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A curated appendix E from the players handbook. This version has some minor changes for a book club, mostly the removal of any books over 800 pages and some changes for taste (like replacing The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett with Mort & Guard Guards by the same author as they are the recommended starting locations.
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The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
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4.30 avg rating — 4,389,978 ratings
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The Book of Three (The Chronicles of Prydain, #1)
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3.98 avg rating — 82,621 ratings
score: 196,
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Mort (Discworld, #4; Death, #1)
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4.24 avg rating — 268,247 ratings
score: 195,
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Guards! Guards! (Discworld, #8; City Watch, #1)
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4.34 avg rating — 231,941 ratings
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Faeries
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3.91 avg rating — 73,861 ratings
score: 159,
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A Princess of Mars (Barsoom, #1)
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3.81 avg rating — 60,054 ratings
score: 98,
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The Black Company (The Chronicles of the Black Company, #1)
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3.93 avg rating — 53,866 ratings
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A Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle, #1)
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4.01 avg rating — 353,900 ratings
score: 96,
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Throne of the Crescent Moon (The Crescent Moon Kingdoms, #1)
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Saladin Ahmed (Goodreads Author)
3.65 avg rating — 11,925 ratings
score: 93,
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Three Hearts and Three Lions
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3.84 avg rating — 5,453 ratings
score: 92,
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The Compleat Enchanter
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3.97 avg rating — 2,515 ratings
score: 91,
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The King of Elfland's Daughter
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3.81 avg rating — 8,826 ratings
score: 90,
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Dragons of Autumn Twilight (Dragonlance: Chronicles, #1)
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4.01 avg rating — 122,057 ratings
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The Long Tomorrow
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3.68 avg rating — 2,781 ratings
score: 88,
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The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian (Conan the Cimmerian, #1)
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4.16 avg rating — 14,621 ratings
score: 87,
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The Sword of Rhiannon
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3.53 avg rating — 973 ratings
score: 86,
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Witch World (Witch World Series 1: Estcarp Cycle, #1)
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3.80 avg rating — 5,065 ratings
score: 85,
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Elric of Melniboné (The Elric Saga, #1)
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3.89 avg rating — 30,663 ratings
score: 84,
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The Forgotten Beasts of Eld
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4.07 avg rating — 20,921 ratings
score: 83,
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The Silmarillion
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4.03 avg rating — 329,331 ratings
score: 82,
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The Best of H.P. Lovecraft: Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre
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4.30 avg rating — 30,092 ratings
score: 81,
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The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastard, #1)
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Scott Lynch (Goodreads Author)
4.30 avg rating — 333,180 ratings
score: 80,
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The Watchers Out of Time
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3.72 avg rating — 1,075 ratings
score: 79,
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The High Crusade
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3.88 avg rating — 4,664 ratings
score: 78,
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The Sword of Shannara (The Original Shannara Trilogy, #1)
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Terry Brooks (Goodreads Author)
3.77 avg rating — 100,962 ratings
score: 77,
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1 person voted
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The Broken Sword
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3.87 avg rating — 7,499 ratings
score: 76,
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Gods and Fighting Men: The Story of the Tuatha De Danaan and the Fianna of Ireland
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4.02 avg rating — 639 ratings
score: 75,
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Range of Ghosts (Eternal Sky, #1)
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Elizabeth Bear (Goodreads Author)
3.68 avg rating — 3,930 ratings
score: 74,
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The Face In The Frost
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3.80 avg rating — 2,453 ratings
score: 73,
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What Mad Universe
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3.94 avg rating — 1,359 ratings
score: 72,
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At the Earth's Core (Pellucidar #1)
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3.76 avg rating — 4,950 ratings
score: 71,
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Pirates of Venus (Venus, #1)
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3.69 avg rating — 1,819 ratings
score: 70,
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The Warrior of World's End (Gondwane Epic, Bk. 1)
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3.65 avg rating — 184 ratings
score: 69,
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The Dying Earth (The Dying Earth, #1)
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3.88 avg rating — 10,705 ratings
score: 68,
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The Goblin Tower (The Reluctant King #1)
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3.52 avg rating — 634 ratings
score: 67,
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Lest Darkness Fall
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3.92 avg rating — 3,206 ratings
score: 66,
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1 person voted
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The Carnelian Cube
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3.16 avg rating — 55 ratings
score: 65,
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The Gods of Pegana
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3.83 avg rating — 1,703 ratings
score: 64,
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The Sword of Welleran and Other Stories
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3.97 avg rating — 658 ratings
score: 63,
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1 person voted
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The Maker of Universes (World of Tiers, #1)
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3.81 avg rating — 2,147 ratings
score: 62,
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Kothar: Barbarian Swordsman (Kothar, #1)
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3.36 avg rating — 194 ratings
score: 61,
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Kyrik: Warlock Warrior (Kyrik, #1)
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3.31 avg rating — 130 ratings
score: 60,
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The Night Land
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3.47 avg rating — 1,871 ratings
score: 58,
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The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (Inheritance, #1)
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N.K. Jemisin (Goodreads Author)
3.89 avg rating — 81,001 ratings
score: 57,
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1 person voted
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The Killing Moon (Dreamblood, #1)
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N.K. Jemisin (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 23,035 ratings
score: 56,
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1 person voted
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The Eyes of the Dragon
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Stephen King (Goodreads Author)
3.95 avg rating — 142,214 ratings
score: 55,
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1 person voted
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Hiero's Journey (Hiero, #1)
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4.06 avg rating — 1,473 ratings
score: 54,
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Swords and Deviltry (Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, #1)
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3.86 avg rating — 13,437 ratings
score: 53,
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Burn, Witch, Burn!/Creep, Shadow, Creep!
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 217 ratings
score: 52,
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Dwellers in the Mirage
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3.70 avg rating — 460 ratings
score: 51,
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The Moon Pool (Dr. Goodwin #1)
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3.33 avg rating — 1,149 ratings
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