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The Cavalier (Heroes of the Empire, #1)
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Israh Azizi (Goodreads Author)
4.40 avg rating — 358 ratings
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The Clan of the Cave Bear (Earth's Children, #1)
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4.10 avg rating — 280,087 ratings
score: 383,
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4 people voted
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Eyes (Half-Alive, #1)
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Nghịch Tử (Goodreads Author)
4.44 avg rating — 48 ratings
score: 300,
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3 people voted
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The Hunt for Red October (Jack Ryan, #3)
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4.12 avg rating — 386,355 ratings
score: 295,
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3 people voted
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Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1)
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3.91 avg rating — 229,586 ratings
score: 286,
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3 people voted
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Killing Floor (Jack Reacher, #1)
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Lee Child (Goodreads Author)
4.08 avg rating — 346,304 ratings
score: 282,
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3 people voted
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Open Season (Joe Pickett, #1)
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4.01 avg rating — 57,096 ratings
score: 199,
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2 people voted
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Dead Until Dark (Sookie Stackhouse, #1)
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Charlaine Harris (Goodreads Author)
3.97 avg rating — 557,856 ratings
score: 199,
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One for the Money (Stephanie Plum, #1)
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Janet Evanovich (Goodreads Author)
4.05 avg rating — 575,268 ratings
score: 193,
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2 people voted
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The Giver (The Giver, #1)
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Lois Lowry (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 2,756,212 ratings
score: 192,
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The Widows of Malabar Hill (Perveen Mistry, #1)
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Sujata Massey (Goodreads Author)
3.93 avg rating — 32,858 ratings
score: 191,
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The Gunslinger Born (Stephen King's The Dark Tower: Beginnings, #1)
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4.23 avg rating — 81,718 ratings
score: 191,
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Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1)
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Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 283,758 ratings
score: 191,
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2 people voted
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A Bollywood Affair (Bollywood, #1)
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Sonali Dev (Goodreads Author)
3.71 avg rating — 9,001 ratings
score: 100,
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Things Not Seen (Things, #1)
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3.89 avg rating — 26,766 ratings
score: 100,
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Leviathan (Leviathan, #1)
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Scott Westerfeld (Goodreads Author)
3.92 avg rating — 94,387 ratings
score: 100,
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Uglies (Uglies, #1)
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Scott Westerfeld (Goodreads Author)
3.84 avg rating — 703,701 ratings
score: 99,
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The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
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R.F. Kuang (Goodreads Author)
4.17 avg rating — 443,567 ratings
score: 98,
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Fergus Crane (Far-Flung Adventures, #1)
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Paul Stewart (Goodreads Author)
3.90 avg rating — 2,401 ratings
score: 98,
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Lament: The Faerie Queen's Deception (Books of Faerie, #1)
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Maggie Stiefvater (Goodreads Author)
3.66 avg rating — 33,794 ratings
score: 98,
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Mistborn: The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)
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Brandon Sanderson (Goodreads Author)
4.49 avg rating — 922,973 ratings
score: 98,
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The Silent Corner (Jane Hawk, #1)
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Dean Koontz (Goodreads Author)
3.92 avg rating — 39,290 ratings
score: 97,
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The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, #1)
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Brandon Sanderson (Goodreads Author)
4.66 avg rating — 640,703 ratings
score: 97,
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An Ember in the Ashes (An Ember in the Ashes, #1)
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Sabaa Tahir (Goodreads Author)
4.24 avg rating — 338,941 ratings
score: 96,
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Fear Nothing (Moonlight Bay, #1)
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Dean Koontz (Goodreads Author)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 39,156 ratings
score: 96,
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Area X: The Southern Reach Trilogy (Southern Reach, #1-3)
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Jeff VanderMeer (Goodreads Author)
3.86 avg rating — 10,363 ratings
score: 95,
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1 person voted
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Black Wolves (Black Wolves, #1)
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Kate Elliott (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 1,658 ratings
score: 94,
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The Town House (House, #1)
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4.20 avg rating — 1,518 ratings
score: 94,
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The Suffolk Trilogy: Knight's Acre / The Homecoming / The Lonely Furrow (Suffolk, #1-3)
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4.39 avg rating — 94 ratings
score: 93,
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Gad's Hall (Gad's Hall, #1)
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3.79 avg rating — 448 ratings
score: 92,
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Angelfall (Penryn & the End of Days, #1)
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Susan Ee (Goodreads Author)
4.10 avg rating — 197,817 ratings
score: 91,
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1 person voted
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Beautiful Bastard (Beautiful Bastard, #1)
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Christina Lauren (Goodreads Author)
3.89 avg rating — 222,102 ratings
score: 89,
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1 person voted
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A Study in Scarlet Women (Lady Sherlock, #1)
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Sherry Thomas (Goodreads Author)
3.87 avg rating — 39,935 ratings
score: 87,
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Bared to You (Crossfire, #1)
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Sylvia Day (Goodreads Author)
4.13 avg rating — 547,675 ratings
score: 86,
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list created February 26th, 2021
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Feb 26, 2021 12:29AM
The Hunt for Red October, currently #2, says '(Jack Ryan, #3)'. That hardly sounds like
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Hunt for Red October is the first book in the series by publication order. The books Goodreads lists as 1 and 2 are prequels.
Joe wrote: "Hunt for Red October is the first book in the series by publication order. The books Goodreads lists as 1 and 2 are prequels."Thanks for explaining 👍
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