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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
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Taylor Jenkins Reid (Goodreads Author)
4.40 avg rating — 3,945,788 ratings
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The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue (Montague Siblings, #1)
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Mackenzi Lee (Goodreads Author)
4.02 avg rating — 144,884 ratings
score: 394,
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Kindred
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4.31 avg rating — 264,208 ratings
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Beloved
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3.97 avg rating — 482,561 ratings
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Their Eyes Were Watching God
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3.99 avg rating — 381,412 ratings
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Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
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3.74 avg rating — 407,033 ratings
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The Nickel Boys
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Colson Whitehead (Goodreads Author)
4.25 avg rating — 299,767 ratings
score: 279,
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That Could Be Enough
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Alyssa Cole (Goodreads Author)
4.01 avg rating — 733 ratings
score: 200,
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Middlesex
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4.04 avg rating — 659,990 ratings
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Ring Shout
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P. Djèlí Clark (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 50,036 ratings
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Reputation
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Lex Croucher (Goodreads Author)
3.65 avg rating — 13,141 ratings
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The Downstairs Girl
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Stacey Lee (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 40,468 ratings
score: 199,
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Sula
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4.05 avg rating — 119,946 ratings
score: 198,
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Under a Painted Sky
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Stacey Lee (Goodreads Author)
3.98 avg rating — 11,791 ratings
score: 195,
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Inside Out & Back Again
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Thanhhà Lại (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 66,151 ratings
score: 192,
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The Underground Railroad
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Colson Whitehead (Goodreads Author)
4.06 avg rating — 438,758 ratings
score: 192,
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Pachinko
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4.34 avg rating — 600,950 ratings
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The Vanishing Half
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Brit Bennett (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 842,254 ratings
score: 178,
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How Much of These Hills Is Gold
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C Pam Zhang (Goodreads Author)
3.78 avg rating — 26,214 ratings
score: 177,
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First Dawn (Freedom's Path #1)
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Judith McCoy Miller (Goodreads Author)
3.99 avg rating — 1,408 ratings
score: 100,
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The Song of Achilles
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Madeline Miller (Goodreads Author)
4.31 avg rating — 1,916,009 ratings
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Tipping the Velvet
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4.05 avg rating — 77,336 ratings
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Half of a Yellow Sun
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Fortune Favors the Dead (Pentecost and Parker, #1)
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Stephen Spotswood (Goodreads Author)
4.02 avg rating — 11,391 ratings
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Hamilton's Battalion: A Trio of Romances
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Rose Lerner (Goodreads Author)
3.99 avg rating — 1,033 ratings
score: 98,
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Deacon King Kong
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James McBride (Goodreads Author)
4.16 avg rating — 79,295 ratings
score: 98,
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The Secret of a Heart Note
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Stacey Lee (Goodreads Author)
3.84 avg rating — 2,981 ratings
score: 98,
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The Pull of the Stars
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Emma Donoghue (Goodreads Author)
3.95 avg rating — 87,998 ratings
score: 98,
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An Extraordinary Union (The Loyal League, #1)
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Alyssa Cole (Goodreads Author)
3.83 avg rating — 9,971 ratings
score: 97,
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A Long Petal of the Sea
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Isabel Allende (Goodreads Author)
4.06 avg rating — 111,976 ratings
score: 97,
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The Nickel Boys
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Colson Whitehead (Goodreads Author)
4.25 avg rating — 299,767 ratings
score: 97,
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Outrun the Moon
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Stacey Lee (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 5,677 ratings
score: 97,
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Fifty Words for Rain
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Asha Lemmie (Goodreads Author)
3.88 avg rating — 46,550 ratings
score: 97,
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Fools Crow
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4.04 avg rating — 5,259 ratings
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Confessions of the Fox
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Jordy Rosenberg (Goodreads Author)
3.77 avg rating — 4,651 ratings
score: 96,
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Gods of Jade and Shadow
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Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Goodreads Author)
3.88 avg rating — 76,033 ratings
score: 96,
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The Color Purple
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4.28 avg rating — 743,931 ratings
score: 95,
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Like a Love Story
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Abdi Nazemian (Goodreads Author)
4.26 avg rating — 15,753 ratings
score: 95,
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Plain Bad Heroines
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Emily M. Danforth (Goodreads Author)
3.64 avg rating — 28,478 ratings
score: 95,
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Tofu Quilt
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3.85 avg rating — 392 ratings
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Last Night at the Telegraph Club
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Malinda Lo (Goodreads Author)
4.20 avg rating — 114,136 ratings
score: 94,
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Remembrance
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3.72 avg rating — 1,997 ratings
score: 94,
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The Good Lord Bird
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James McBride (Goodreads Author)
3.95 avg rating — 37,660 ratings
score: 93,
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Ziggy, Stardust and Me
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James Brandon (Goodreads Author)
4.13 avg rating — 5,373 ratings
score: 93,
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Half Blood Blues
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3.70 avg rating — 17,600 ratings
score: 93,
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Silhouette of a Sparrow
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3.75 avg rating — 1,953 ratings
score: 92,
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The Night Tiger
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Yangsze Choo (Goodreads Author)
3.86 avg rating — 66,031 ratings
score: 91,
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1 person voted
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The Calligrapher's Daughter
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Eugenia Kim (Goodreads Author)
3.81 avg rating — 6,954 ratings
score: 91,
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The Ghost Bride
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Yangsze Choo (Goodreads Author)
3.81 avg rating — 37,052 ratings
score: 90,
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When My Name Was Keoko
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4.16 avg rating — 7,576 ratings
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The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane
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Lisa See (Goodreads Author)
4.29 avg rating — 123,359 ratings
score: 89,
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A Single Shard
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3.95 avg rating — 42,299 ratings
score: 89,
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The Island of Sea Women
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Lisa See (Goodreads Author)
4.32 avg rating — 160,947 ratings
score: 88,
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Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
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Lisa See (Goodreads Author)
4.09 avg rating — 384,525 ratings
score: 87,
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Fruit of the Drunken Tree
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Ingrid Rojas Contreras (Goodreads Author)
3.95 avg rating — 19,530 ratings
score: 86,
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She Would Be King
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score: 84,
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Olivia
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3.80 avg rating — 3,607 ratings
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The Hundred Wells of Salaga
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Ayesha Harruna Attah (Goodreads Author)
3.73 avg rating — 1,233 ratings
score: 82,
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Conjure Women
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Afia Atakora (Goodreads Author)
3.87 avg rating — 18,589 ratings
score: 80,
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The Thirty Names of Night
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Zeyn Joukhadar (Goodreads Author)
4.02 avg rating — 5,183 ratings
score: 79,
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Mexican Gothic
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Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Goodreads Author)
3.67 avg rating — 426,738 ratings
score: 76,
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Purple Hibiscus
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4.18 avg rating — 139,822 ratings
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