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1	The Story About Ping by Marjorie Flack 4.16 avg rating — 43,577 ratings score: 471, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	We're Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen 4.29 avg rating — 49,023 ratings score: 410, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Nada by Carmen Laforet 3.84 avg rating — 45,096 ratings score: 389, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Uncommon Criminals (Heist Society, #2) by Ally Carter (Goodreads Author) 4.12 avg rating — 44,531 ratings score: 340, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Lost in Shangri-la: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II by Mitchell Zuckoff (Goodreads Author) 3.87 avg rating — 47,387 ratings score: 304, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Frog and Toad Together (Frog and Toad, #2) by Arnold Lobel 4.27 avg rating — 46,308 ratings score: 300, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making (Fairyland, #1) by Catherynne M. Valente (Goodreads Author) 3.95 avg rating — 42,014 ratings score: 298, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	The Mirror & the Light (Thomas Cromwell, #3) by Hilary Mantel 4.41 avg rating — 49,328 ratings score: 296, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	The Brothers Lionheart by Astrid Lindgren 4.35 avg rating — 44,412 ratings score: 295, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Holiday in Death (In Death, #7) by J.D. Robb (Goodreads Author) 4.34 avg rating — 46,939 ratings score: 291, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig 4.16 avg rating — 46,298 ratings score: 289, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	The Well of Lost Plots (Thursday Next, #3) by Jasper Fforde (Goodreads Author) 4.09 avg rating — 43,085 ratings score: 288, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Winter Prey (Lucas Davenport, #5) by John Sandford 4.26 avg rating — 48,352 ratings score: 286, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Owl Moon by Jane Yolen 4.23 avg rating — 44,995 ratings score: 285, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	The Jasmine Throne (The Burning Kingdoms, #1) by Tasha Suri (Goodreads Author) 4.08 avg rating — 42,369 ratings score: 281, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	The Unexpected Everything by Morgan Matson (Goodreads Author) 3.98 avg rating — 41,520 ratings score: 279, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life by Lance Armstrong 3.71 avg rating — 41,452 ratings score: 277, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	War's Unwomanly Face by Svetlana Alexievich 4.51 avg rating — 41,461 ratings score: 277, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Foam of the Daze by Boris Vian 3.91 avg rating — 44,845 ratings score: 275, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	The Twelve Tribes of Hattie by Ayana Mathis (Goodreads Author) 3.52 avg rating — 41,710 ratings score: 274, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton 4.30 avg rating — 42,722 ratings score: 272, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	A Morbid Taste for Bones (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #1) by Ellis Peters 3.96 avg rating — 45,866 ratings score: 271, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	Look Who's Back by Timur Vermes 3.43 avg rating — 41,658 ratings score: 267, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief by Lawrence Wright (Goodreads Author) 4.04 avg rating — 45,815 ratings score: 266, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	The Ugly Duckling by Hans Christian Andersen 4.13 avg rating — 43,640 ratings score: 266, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	Escape by Carolyn Jessop 3.99 avg rating — 47,324 ratings score: 263, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	Behind the Scenes at the Museum by Kate Atkinson 3.98 avg rating — 44,544 ratings score: 262, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	Juliet, Naked by Nick Hornby 3.50 avg rating — 47,325 ratings score: 261, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	The King of Attolia (The Queen's Thief, #3) by Megan Whalen Turner (Goodreads Author) 4.38 avg rating — 44,245 ratings score: 259, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell 3.83 avg rating — 49,554 ratings score: 257, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	The Tin Drum by Günter Grass 3.95 avg rating — 47,750 ratings score: 255, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser 3.78 avg rating — 42,395 ratings score: 254, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	Simple Perfection (Rosemary Beach, #6; Perfection, #2) by Abbi Glines (Goodreads Author) 4.22 avg rating — 43,349 ratings score: 252, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 45,480 ratings score: 251, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith by Anne Lamott (Goodreads Author) 4.14 avg rating — 49,183 ratings score: 250, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	Danse Macabre (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #14) by Laurell K. Hamilton (Goodreads Author) 3.84 avg rating — 48,951 ratings score: 249, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise by Ruth Reichl 3.95 avg rating — 49,373 ratings score: 248, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	Payback's a Witch (The Witches of Thistle Grove, #1) by Lana Harper 3.57 avg rating — 47,687 ratings score: 247, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	The Last Templar (Templar, #1) by Raymond Khoury (Goodreads Author) 3.62 avg rating — 46,513 ratings score: 246, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague in History by John M. Barry 3.98 avg rating — 43,482 ratings score: 245, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	Dragonsdawn (Pern, #9) by Anne McCaffrey 4.23 avg rating — 42,191 ratings score: 245, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	Two-Way Street by Lauren Barnholdt (Goodreads Author) 3.78 avg rating — 45,677 ratings score: 244, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	The Glass Bead Game by Hermann Hesse 4.10 avg rating — 44,010 ratings score: 244, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	The World Without Us by Alan Weisman 3.81 avg rating — 43,982 ratings score: 243, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	Taking Chances (Taking Chances, #1) by Molly McAdams (Goodreads Author) 3.84 avg rating — 48,374 ratings score: 242, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	K is for Killer (Kinsey Millhone, #11) by Sue Grafton 3.98 avg rating — 46,399 ratings score: 242, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	The Complete Tales and Poems of Winnie-the-Pooh (Winnie-the-Pooh, #1-4) by A.A. Milne 4.49 avg rating — 45,643 ratings score: 241, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	NW by Zadie Smith 3.48 avg rating — 46,560 ratings score: 240, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	A Man's Place by Annie Ernaux (Goodreads Author) 3.87 avg rating — 42,676 ratings score: 240, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell 3.75 avg rating — 49,109 ratings score: 238, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	The Fifth Risk: Undoing Democracy by Michael Lewis 4.10 avg rating — 49,003 ratings score: 238, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	Hickory Dickory Dock (Hercule Poirot, #31) by Agatha Christie 3.77 avg rating — 42,060 ratings score: 238, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53	Certain Girls (Cannie Shapiro, #2) by Jennifer Weiner (Goodreads Author) 3.72 avg rating — 49,997 ratings score: 237, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
54	Walt Disney's Peter Pan by Eugene Bradley Coco 4.35 avg rating — 49,284 ratings score: 236, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
54	One, Two, Buckle My Shoe (Hercule Poirot, #22) by Agatha Christie 3.78 avg rating — 47,695 ratings score: 236, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
54	The Tea Rose (The Tea Rose, #1) by Jennifer Donnelly (Goodreads Author) 4.23 avg rating — 41,843 ratings score: 236, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
57	Sisterland by Curtis Sittenfeld (Goodreads Author) 3.38 avg rating — 42,126 ratings score: 234, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
58	The Vincent Brothers (The Vincent Boys, #2) by Abbi Glines (Goodreads Author) 4.09 avg rating — 49,775 ratings score: 233, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
59	The Darkest Whisper (Lords of the Underworld, #4) by Gena Showalter (Goodreads Author) 4.30 avg rating — 44,742 ratings score: 232, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
59	The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton 4.10 avg rating — 42,728 ratings score: 232, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
61	The Dante Club by Matthew Pearl (Goodreads Author) 3.42 avg rating — 43,339 ratings score: 231, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
61	Airport by Arthur Hailey 4.01 avg rating — 42,535 ratings score: 231, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
63	Storm Warning (The 39 Clues, #9) by Linda Sue Park 4.01 avg rating — 48,162 ratings score: 230, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
63	They Do It With Mirrors (Miss Marple, #5) by Agatha Christie 3.78 avg rating — 48,292 ratings score: 230, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
65	Black Powder War (Temeraire, #3) by Naomi Novik (Goodreads Author) 3.91 avg rating — 44,944 ratings score: 229, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
65	Mrs. McGinty's Dead (Hercule Poirot, #32) by Agatha Christie 3.86 avg rating — 42,342 ratings score: 229, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
67	The Trial and Death of Socrates by Plato 4.13 avg rating — 47,776 ratings score: 228, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
67	Politics by Aristotle 3.98 avg rating — 43,991 ratings score: 228, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
69	Crashed (Driven, #3) by K. Bromberg (Goodreads Author) 4.50 avg rating — 47,500 ratings score: 226, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
69	The Hollow (Hercule Poirot, #25) by Agatha Christie 3.80 avg rating — 46,884 ratings score: 226, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
71	Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler 3.18 avg rating — 44,569 ratings score: 225, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
71	A Natural History of Dragons (The Memoirs of Lady Trent, #1) by Marie Brennan (Goodreads Author) 3.83 avg rating — 49,414 ratings score: 225, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
73	Sparkling Cyanide (Colonel Race, #4) by Agatha Christie 3.92 avg rating — 44,069 ratings score: 224, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
74	Divergent Series Complete Box Set (Divergent, #1-3) by Veronica Roth (Goodreads Author) 4.28 avg rating — 48,768 ratings score: 223, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
75	Searching for Dragons (Enchanted Forest Chronicles, #2) by Patricia C. Wrede (Goodreads Author) 4.27 avg rating — 46,535 ratings score: 222, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
75	Night Watch (Watch, #1) by Sergei Lukyanenko 3.97 avg rating — 45,732 ratings score: 222, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
75	The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6) by Raymond Chandler 4.19 avg rating — 48,674 ratings score: 222, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
78	Raising Steam (Discworld, #40; Moist von Lipwig, #3) by Terry Pratchett 4.03 avg rating — 46,341 ratings score: 221, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
79	The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio 3.88 avg rating — 44,783 ratings score: 220, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
80	The Lady and the Unicorn by Tracy Chevalier (Goodreads Author) 3.71 avg rating — 48,355 ratings score: 219, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
80	No One Belongs Here More Than You by Miranda July (Goodreads Author) 3.79 avg rating — 46,500 ratings score: 219, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
82	Cocktails for Three by Madeleine Wickham 3.46 avg rating — 41,411 ratings score: 218, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
83	The Other Side of the Story by Marian Keyes 3.80 avg rating — 46,236 ratings score: 217, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
84	Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens 3.95 avg rating — 47,716 ratings score: 216, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
84	Sarum: The Novel of England by Edward Rutherfurd (Goodreads Author) 4.08 avg rating — 46,984 ratings score: 216, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
84	Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2) by Raymond Chandler 4.09 avg rating — 44,357 ratings score: 216, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
87	The Princess and the Goblin (Princess Irene and Curdie, #1) by George MacDonald 4.03 avg rating — 43,032 ratings score: 215, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
88	Transmetropolitan, Vol. 1: Back on the Street by Warren Ellis 4.19 avg rating — 48,460 ratings score: 213, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
88	Long Day's Journey into Night by Eugene O'Neill 4.06 avg rating — 43,865 ratings score: 213, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
90	The Thirteen Problems (Miss Marple, #0.5) by Agatha Christie 3.94 avg rating — 43,259 ratings score: 211, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
91	Match Me If You Can (Chicago Stars, #6) by Susan Elizabeth Phillips (Goodreads Author) 4.12 avg rating — 48,835 ratings score: 210, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
91	Jazz (Beloved Trilogy, #2) by Toni Morrison 3.91 avg rating — 41,283 ratings score: 210, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
93	The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne 3.45 avg rating — 44,285 ratings score: 209, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
94	Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System from Crisis — and Themselves by Andrew Ross Sorkin 4.17 avg rating — 45,203 ratings score: 208, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
94	Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman by Jon Krakauer (Goodreads Author) 4.10 avg rating — 45,335 ratings score: 208, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
96	The Human Stain (The American Trilogy, #3) by Philip Roth 3.92 avg rating — 47,384 ratings score: 207, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
97	Fragile Eternity (Wicked Lovely, #3) by Melissa Marr (Goodreads Author) 3.84 avg rating — 44,944 ratings score: 206, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
97	Clock Dance by Anne Tyler (Goodreads Author) 3.59 avg rating — 46,224 ratings score: 206, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
99	The Long Call (Two Rivers, #1) by Ann Cleeves (Goodreads Author) 3.94 avg rating — 44,509 ratings score: 205, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
100	Eve (Eve, #1) by Anna Carey (Goodreads Author) 3.68 avg rating — 44,362 ratings score: 204, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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message 1: by Lobstergirl (new)

Dec 15, 2019 06:57PM

Removed for ratings:

Kingdom Come
Every Heart a Doorway
Spinning Silver
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Three Men in a Boat

Also removed two books with several hundred thousand ratings so PLEASE check twice to make sure your book has the right number of ratings to be on THIS LIST.

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message 2: by Lobstergirl (new)

Jan 12, 2020 05:11PM

Removed for ratings:

Lock In
The Stone Sky
I, Claudius
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
First Test
Stories of Your Life and Others
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle

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message 3: by Lobstergirl (new)

Feb 03, 2020 03:09PM

Removed for ratings:

The Collector

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message 4: by Charlotte Igelkott (new)

May 24, 2020 01:32AM

I've been thinking about the maintenance of these lists. (The ones with all books, less than 80000 ratings.)
At first I assumed we could just remove the books with too many ratings from each list and leave a comment about it, but now I'm not so sure anymore. Especially on the higher lists where someone has clearly made an effort to fill them with as many suitable books as possible, I think it could be argued that they are an extension of the pre-existing series (80000 ratings and above) and that we're not allowed to remove anything without putting it on the next list.
The result is, as we can all see, that some of the lower lists are full of books that ought to be removed but aren't because nobody is willing/able to both remove them from that list and vote for them on the next.
I'd be perfectly happy to undertake the removing part (once in a while, at least) but am more and more reluctant to do pure duty voting/maintenance voting/whatever you call it the lower we go on these lists, and even more reluctant to risk my librarian status.
So - any ideas about what to do about this mess? Am I just overthinking this?

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message 5: by Lobstergirl (new)

May 24, 2020 02:20AM

What's the risk to librarian status? I don't understand.

There's no obligation to vote books onto the next list. When someone removes a book, they link to it in a comment - that enables anyone who wants to to vote it onto the next list.

I remove books from various lists and I have never considered myself obligated to vote them onto the next list. I only do so if I voted them onto the list I'm removing them from.

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message 6: by Charlotte Igelkott (new)

May 24, 2020 03:01AM

It's this sentence from the description on the higher lists that bothers me: Helpful Librarians - if you help maintain this and other similar lists - please don't remove books from one of these lists for too many ratings unless you are willing to put it on the next list.

If this list is considered a "similar list" (since they are grouped together and very much alike) it might be considered against the list instructions to remove the books and not add them to the next list.
But I don't know if it works that way, or if the instruction would have to be present on the specific list I'm removing books from for it to hold any power, even if they are closely linked? Or for that matter, if such an instruction is always just an unenforceable rule of politeness?

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message 7: by Emrys (last edited May 26, 2020 04:34PM) (new)

May 26, 2020 03:11PM

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message 8: by Emrys (last edited May 26, 2020 04:31PM) (new)

May 26, 2020 03:57PM

Removed for having too many ratings:
(50k to 60k):
All Systems Red
Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life
Skulduggery Pleasant
The Hazel Wood
Saga, Vol. 5
The Harry Potter Collection 1-4
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions
Welcome to the Monkey House
Without Merit
Night School
The Dog Stars
Scarlett
Eugene Onegin
The Eagle Has Landed
In Farleigh Field
Saint Anything
The Waste Land and Other Poems
Blue Exorcist, Vol. 1
The Greatest Salesman in the World
Rabbit, Run
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
The Love Dare
Falling Kingdoms
Wintersmith
Angle of Repose
Chrysanthemum
What If It's Us
The Beginning of Everything
The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 1: The Faust Act
This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession
Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience
Dragons of Spring Dawning
The People of Sparks
A Game of You
Splintered
Night Broken
Plum Lovin'
From Potter's Field
The Winds of War
The Horse Whisperer
Harry the Dirty Dog
No Rest for the Wicked
Barrel Fever: Stories and Essays
Little Men

That's most of the first three pages.

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message 9: by Lobstergirl (new)

May 26, 2020 06:00PM

Charlotte Igelkott wrote: "It's this sentence from the description on the higher lists that bothers me: Helpful Librarians - if you help maintain this and other similar lists - please don't remove books from one of these lis..."

That sentence came from Mitchell (one of the extremely helpful librarians who helps maintain these lists). It doesn't come from Goodreads; it's not a GR rule. There is no risk to librarian status if you remove a book which no longer fits the list parameters, and don't vote it onto the next list.

Maybe in an ideal world we all would vote all the removed books onto the next list; however, given that we each only get 100 votes per list, this is not feasible at least for me.

Given the small number of librarians who perform the hard work of keeping the lists updated and linking to the removed books in the comments (which is extremely time-consuming and therefore not that many people apparently are willing to do it), I think such librarians should not feel too bad about removing books and then failing to vote them onto the next list.

Basically what I'm saying is, it's more important for each list to be accurate and up-to-date (each book on it fitting the list parameters), than it is for every single book to move from one list to the next.

Opinions may differ, of course.

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message 10: by Charlotte Igelkott (new)

May 27, 2020 12:51PM

Lobstergirl wrote: "Charlotte Igelkott wrote: "It's this sentence from the description on the higher lists that bothers me: Helpful Librarians - if you help maintain this and other similar lists - please don't remove ..."

You're probably right, and now I feel a little silly for letting my anxieties run away with me like that. Thank you.

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message 11: by Charlotte Igelkott (new)

May 29, 2020 11:10AM

Removed for having more than 50000 ratings:
Giovanni’s Room
The Railway Children
The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon
A Lesson Before Dying
Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon's Journey into the Afterlife
Secrets of a Summer Night
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
The High King
The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane
The Complete Works
Parable of the Sower
The Forgotten
The Rithmatist
The Gods Themselves
A Simple Favor
Silver Shadows
The Atlantis Complex
Savor the Moment
Till We Have Faces
The Women in the Castle
Carpe Jugulum
Caught
Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology
Alone
All Your Perfects
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Momo
Washington: A Life
Nemesis Games
Faeries
An Absolutely Remarkable Thing
Captive Prince
Queen of Air and Darkness
Jesus Calling: Enjoying Peace in His Presence
Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life...And Maybe the World
Ariel
After We Fell
The Late Show
The Drop
El Deafo
The Sellout
The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
Nothing to Lose
Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World
Vicious
Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make the Competition Irrelevant
The Fix
The Gambler
The Viscount Who Loved Me
Magic Hour
Renegades
The Heart Goes Last
Leah on the Offbeat
Rising Strong
Stalking Jack the Ripper
Stumbling on Happiness
Feed
هيبتا

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message 12: by Charlotte Igelkott (new)

May 29, 2020 11:12AM

Emrys wrote: "Removed for having too many ratings:
(50k to 60k):
All Systems Red
Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life
Skulduggery Pleasant
The Hazel Wood..."

Thank you! I've done the rest of the list now.

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message 13: by Mitchell (new)

Jun 03, 2020 08:05AM

Lobstergirl wrote: "Charlotte Igelkott wrote: "It's this sentence from the description on the higher lists that bothers me: Helpful Librarians - if you help maintain this and other similar lists - please don't remove ..."

Just want to put in my agreement with this response. The lists 80,000 and above and my topic lists that I created are intended to be comprehensive. It's why the message about not deleting books without moving them. And why I'm often begging for help since with only 100 votes its impossible to do this kind of maintenance alone - or lists have to be split - or lists can't be comprehensive.

The lower lists created by Lobstergirl have never been comprehensive. The much lower lists were created a lot earlier than the higher level lists and always included remove messages - so if someone wanted to add them from those lists, they could.

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message 14: by Mitchell (new)

Jun 03, 2020 08:08AM

There are no goodreads rules on ownership of lists. There are list creators. And there are common practice. There are list owners who get irate because anyone changed "their" list description at all. I do and have changed lists that I didn't create and I've only been called on it once. But primarily I add links to other lists and tags. I've had discussion on lists to try to get consensus to make a list more specific and have added at least wishy-washy advice in a list description after consensus was reached.

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message 15: by Mitchell (new)

Jun 03, 2020 08:13AM

I wish there was a group in which listopia lists was an active topic.

There is https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/168374-listopia

But it never had much discussion.

There is no risk to librarian status if you remove a book which no longer fits the list parameters, and don't vote it onto the next list. But if you were to do that or otherwise violate the list description, you will make the list description writer unhappy. And perhaps make the previous voters on the list unhappy as well. It is an imperfect world.

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message 16: by Mitchell (last edited Jun 03, 2020 08:16AM) (new)

Jun 03, 2020 08:15AM

Charlotte Igelkott wrote: "It's this sentence from the description on the higher lists that bothers me: Helpful Librarians - if you help maintain this and other similar lists - please don't remove books from one of these lis..."

As the writer of the text being asked about, I will tell you that it is exactly as you say, such an instruction is always just an unenforceable rule of politeness.

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message 17: by Emrys (new)

Jun 03, 2020 10:25AM

I've gone through all the books in the Comments section here, and added the 96 qualifying books onto the 50,000 - 60,000 list, and The Stone Sky to the 60,000 - 70,000 list.

Spinning Silver was already on the 60,000 - 70,000 list, and the following were already on the 50,000 - 60,000 list@
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Three Men in a Boat
Lock In
I, Claudius
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
First Test
Stories of Your Life and Others
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle
The Collector
Saga, Vol. 5
Eugene Onegin
Angle of Repose
Harry the Dirty Dog
Little Men
The Heart Goes Last
Feed

Hopefully I've not missed anything.

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message 18: by Charlotte Igelkott (new)

Jun 03, 2020 12:11PM

Mitchell wrote: "Charlotte Igelkott wrote: "It's this sentence from the description on the higher lists that bothers me: Helpful Librarians - if you help maintain this and other similar lists - please don't remove ..."

Thank you, Mitchell!

Just to be absolutely clear, where there is a clear instruction on the list itself I always try to follow it, enforceable or not. I want to help and contribute, not run berserk where my interference is unwelcome (can't promise I'll always under all circumstances be on the right side of that line, but I try).

I was trying to write something more about how rules are (or aren't) formed and how to know how wide their scope is, but can't right now (too tired, wrong language). Perhaps it's all just a little too vague to put into words. Either way, I'm very grateful to all of you for the answers you have given me, they've been very helpful.
And I agree that that Listopia group could be very useful!

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message 19: by Lobstergirl (new)

Jun 03, 2020 10:23PM

To simplify why don't we suggest that: on Mitchell's lists which he created, abide by his rule. On the lists that I created, I don't ask that people vote onto the next list.

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message 20: by Charlotte Igelkott (new)

Jun 04, 2020 07:45AM

Lobstergirl wrote: "To simplify why don't we suggest that: on Mitchell's lists which he created, abide by his rule. On the lists that I created, I don't ask that people vote onto the next list."

Perfectly reasonable, and those are the rules I'm going to follow until I'm told otherwise.

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message 21: by Charlotte Igelkott (new)

Jun 13, 2020 10:39PM