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| 330 |
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The Library of the Unwritten (Hell's Library, #1)
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A.J. Hackwith (Goodreads Author)
3.81 avg rating — 25,865 ratings
score: 107,
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| 330 |
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Finders Keepers (Bill Hodges Trilogy, #2)
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Stephen King (Goodreads Author)
4.07 avg rating — 181,632 ratings
score: 107,
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| 332 |
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The Joy of Reading: A Passionate Guide to 189 of the World's Best Authors and Their Works
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4.03 avg rating — 144 ratings
score: 104,
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| 333 |
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Library World Records, 2d ed.
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3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings
score: 103,
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| 334 |
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Shelf Life: Fantastic Stories Celebrating Bookstores
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Greg Ketter (Editor)
3.81 avg rating — 288 ratings
score: 102,
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| 335 |
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Author: A True Story
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4.07 avg rating — 323 ratings
score: 100,
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| 335 |
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Knife of Truth, Road to Megara
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3.68 avg rating — 22 ratings
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| 335 |
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The Bee Tree
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4.21 avg rating — 2,497 ratings
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| 335 |
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002 is The Book
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Chloe Spicer (Goodreads Author)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
score: 100,
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| 335 |
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The Autobiography of a Book
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it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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| 335 |
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Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians (Alcatraz, #1)
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Brandon Sanderson (Goodreads Author)
3.92 avg rating — 35,002 ratings
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| 335 |
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Thrillers: 100 Must-Reads
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3.66 avg rating — 223 ratings
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| 335 |
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The Night Bookmobile
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Audrey Niffenegger (Goodreads Author)
3.49 avg rating — 6,556 ratings
score: 100,
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| 335 |
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Army of Darkness Omnibus Volume 1
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3.68 avg rating — 280 ratings
score: 100,
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| 335 |
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Massimo Listri. The World’s Most Beautiful Libraries
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Massimo Listri (Photographer)
4.27 avg rating — 154 ratings
score: 100,
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| 335 |
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The Bookshop on the Shore (Kirrinfief, #2)
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3.90 avg rating — 39,678 ratings
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| 335 |
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Crazy in Love at the Lonely Hearts Bookshop (Lonely Hearts Bookshop, #3)
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3.88 avg rating — 2,873 ratings
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| 335 |
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Storybound
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Emily McKay (Goodreads Author)
3.74 avg rating — 277 ratings
score: 100,
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| 335 |
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Bookish People
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Susan Coll (Goodreads Author)
2.87 avg rating — 4,587 ratings
score: 100,
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| 335 |
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The Sentence
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3.94 avg rating — 80,526 ratings
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| 335 |
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A Bookshop In Algiers
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3.69 avg rating — 3,984 ratings
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| 335 |
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The Book of Fades
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Rachel Moore (Goodreads Author)
3.57 avg rating — 5,243 ratings
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| 335 |
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The Parliament
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Aimee Pokwatka (Goodreads Author)
3.71 avg rating — 831 ratings
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| 335 |
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Clara Reads Proust
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3.54 avg rating — 2,912 ratings
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| 335 |
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Index, A History of the: A Bookish Adventure from Medieval Manuscripts to the Digital Age
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3.67 avg rating — 2,322 ratings
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| 335 |
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Awake For Ever In A Sweet Unrest
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3.14 avg rating — 7 ratings
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| 335 |
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El libro salvaje
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4.26 avg rating — 8,352 ratings
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| 335 |
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The Christmas Book Hunt
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3.72 avg rating — 22,613 ratings
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| 335 |
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Bibliophobia
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3.63 avg rating — 1,450 ratings
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| 335 |
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Sophie’s World
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3.97 avg rating — 276,912 ratings
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| 335 |
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Climate Conundrum - The Agendas and Forces at Play
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Balvinder Ruby (Goodreads Author)
4.92 avg rating — 13 ratings
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| 335 |
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Bookstories
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Sarah Tollok (Goodreads Author)
4.59 avg rating — 32 ratings
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| 335 |
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The Romance Heroine's Daily Planner
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Heliodor Press (Goodreads Author)
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 50 ratings
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| 335 |
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Latte Dreams: My one shot at coffee shop ownership
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4.83 avg rating — 12 ratings
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| 335 |
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Life Revisited: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Purpose of Existence
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4.95 avg rating — 20 ratings
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| 335 |
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Great American Women in Science and Environment
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D.J. Mathews (Goodreads Author)
4.79 avg rating — 19 ratings
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| 366 |
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A Matter of Honor (Knife of Truth, #1)
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4.18 avg rating — 28 ratings
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| 366 |
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The Stopping Place
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3.37 avg rating — 126 ratings
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| 366 |
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Gratia Countryman: Her Life, Her Loves and Her Library
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3.83 avg rating — 18 ratings
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| 366 |
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Honey for a Child's Heart
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4.49 avg rating — 5,216 ratings
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| 366 |
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Tell Me A Story: A Parent's Review of 250 Great Books for Kids
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3.40 avg rating — 65 ratings
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| 366 |
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The Allure of the Archives
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3.91 avg rating — 631 ratings
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| 366 |
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Dining Out Around the Solar System (Dining Out Around The Solar System, #1)
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Clare O'Beara (Goodreads Author)
4.13 avg rating — 76 ratings
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| 366 |
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The Bookshop Hotel
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A.K. Klemm (Goodreads Author)
4.01 avg rating — 71 ratings
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| 366 |
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Obnoxious librarian from hades
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3.47 avg rating — 76 ratings
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| 366 |
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The Thing The Book: A Monument to the Book as Object
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3.91 avg rating — 45 ratings
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| 366 |
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Hours in a Library 3 Volume Set
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3.50 avg rating — 8 ratings
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| 366 |
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The Evil Dead
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3.79 avg rating — 372 ratings
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| 366 |
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The Genizah At The House Of Shepher
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3.26 avg rating — 260 ratings
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| 366 |
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Information Hunters: When Librarians, Soldiers, and Spies Banded Together in World War II Europe
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3.51 avg rating — 287 ratings
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| 366 |
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Animant Crumbs Staubchronik (Staubchronik-Universum, #1)
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4.30 avg rating — 10,104 ratings
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| 366 |
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The Woman in the Library
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Sulari Gentill (Goodreads Author)
3.51 avg rating — 84,240 ratings
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| 366 |
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Infamous
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Lex Croucher (Goodreads Author)
3.51 avg rating — 6,034 ratings
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| 366 |
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The Dictionary of Lost Words
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4.02 avg rating — 181,316 ratings
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| 366 |
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I've Seen It All at the Library: The View from Behind the Desk
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2.55 avg rating — 11 ratings
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| 366 |
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The Book of Doors
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Gareth Brown (Goodreads Author)
4.03 avg rating — 84,094 ratings
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| 386 |
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The Best Book to Read (Picture Book)
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3.53 avg rating — 304 ratings
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| 386 |
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The House on Moon Lake
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3.32 avg rating — 183 ratings
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| 386 |
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Banned Books (Calling Anthony Parker #1)
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R.J. Astruc (Goodreads Author)
3.43 avg rating — 47 ratings
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| 386 |
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Ajax Penumbra 1969 (Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore, #0.5)
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Robin Sloan (Goodreads Author)
3.77 avg rating — 13,613 ratings
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| 386 |
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Summer Hours at the Robbers Library
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3.61 avg rating — 9,330 ratings
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| 386 |
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The Reader on the 6.27
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The Book of Atrix Wolfe
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The History of the Book in 100 Books: The Complete Story, From Egypt to E-Book
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The Power and the Dignity: Librarianship and Katharine Sharp
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4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
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The Forgotten Founding Father: Noah Webster's Obsession and the Creation of an American Culture
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Joshua Kendall (Goodreads Author)
3.50 avg rating — 681 ratings
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| 394 |
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The Bookshop That Floated Away
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3.01 avg rating — 491 ratings
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| 394 |
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Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius
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4.32 avg rating — 2,295 ratings
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In the House of the Seven Librarians
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4.29 avg rating — 238 ratings
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The History of Love
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3.92 avg rating — 139,658 ratings
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The Book of Three (The Chronicles of Prydain, #1)
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by Kristina Aziz (votes) .
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