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The Diary of a Young Girl
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To Kill a Mockingbird
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4.26 avg rating — 6,751,644 ratings
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Charlotte’s Web
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4.21 avg rating — 2,011,537 ratings
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The Chronicles of Narnia (The Chronicles of Narnia, #1-7)
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4.28 avg rating — 698,841 ratings
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
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4.47 avg rating — 11,175,406 ratings
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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3.83 avg rating — 1,325,330 ratings
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Rebecca
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4.25 avg rating — 707,426 ratings
score: 765,
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Jane Eyre
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4.16 avg rating — 2,280,643 ratings
score: 719,
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium #1)
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4.17 avg rating — 3,403,206 ratings
score: 710,
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Little Women (Little Women, #1)
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4.17 avg rating — 2,414,944 ratings
score: 689,
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The Poisonwood Bible
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4.11 avg rating — 785,007 ratings
score: 653,
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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia, #1)
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4.24 avg rating — 3,090,171 ratings
score: 646,
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Stones from the River (Burgdorf Cycle, #1)
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4.09 avg rating — 96,283 ratings
score: 585,
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The Secret Garden
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4.17 avg rating — 1,274,446 ratings
score: 578,
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Gone with the Wind
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4.31 avg rating — 1,249,085 ratings
score: 531,
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The Grapes of Wrath
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4.02 avg rating — 979,251 ratings
score: 507,
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A Wrinkle in Time (A Wrinkle in Time Quintet, #1)
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3.97 avg rating — 1,269,335 ratings
score: 455,
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5 people voted
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The Little House Collection (Little House, #1-9)
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4.36 avg rating — 156,686 ratings
score: 449,
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The Thorn Birds
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4.25 avg rating — 362,494 ratings
score: 449,
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Alice in Wonderland
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4.03 avg rating — 396,208 ratings
score: 434,
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Angela’s Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1)
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4.15 avg rating — 653,518 ratings
score: 401,
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Holes (Holes, #1)
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Louis Sachar (Goodreads Author)
4.01 avg rating — 1,344,579 ratings
score: 384,
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Of Human Bondage
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4.15 avg rating — 60,829 ratings
score: 384,
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Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson
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Mitch Albom (Goodreads Author)
4.20 avg rating — 1,169,905 ratings
score: 349,
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The Tale of Peter Rabbit (World of Beatrix Potter, #1)
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4.22 avg rating — 256,403 ratings
score: 348,
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
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4.43 avg rating — 4,395,419 ratings
score: 346,
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4 people voted
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Tess of the D’Urbervilles
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3.84 avg rating — 299,514 ratings
score: 311,
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4 people voted
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz, #1)
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 502,976 ratings
score: 295,
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4 people voted
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Fifty Shades Freed (Fifty Shades, #3)
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E.L. James (Goodreads Author)
3.83 avg rating — 905,872 ratings
score: 256,
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3 people voted
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Fifty Shades Darker (Fifty Shades, #2)
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E.L. James (Goodreads Author)
3.83 avg rating — 966,210 ratings
score: 255,
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Fifty Shades of Grey (Fifty Shades, #1)
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E.L. James (Goodreads Author)
3.67 avg rating — 2,825,122 ratings
score: 254,
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The Color Purple
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4.28 avg rating — 742,696 ratings
score: 243,
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...And Ladies of the Club
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4.15 avg rating — 13,135 ratings
score: 229,
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Naked
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4.10 avg rating — 271,818 ratings
score: 227,
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Cemetery Street
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John Zunski (Goodreads Author)
4.14 avg rating — 63 ratings
score: 200,
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2 people voted
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Gray Hawk of Terrapin
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Moss Whelan (Goodreads Author)
4.37 avg rating — 49 ratings
score: 200,
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Out on a Limb
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4.07 avg rating — 8,414 ratings
score: 198,
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These Is My Words: The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine, 1881-1901, Arizona Territories (Sarah Agnes Prine, #1)
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4.36 avg rating — 80,974 ratings
score: 193,
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The Light Between Oceans
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M.L. Stedman (Goodreads Author)
4.04 avg rating — 475,485 ratings
score: 192,
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Outlander (Outlander, #1)
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Diana Gabaldon (Goodreads Author)
4.26 avg rating — 1,139,160 ratings
score: 191,
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Between Shades of Gray
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Ruta Sepetys (Goodreads Author)
4.37 avg rating — 271,199 ratings
score: 190,
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The Boxcar Children (The Boxcar Children, #1)
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4.13 avg rating — 138,628 ratings
score: 182,
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The Little Engine That Could
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4.20 avg rating — 116,017 ratings
score: 181,
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Stuart Little
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3.89 avg rating — 131,352 ratings
score: 178,
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The Indian in the Cupboard (The Indian in the Cupboard, #1)
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3.93 avg rating — 108,695 ratings
score: 176,
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The Yearling
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4.03 avg rating — 30,295 ratings
score: 169,
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The Little House
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4.30 avg rating — 42,173 ratings
score: 167,
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The Prophet
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4.23 avg rating — 323,877 ratings
score: 158,
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The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
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4.19 avg rating — 210,887 ratings
score: 150,
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Forever Amber
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score: 106,
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Reach the Beach
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Lara Johnson (Goodreads Author)
3.29 avg rating — 7 ratings
score: 100,
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The Risk of a Fall
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4.55 avg rating — 11 ratings
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Animal Farm
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4.01 avg rating — 4,420,890 ratings
score: 100,
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Hour of the Wolf: An Experiment in Ageless Living
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3.67 avg rating — 30 ratings
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Captivate (Submerged Sun, #1)
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Vanessa Garden (Goodreads Author)
3.80 avg rating — 1,865 ratings
score: 100,
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Heaven (Halo, #3)
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3.87 avg rating — 19,246 ratings
score: 99,
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Where the Devil Can't Go (Kiszka and Kershaw, #1)
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Anya Lipska (Goodreads Author)
3.82 avg rating — 592 ratings
score: 99,
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Into That Forest
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3.82 avg rating — 1,669 ratings
score: 99,
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A Butler Christmas
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4.71 avg rating — 56 ratings
score: 99,
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Pigs Is Pigs and Other Favorites
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3.89 avg rating — 18 ratings
score: 98,
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Hades (Halo, #2)
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3.94 avg rating — 33,468 ratings
score: 98,
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Impossible (Impossible, #1)
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Nancy Werlin (Goodreads Author)
3.64 avg rating — 18,208 ratings
score: 98,
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Death Can't Take a Joke (Kiszka and Kershaw, #2)
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Anya Lipska (Goodreads Author)
4.23 avg rating — 213 ratings
score: 98,
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The Dead I Know
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3.81 avg rating — 1,482 ratings
score: 98,
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Project Terror
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Jamal Lewis (Goodreads Author)
4.22 avg rating — 37 ratings
score: 98,
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Coming of Age in Mississippi: The Classic Autobiography of a Young Black Girl in the Rural South
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4.13 avg rating — 11,562 ratings
score: 97,
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Finale (Hush, Hush, #4)
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Becca Fitzpatrick (Goodreads Author)
4.11 avg rating — 185,473 ratings
score: 97,
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Memoirs of a Geisha
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4.16 avg rating — 2,092,254 ratings
score: 97,
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Love Letters to the Dead
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Ava Dellaira (Goodreads Author)
3.79 avg rating — 91,871 ratings
score: 97,
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One Day You Will (An Attorney J.B. Graybourne Novel, #2)
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Kristofer Clarke (Goodreads Author)
4.48 avg rating — 23 ratings
score: 97,
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Don't Fall Off the Mountain
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3.83 avg rating — 928 ratings
score: 96,
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Halo (Halo, #1)
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3.67 avg rating — 70,723 ratings
score: 96,
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Skull Full of Kisses
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Michael West (Goodreads Author)
4.18 avg rating — 74 ratings
score: 96,
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The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
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Gabrielle Zevin (Goodreads Author)
4.04 avg rating — 350,052 ratings
score: 96,
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The Take
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L. Brown (Goodreads Author)
4.43 avg rating — 14 ratings
score: 96,
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Not Without My Daughter
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4.18 avg rating — 38,229 ratings
score: 95,
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Silence (Hush, Hush, #3)
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Becca Fitzpatrick (Goodreads Author)
4.07 avg rating — 293,917 ratings
score: 95,
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Fablehaven (Fablehaven, #1)
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Brandon Mull (Goodreads Author)
4.14 avg rating — 176,023 ratings
score: 95,
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Watership Down (Watership Down, #1)
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4.09 avg rating — 501,523 ratings
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I've Been Looking for You
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Jennifer Dean (Goodreads Author)
3.78 avg rating — 58 ratings
score: 95,
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Crescendo (Hush, Hush, #2)
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Becca Fitzpatrick (Goodreads Author)
3.98 avg rating — 335,770 ratings
score: 94,
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Perfect Chemistry (Perfect Chemistry, #1)
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Simone Elkeles (Goodreads Author)
4.04 avg rating — 263,010 ratings
score: 94,
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The Mists of Avalon (Avalon, #1)
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4.13 avg rating — 211,865 ratings
score: 94,
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Spellbent (Jessie Shimmer, #1)
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Lucy A. Snyder (Goodreads Author)
3.61 avg rating — 1,654 ratings
score: 94,
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The Book of Iudex (The Paralleled Series 1)
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Tachina Eva (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 26 ratings
score: 94,
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Hush, Hush (Hush, Hush, #1)
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Becca Fitzpatrick (Goodreads Author)
3.92 avg rating — 738,595 ratings
score: 93,
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The Iron King (The Iron Fey, #1)
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Julie Kagawa (Goodreads Author)
3.87 avg rating — 217,928 ratings
score: 93,
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Shotgun Sorceress (Jessie Shimmer, #2)
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Lucy A. Snyder (Goodreads Author)
3.72 avg rating — 682 ratings
score: 93,
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Fairytales for Wilde Girls
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Allyse Near (Goodreads Author)
4.19 avg rating — 1,180 ratings
score: 93,
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The Fledgling (Hall Family Chronicles #4)
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3.74 avg rating — 2,450 ratings
score: 92,
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Rapture (Fallen, #4)
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Lauren Kate (Goodreads Author)
3.98 avg rating — 125,024 ratings
score: 92,
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Switchblade Goddess (Jessie Shimmer, #3)
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Lucy A. Snyder (Goodreads Author)
3.68 avg rating — 435 ratings
score: 92,
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Jasper Jones
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Craig Silvey (Goodreads Author)
4.09 avg rating — 42,742 ratings
score: 92,
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The Return of the Twelves
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4.18 avg rating — 338 ratings
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Passion (Fallen, #3)
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Lauren Kate (Goodreads Author)
3.86 avg rating — 175,854 ratings
score: 91,
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Hex Hall (Hex Hall, #1)
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Rachel Hawkins (Goodreads Author)
3.92 avg rating — 143,481 ratings
score: 91,
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Redheart (Leland Dragon, #1)
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Jackie Gamber (Goodreads Author)
3.78 avg rating — 134 ratings
score: 91,
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Fairy Tales Written By Rabbits
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Mary A. Parker (Goodreads Author)
4.16 avg rating — 31 ratings
score: 91,
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Charlotte Sometimes (Aviary Hall, #3)
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4.09 avg rating — 4,460 ratings
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Torment (Fallen, #2)
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Lauren Kate (Goodreads Author)
3.84 avg rating — 243,917 ratings
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3796 books
70 friends
70 friends
Elizabeth (Alaska)
3872 books
427 friends
427 friends
Kathy
9245 books
121 friends
121 friends
Valerie
2323 books
28 friends
28 friends
Lara
238 books
44 friends
44 friends
Libby
10282 books
63 friends
63 friends
Joanne
3001 books
186 friends
186 friends
CrabbyPatty
2379 books
12 friends
12 friends
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