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Initial round of recommendations from the Spring 2020 Virtual Happy Hour.
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Southernmost
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Silas House (Goodreads Author)
3.95 avg rating — 9,212 ratings
score: 196,
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Educated
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Tara Westover (Goodreads Author)
4.47 avg rating — 1,805,249 ratings
score: 194,
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The Library Book
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Susan Orlean (Goodreads Author)
3.88 avg rating — 122,204 ratings
score: 191,
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The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #1)
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Alexander McCall Smith (Goodreads Author)
3.81 avg rating — 274,219 ratings
score: 188,
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Wild Things: The Joy of Reading Children's Literature as an Adult
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3.76 avg rating — 1,909 ratings
score: 180,
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Tales of the City (Tales of the City #1)
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3.99 avg rating — 47,288 ratings
score: 178,
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Sorcery of Thorns (Sorcery of Thorns, #1)
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Margaret Rogerson (Goodreads Author)
4.04 avg rating — 157,514 ratings
score: 174,
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Reading Behind Bars: A True Story of Literature, Law, and Life as a Prison Librarian
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3.59 avg rating — 1,960 ratings
score: 100,
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Literally Show Me a Healthy Person
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3.53 avg rating — 2,360 ratings
score: 99,
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The Problem with Everything: My Journey Through the New Culture Wars
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3.54 avg rating — 1,484 ratings
score: 98,
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Voice Lessons: How a Couple of Ninja Turtles, Pinky, and an Animaniac Saved My Life
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Rob Paulsen (Goodreads Author)
4.69 avg rating — 430 ratings
score: 97,
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Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
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4.25 avg rating — 815,812 ratings
score: 94,
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Freedom Libraries: The Untold Story of Libraries for African Americans in the South
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Mike Selby (Goodreads Author)
4.24 avg rating — 139 ratings
score: 94,
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Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive
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Stephanie Land (Goodreads Author)
3.86 avg rating — 110,774 ratings
score: 92,
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The Starless Sea
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Erin Morgenstern (Goodreads Author)
3.84 avg rating — 230,233 ratings
score: 90,
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The Stranger Diaries (Harbinder Kaur, #1)
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Elly Griffiths (Goodreads Author)
3.87 avg rating — 43,160 ratings
score: 89,
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The Luminaries
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3.75 avg rating — 84,938 ratings
score: 88,
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Watchmen
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Alan Moore (Goodreads Author)
4.39 avg rating — 589,899 ratings
score: 87,
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The Shipping News
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3.88 avg rating — 151,543 ratings
score: 86,
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Beyond the Point
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Claire Gibson (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 10,637 ratings
score: 85,
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The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way
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3.91 avg rating — 43,833 ratings
score: 82,
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Ohio
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Stephen Markley (Goodreads Author)
3.88 avg rating — 15,170 ratings
score: 81,
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1 person voted
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The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
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Stuart Turton (Goodreads Author)
3.78 avg rating — 466,864 ratings
score: 80,
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1 person voted
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Siddhartha
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4.08 avg rating — 858,139 ratings
score: 79,
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Illuminations
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4.32 avg rating — 13,772 ratings
score: 78,
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Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man: What Men Really Think About Love, Relationships, Intimacy, and Commitment
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3.77 avg rating — 51,783 ratings
score: 77,
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Station Eleven
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Emily St. John Mandel (Goodreads Author)
4.07 avg rating — 599,259 ratings
score: 76,
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Shantaram
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Gregory David Roberts (Goodreads Author)
4.28 avg rating — 235,753 ratings
score: 75,
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