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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
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4.47 avg rating — 11,282,256 ratings
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Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda
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Becky Albertalli (Goodreads Author)
4.13 avg rating — 465,393 ratings
score: 492,
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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 — 3,397,690 ratings
score: 457,
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The Outsiders
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S.E. Hinton (Goodreads Author)
4.14 avg rating — 1,578,388 ratings
score: 367,
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The Fault in Our Stars
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John Green (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 5,667,143 ratings
score: 360,
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Little Women (Little Women, #1)
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4.17 avg rating — 2,433,655 ratings
score: 355,
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Wonder (Wonder, #1)
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4.36 avg rating — 1,186,380 ratings
score: 332,
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Five Feet Apart
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Rachael Lippincott (Goodreads Author)
4.18 avg rating — 255,569 ratings
score: 297,
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3 people voted
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Out of My Mind (Out of My Mind, #1)
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Sharon M. Draper (Goodreads Author)
4.34 avg rating — 186,658 ratings
score: 278,
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Because of Mr. Terupt (Mr. Terupt, #1)
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4.35 avg rating — 45,753 ratings
score: 274,
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The Giver (The Giver, #1)
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Lois Lowry (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 2,780,166 ratings
score: 271,
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The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
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4.35 avg rating — 9,787,185 ratings
score: 265,
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Divergent (Divergent, #1)
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Veronica Roth (Goodreads Author)
4.13 avg rating — 4,345,700 ratings
score: 260,
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A Christmas Carol
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4.09 avg rating — 910,769 ratings
score: 230,
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Smile (Smile, #1)
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Raina Telgemeier (Goodreads Author)
4.23 avg rating — 306,570 ratings
score: 196,
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2 people voted
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Speak
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Laurie Halse Anderson (Goodreads Author)
4.05 avg rating — 628,625 ratings
score: 189,
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The Year They Burned the Books
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3.69 avg rating — 583 ratings
score: 188,
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Turtles All the Way Down
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John Green (Goodreads Author)
3.87 avg rating — 637,051 ratings
score: 180,
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Heartstopper: Volume One (Heartstopper, #1)
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Alice Oseman (Goodreads Author)
4.42 avg rating — 873,731 ratings
score: 180,
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Charlotte’s Web
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4.21 avg rating — 2,027,955 ratings
score: 163,
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To All the Boys I've Loved Before (To All the Boys I've Loved Before, #1)
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Jenny Han (Goodreads Author)
4.04 avg rating — 1,044,660 ratings
score: 163,
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One of Us Is Lying (One of Us is Lying, #1)
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Karen M. McManus (Goodreads Author)
3.91 avg rating — 1,045,414 ratings
score: 159,
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It's Not the End of the World
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Judy Blume (Goodreads Author)
3.79 avg rating — 7,717 ratings
score: 152,
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2 people voted
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Looking for Alaska
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John Green (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 1,736,498 ratings
score: 150,
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2 people voted
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Clockwork Angel (The Infernal Devices, #1)
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Cassandra Clare (Goodreads Author)
4.31 avg rating — 873,521 ratings
score: 146,
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2 people voted
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Artemis Fowl (Artemis Fowl, #1)
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3.86 avg rating — 560,983 ratings
score: 145,
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How to Steal a Dog
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Barbara O'Connor (Goodreads Author)
3.97 avg rating — 13,815 ratings
score: 144,
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Rapunzel: The One with All the Hair (Twice Upon a Time, #1)
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Wendy Mass (Goodreads Author)
3.90 avg rating — 4,623 ratings
score: 100,
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She's Too Pretty to Burn
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Wendy Heard (Goodreads Author)
3.63 avg rating — 9,505 ratings
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The Gravity of Missing Things
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Marisa Urgo (Goodreads Author)
3.74 avg rating — 735 ratings
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The Royal Matchmaking Competition: Princess Qloey
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Zoiy G. Galloay (Goodreads Author)
3.93 avg rating — 320 ratings
score: 100,
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Body of Jewels: The Story of a Genie, a Cult, and a Forbidden Love (The Rise of Jinn Book 1)
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Abby McCormick (Goodreads Author)
4.24 avg rating — 17 ratings
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Granny Torrelli Makes Soup
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3.84 avg rating — 6,642 ratings
score: 99,
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A Curse of Roses
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Diana Pinguicha (Goodreads Author)
3.75 avg rating — 1,525 ratings
score: 99,
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Sick Kids in Love
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Hannah Moskowitz (Goodreads Author)
4.10 avg rating — 6,172 ratings
score: 98,
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Mr Stink
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4.16 avg rating — 18,200 ratings
score: 97,
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We Were Liars (We Were Liars, #1)
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E. Lockhart (Goodreads Author)
3.65 avg rating — 1,373,366 ratings
score: 97,
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Fairytales for Wilde Girls
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Allyse Near (Goodreads Author)
4.19 avg rating — 1,185 ratings
score: 96,
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Captivate (Submerged Sun, #1)
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Vanessa Garden (Goodreads Author)
3.80 avg rating — 1,871 ratings
score: 95,
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The Sun Is Also a Star
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Nicola Yoon (Goodreads Author)
3.95 avg rating — 356,835 ratings
score: 94,
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Challenger Deep
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Neal Shusterman (Goodreads Author)
4.14 avg rating — 34,006 ratings
score: 94,
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1 person voted
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Romanov
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Nadine Brandes (Goodreads Author)
3.77 avg rating — 15,886 ratings
score: 94,
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1 person voted
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Scythe (Arc of a Scythe, #1)
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Neal Shusterman (Goodreads Author)
4.32 avg rating — 406,096 ratings
score: 93,
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True Letters from a Fictional Life
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Kenneth Logan (Goodreads Author)
3.94 avg rating — 3,052 ratings
score: 93,
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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 — 81,745 ratings
score: 93,
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Hold Still
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Nina LaCour (Goodreads Author)
3.99 avg rating — 28,027 ratings
score: 93,
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Red Queen (Red Queen, #1)
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Victoria Aveyard (Goodreads Author)
3.98 avg rating — 1,157,337 ratings
score: 92,
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A Semester in the Life of a Garbage Bag
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4.21 avg rating — 831 ratings
score: 92,
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All the Bright Places
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Jennifer Niven (Goodreads Author)
4.11 avg rating — 624,010 ratings
score: 92,
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City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments, #1)
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Cassandra Clare (Goodreads Author)
4.07 avg rating — 2,153,689 ratings
score: 91,
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Son of Interflux
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4.22 avg rating — 817 ratings
score: 91,
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The Cousins
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Karen M. McManus (Goodreads Author)
3.76 avg rating — 140,754 ratings
score: 91,
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The Wicked Deep
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Shea Ernshaw (Goodreads Author)
3.86 avg rating — 46,811 ratings
score: 90,
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The Dead I Know
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3.82 avg rating — 1,488 ratings
score: 90,
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The Silence of Our Friends
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3.86 avg rating — 4,266 ratings
score: 89,
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Love Letters to the Dead
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Ava Dellaira (Goodreads Author)
3.79 avg rating — 92,162 ratings
score: 89,
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Every Last Word
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Tamara Ireland Stone (Goodreads Author)
4.20 avg rating — 125,908 ratings
score: 88,
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Nimona
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4.18 avg rating — 185,572 ratings
score: 88,
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Missing, Presumed Dead
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Emma Berquist (Goodreads Author)
3.84 avg rating — 1,124 ratings
score: 87,
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Family of Liars
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E. Lockhart (Goodreads Author)
3.76 avg rating — 146,572 ratings
score: 87,
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I Was Here
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Gayle Forman (Goodreads Author)
3.73 avg rating — 68,372 ratings
score: 86,
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Gallant
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3.70 avg rating — 144,844 ratings
score: 86,
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A World Without You
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Beth Revis (Goodreads Author)
3.75 avg rating — 5,736 ratings
score: 85,
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Nothing More to Tell
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Karen M. McManus (Goodreads Author)
3.89 avg rating — 71,260 ratings
score: 85,
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Paper Towns
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John Green (Goodreads Author)
3.70 avg rating — 1,480,816 ratings
score: 84,
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Daughters of a Dead Empire
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Carolyn Tara O'Neil (Goodreads Author)
3.83 avg rating — 2,454 ratings
score: 84,
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The One and Only Ivan (The One and Only #1)
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Katherine Applegate (Goodreads Author)
4.27 avg rating — 208,442 ratings
score: 81,
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Monday's Not Coming
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Tiffany D. Jackson (Goodreads Author)
4.25 avg rating — 77,288 ratings
score: 80,
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Thirteen Reasons Why
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Jay Asher (Goodreads Author)
3.84 avg rating — 1,021,167 ratings
score: 78,
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Backlash
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Sarah Darer Littman (Goodreads Author)
4.04 avg rating — 6,482 ratings
score: 76,
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Pride and Prejudice
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4.29 avg rating — 4,743,874 ratings
score: 66,
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The Naturals (The Naturals, #1)
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Jennifer Lynn Barnes (Goodreads Author)
4.22 avg rating — 324,144 ratings
score: 65,
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The Wrath and the Dawn (The Wrath and the Dawn, #1)
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Renée Ahdieh (Goodreads Author)
4.04 avg rating — 185,891 ratings
score: 64,
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Perfect
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Natasha Friend (Goodreads Author)
3.76 avg rating — 14,187 ratings
score: 60,
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Alex, Approximately
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Jenn Bennett (Goodreads Author)
3.93 avg rating — 55,005 ratings
score: 59,
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Everything Is F*cked: A Book About Hope
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Mark Manson (Goodreads Author)
3.67 avg rating — 96,505 ratings
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How to Be a Bawse: A Guide to Conquering Life
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3.92 avg rating — 17,855 ratings
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I'll Give You the Sun
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Jandy Nelson (Goodreads Author)
4.15 avg rating — 356,362 ratings
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Delirium (Delirium, #1)
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Lauren Oliver (Goodreads Author)
3.95 avg rating — 478,338 ratings
score: 54,
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Dumplin' (Dumplin', #1)
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Julie Murphy (Goodreads Author)
3.88 avg rating — 91,861 ratings
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If You Find Me
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Emily Murdoch (Goodreads Author)
4.08 avg rating — 24,408 ratings
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Goodbye Days
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Jeff Zentner (Goodreads Author)
4.09 avg rating — 15,106 ratings
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Gangsta Granny
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