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Task #7: A historical fiction novel not set in WWII
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Pachinko
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4.34 avg rating — 611,822 ratings
score: 297,
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The Underground Railroad
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Colson Whitehead (Goodreads Author)
4.06 avg rating — 441,687 ratings
score: 296,
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3 people voted
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Inland
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Téa Obreht (Goodreads Author)
3.42 avg rating — 13,791 ratings
score: 291,
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3 people voted
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The Red Tent
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Anita Diamant (Goodreads Author)
4.20 avg rating — 629,392 ratings
score: 200,
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2 people voted
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A Gentleman in Moscow
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Amor Towles (Goodreads Author)
4.32 avg rating — 657,502 ratings
score: 199,
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2 people voted
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The Song of Achilles
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Madeline Miller (Goodreads Author)
4.30 avg rating — 1,944,281 ratings
score: 198,
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2 people voted
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Circe
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Madeline Miller (Goodreads Author)
4.22 avg rating — 1,326,266 ratings
score: 198,
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2 people voted
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The Kite Runner
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Khaled Hosseini (Goodreads Author)
4.36 avg rating — 3,460,969 ratings
score: 198,
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2 people voted
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A Night Divided
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Jennifer A. Nielsen (Goodreads Author)
4.33 avg rating — 46,961 ratings
score: 195,
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2 people voted
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The Moor's Account
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Laila Lalami (Goodreads Author)
4.04 avg rating — 12,837 ratings
score: 193,
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2 people voted
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Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1)
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3.91 avg rating — 231,546 ratings
score: 190,
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2 people voted
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The Peacemakers (American Family Portraits #8)
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Jack Cavanaugh (Goodreads Author)
4.06 avg rating — 254 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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Jazz (Beloved Trilogy, #2)
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3.90 avg rating — 37,328 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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The Hotel Neversink
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3.58 avg rating — 1,380 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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The Hearts of Horses
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3.94 avg rating — 5,477 ratings
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Flow Down Like Silver
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Ki Longfellow (Goodreads Author)
4.01 avg rating — 4,516 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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The Paper Bark Tree Mystery (Crown Colony, #3)
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Ovidia Yu (Goodreads Author)
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score: 100,
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Emily of Deep Valley: A Deep Valley Book
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4.30 avg rating — 3,734 ratings
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1 person voted
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The Girl in White Gloves
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Kerri Maher (Goodreads Author)
3.70 avg rating — 2,901 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness
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Peter Kuper (Adapter)
3.52 avg rating — 716 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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Remembered
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Yvonne Battle-Felton (Goodreads Author)
3.65 avg rating — 933 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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The Island of Sea Women
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Lisa See (Goodreads Author)
4.32 avg rating — 164,346 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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Tales of Ming Courtesans
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Alice Poon (Goodreads Author)
3.80 avg rating — 84 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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The Calculating Stars (Lady Astronaut Universe, #1)
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Mary Robinette Kowal (Goodreads Author)
3.95 avg rating — 37,653 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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Fireflies in December (Calloway Summers #1)
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Jennifer Erin Valent (Goodreads Author)
4.01 avg rating — 4,735 ratings
score: 99,
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1 person voted
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Bitter Orange
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Claire Fuller (Goodreads Author)
3.58 avg rating — 19,799 ratings
score: 99,
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1 person voted
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The Signature of All Things
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Elizabeth Gilbert (Goodreads Author)
3.88 avg rating — 124,387 ratings
score: 99,
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1 person voted
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Butterfly Swords (Tang Dynasty, #1)
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Jeannie Lin (Goodreads Author)
3.49 avg rating — 1,829 ratings
score: 99,
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1 person voted
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Katherine
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4.21 avg rating — 35,601 ratings
score: 99,
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1 person voted
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Norwood
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3.85 avg rating — 4,718 ratings
score: 99,
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1 person voted
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The Given Day (Coughlin #1)
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Dennis Lehane (Goodreads Author)
4.07 avg rating — 28,502 ratings
score: 99,
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1 person voted
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Simon the Fiddler
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3.84 avg rating — 11,717 ratings
score: 99,
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1 person voted
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The Summer the Wind Whispered My Name
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Don Locke (Goodreads Author)
3.86 avg rating — 42 ratings
score: 98,
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1 person voted
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The Invention of Wings
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Sue Monk Kidd (Goodreads Author)
4.26 avg rating — 331,013 ratings
score: 98,
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1 person voted
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Paper Moon
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4.13 avg rating — 1,942 ratings
score: 98,
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1 person voted
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Light Changes Everything
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4.13 avg rating — 3,853 ratings
score: 98,
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1 person voted
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The Stationery Shop
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Marjan Kamali (Goodreads Author)
4.23 avg rating — 119,198 ratings
score: 97,
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1 person voted
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The Amethyst Heart
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Penelope J. Stokes (Goodreads Author)
4.18 avg rating — 733 ratings
score: 97,
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1 person voted
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Greenwode (The Wode, #1)
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J. Tullos Hennig (Goodreads Author)
4.05 avg rating — 683 ratings
score: 97,
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1 person voted
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The Secrets We Kept
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Lara Prescott (Goodreads Author)
3.65 avg rating — 77,680 ratings
score: 97,
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1 person voted
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The Book of Negroes
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4.47 avg rating — 91,096 ratings
score: 96,
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1 person voted
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The Borgia Confessions
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Alyssa Palombo (Goodreads Author)
3.81 avg rating — 930 ratings
score: 96,
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1 person voted
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Memoirs of Hadrian
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4.22 avg rating — 35,481 ratings
score: 95,
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1 person voted
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My Brilliant Friend (Neapolitan Novels, #1)
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4.05 avg rating — 459,090 ratings
score: 94,
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1 person voted
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The Moonstone
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3.91 avg rating — 98,464 ratings
score: 94,
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1 person voted
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The Poisonwood Bible
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4.11 avg rating — 789,560 ratings
score: 94,
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1 person voted
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Daughter of Fortune
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Isabel Allende (Goodreads Author)
3.94 avg rating — 139,788 ratings
score: 93,
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1 person voted
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The Queen of the Night
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Alexander Chee (Goodreads Author)
3.43 avg rating — 12,128 ratings
score: 91,
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1 person voted
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