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A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking
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4.06 avg rating — 65,155 ratings
score: 578,
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The Colour of Magic (Discworld, #1)
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3.99 avg rating — 419,287 ratings
score: 475,
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5 people voted
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One Fell Sweep (Innkeeper Chronicles, #3)
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Ilona Andrews (Goodreads Author)
4.44 avg rating — 35,576 ratings
score: 376,
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4 people voted
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Sweep in Peace (Innkeeper Chronicles, #2)
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Ilona Andrews (Goodreads Author)
4.32 avg rating — 42,018 ratings
score: 374,
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4 people voted
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Clean Sweep (Innkeeper Chronicles, #1)
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Ilona Andrews (Goodreads Author)
4.15 avg rating — 62,656 ratings
score: 368,
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4 people voted
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Ship of Destiny (Liveship Traders, #3)
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Robin Hobb (Goodreads Author)
4.33 avg rating — 87,420 ratings
score: 368,
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4 people voted
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The Mad Ship (Liveship Traders, #2)
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Robin Hobb (Goodreads Author)
4.33 avg rating — 82,567 ratings
score: 364,
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4 people voted
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Ship of Magic (Liveship Traders, #1)
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Robin Hobb (Goodreads Author)
4.23 avg rating — 102,878 ratings
score: 360,
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4 people voted
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
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4.47 avg rating — 11,273,898 ratings
score: 292,
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3 people voted
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Sweep with Me (Innkeeper Chronicles, #4.5)
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Ilona Andrews (Goodreads Author)
4.38 avg rating — 20,946 ratings
score: 284,
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3 people voted
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The Ship Who Sang (Brainship, #1)
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4.04 avg rating — 26,434 ratings
score: 255,
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3 people voted
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Fire Touched (Mercy Thompson, #9)
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4.38 avg rating — 54,316 ratings
score: 199,
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2 people voted
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Honor Among Thieves (The Honors, #1)
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3.89 avg rating — 5,958 ratings
score: 197,
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2 people voted
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Foundryside (The Founders Trilogy, #1)
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Robert Jackson Bennett (Goodreads Author)
4.16 avg rating — 53,902 ratings
score: 196,
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2 people voted
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Alliance (Linesman, #2)
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S.K. Dunstall (Goodreads Author)
4.14 avg rating — 2,010 ratings
score: 185,
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2 people voted
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Linesman (Linesman, #1)
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S.K. Dunstall (Goodreads Author)
4.03 avg rating — 3,385 ratings
score: 185,
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2 people voted
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The Tamuli Omnibus (The Tamuli, #1-3)
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4.30 avg rating — 3,437 ratings
score: 182,
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2 people voted
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Confluence (Linesman, #3)
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S.K. Dunstall (Goodreads Author)
4.25 avg rating — 1,604 ratings
score: 182,
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2 people voted
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The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, #1)
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Becky Chambers (Goodreads Author)
4.17 avg rating — 182,148 ratings
score: 180,
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2 people voted
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Summon the Keeper (Keeper's Chronicles #1)
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3.96 avg rating — 5,808 ratings
score: 175,
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2 people voted
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| 21 |
Artificial Condition (The Murderbot Diaries, #2)
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Martha Wells (Goodreads Author)
4.25 avg rating — 207,554 ratings
score: 165,
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2 people voted
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Swordheart (Swordheart, #1)
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4.08 avg rating — 39,878 ratings
score: 163,
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2 people voted
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By the Sword (Valdemar, #9)
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Mercedes Lackey (Goodreads Author)
4.27 avg rating — 21,535 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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Magyk (Septimus Heap, #1)
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3.86 avg rating — 124,640 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow (Nevermoor, #1)
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Jessica Townsend (Goodreads Author)
4.31 avg rating — 75,112 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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| 23 |
Parting Shadows (Toccata System #1)
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Kate Sheeran Swed (Goodreads Author)
4.16 avg rating — 80 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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Rumo & His Miraculous Adventures (Zamonia, #3)
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4.52 avg rating — 13,318 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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Servant of Earth (The Shards of Magic, #1)
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Sarah Hawley (Goodreads Author)
4.20 avg rating — 12,180 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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The Wonder Feast: A measure of magical attack power
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N. Sakr (Goodreads Author)
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 7 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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Sparrow Hill Road (Ghost Roads, #1)
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Seanan McGuire (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 6,966 ratings
score: 99,
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1 person voted
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Ritual Magic (World of the Lupi, #10)
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Eileen Wilks (Goodreads Author)
4.26 avg rating — 3,289 ratings
score: 99,
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1 person voted
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Fyre (Septimus Heap, #7)
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4.30 avg rating — 17,249 ratings
score: 99,
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1 person voted
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The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making (Fairyland, #1)
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Catherynne M. Valente (Goodreads Author)
3.95 avg rating — 41,537 ratings
score: 99,
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1 person voted
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The Misenchanted Sword (Ethshar, #1)
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Lawrence Watt-Evans (Goodreads Author)
4.03 avg rating — 3,765 ratings
score: 99,
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1 person voted
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The Magic Pudding - Illustrated, Annotated, Criticized Version
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it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 6 ratings
score: 99,
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1 person voted
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Archangel Down (Archangel Project, #1)
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C. Gockel (Goodreads Author)
3.80 avg rating — 2,714 ratings
score: 98,
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1 person voted
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| 37 |
Warbreaker
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Brandon Sanderson (Goodreads Author)
4.30 avg rating — 273,296 ratings
score: 97,
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1 person voted
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The Dungeon That Walks Like A Man (The Mimic Dungeon, #1)
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Alex Raizman (Goodreads Author)
4.20 avg rating — 280 ratings
score: 97,
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1 person voted
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| 39 |
An Older Kind of Magic
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3.84 avg rating — 73 ratings
score: 96,
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1 person voted
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A Red Heart of Memories (Red Heart of Memories, #1)
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4.08 avg rating — 775 ratings
score: 94,
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1 person voted
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Past the Size of Dreaming (Red Heart of Memories, #2)
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4.08 avg rating — 506 ratings
score: 93,
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1 person voted
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| 42 |
Brother to Dragons, Companion to Owls
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Jane Lindskold (Goodreads Author)
4.02 avg rating — 869 ratings
score: 88,
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1 person voted
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Miss Spelled (The Kitchen Witch, #1)
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Morgana Best (Goodreads Author)
3.85 avg rating — 4,800 ratings
score: 88,
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1 person voted
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| 44 |
The Spirit War (The Legend of Eli Monpress, #4)
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Rachel Aaron (Goodreads Author)
4.24 avg rating — 6,270 ratings
score: 86,
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1 person voted
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| 45 |
In the Stacks
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Scott Lynch (Goodreads Author)
4.05 avg rating — 1,524 ratings
score: 85,
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1 person voted
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| 46 |
Bone Rider
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4.27 avg rating — 2,094 ratings
score: 84,
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1 person voted
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The Spirit Thief (The Legend of Eli Monpress, #1)
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Rachel Aaron (Goodreads Author)
3.88 avg rating — 10,075 ratings
score: 84,
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1 person voted
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| 48 |
For We Are Many (Bobiverse, #2)
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Dennis E. Taylor (Goodreads Author)
4.37 avg rating — 71,569 ratings
score: 83,
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1 person voted
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Ancillary Mercy (Imperial Radch, #3)
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Ann Leckie (Goodreads Author)
4.22 avg rating — 49,604 ratings
score: 80,
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1 person voted
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Ancillary Sword (Imperial Radch #2)
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Ann Leckie (Goodreads Author)
4.08 avg rating — 60,055 ratings
score: 79,
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1 person voted
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Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch, #1)
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Ann Leckie (Goodreads Author)
3.99 avg rating — 117,878 ratings
score: 78,
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1 person voted
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The Fairy Godmother (Five Hundred Kingdoms, #1)
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Mercedes Lackey (Goodreads Author)
3.99 avg rating — 19,414 ratings
score: 77,
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1 person voted
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Winds of Fate (Mage Winds, #1)
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Mercedes Lackey (Goodreads Author)
4.08 avg rating — 17,640 ratings
score: 76,
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1 person voted
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The City Who Fought (Brainship, #4)
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4,855 ratings
score: 72,
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1 person voted
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The Ship Who Searched (Brainship, #3)
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4.11 avg rating — 11,981 ratings
score: 71,
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1 person voted
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The Ship Who Saved the Worlds (Brainship, #5-6)
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4.28 avg rating — 1,327 ratings
score: 70,
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1 person voted
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The City and The Ship (Brainship, #4, #7)
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4.17 avg rating — 1,827 ratings
score: 69,
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Brain Ships (Brainship, #2-3)
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4.27 avg rating — 2,112 ratings
score: 68,
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