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Spring 2012 Next Chapter Favorites
Our favorites of the season
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Defending Jacob: A Novel
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William Landay (Goodreads Author)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 309,339 ratings
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The Help
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Kathryn Stockett (Goodreads Author)
4.47 avg rating — 2,975,688 ratings
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The Snow Child
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Eowyn Ivey (Goodreads Author)
4.01 avg rating — 167,692 ratings
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The Night Circus
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Erin Morgenstern (Goodreads Author)
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The Dovekeepers
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Alice Hoffman (Goodreads Author)
4.07 avg rating — 79,476 ratings
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The Art of Hearing Heartbeats (The Art of Hearing Heartbeats, #1)
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Jan-Philipp Sendker (Goodreads Author)
4.03 avg rating — 87,474 ratings
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Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption
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The Language of Flowers
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Vanessa Diffenbaugh (Goodreads Author)
4.09 avg rating — 230,952 ratings
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Before I Go to Sleep
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S.J. Watson (Goodreads Author)
3.90 avg rating — 363,269 ratings
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A Discovery of Witches (All Souls, #1)
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Deborah Harkness (Goodreads Author)
4.02 avg rating — 545,526 ratings
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The Dry Grass of August
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Anna Jean Mayhew (Goodreads Author)
3.92 avg rating — 23,868 ratings
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A Good American
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Alex George (Goodreads Author)
3.73 avg rating — 7,947 ratings
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We Need to Talk About Kevin
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Lionel Shriver (Goodreads Author)
4.08 avg rating — 208,316 ratings
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Wonder (Wonder, #1)
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4.36 avg rating — 1,175,753 ratings
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In Cold Blood
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4.09 avg rating — 714,749 ratings
score: 888,
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The Dressmaker of Khair Khana: Five Sisters, One Remarkable Family, and the Woman Who Risked Everything to Keep Them Safe
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Gayle Tzemach Lemmon (Goodreads Author)
3.76 avg rating — 18,292 ratings
score: 778,
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8 people voted
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The Story of Beautiful Girl
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Rachel Simon (Goodreads Author)
3.94 avg rating — 27,281 ratings
score: 777,
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8 people voted
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The Lost Daughter
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Lucy Ferriss (Goodreads Author)
3.26 avg rating — 1,329 ratings
score: 587,
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6 people voted
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Still Missing
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Chevy Stevens (Goodreads Author)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 102,699 ratings
score: 586,
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I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
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4.16 avg rating — 614,522 ratings
score: 493,
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The House I Loved
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Tatiana de Rosnay (Goodreads Author)
3.13 avg rating — 13,224 ratings
score: 484,
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Doomsday Book (Oxford Time Travel, #1)
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4.03 avg rating — 63,802 ratings
score: 396,
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The Wolf Gift (The Wolf Gift Chronicles, #1)
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3.58 avg rating — 29,062 ratings
score: 389,
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4 people voted
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Finding Jack
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Gareth Crocker (Goodreads Author)
4.21 avg rating — 1,027 ratings
score: 387,
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4 people voted
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Girlchild
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Tupelo Hassman (Goodreads Author)
3.53 avg rating — 6,052 ratings
score: 385,
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4 people voted
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The House Girl
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Tara Conklin (Goodreads Author)
3.77 avg rating — 62,991 ratings
score: 384,
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4 people voted
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The Chalk Girl (Kathleen Mallory, #10)
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4.04 avg rating — 3,622 ratings
score: 381,
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The Haunting of Maddy Clare
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Simone St. James (Goodreads Author)
3.84 avg rating — 33,660 ratings
score: 374,
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4 people voted
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Bridget Jones’s Diary (Bridget Jones, #1)
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Helen Fielding (Goodreads Author)
3.81 avg rating — 1,015,461 ratings
score: 299,
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May the Road Rise Up to Meet You
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3.96 avg rating — 2,783 ratings
score: 296,
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3 people voted
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Out of My Mind (Out of My Mind, #1)
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Sharon M. Draper (Goodreads Author)
4.35 avg rating — 184,501 ratings
score: 295,
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King Peggy: An American Secretary, Her Royal Destiny, and the Inspiring Story of How She Changed an African Village
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3.90 avg rating — 2,541 ratings
score: 283,
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3 people voted
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The Wiccan Diaries (The Wiccan Diaries, #1)
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T.D. McMichael (Goodreads Author)
3.78 avg rating — 129 ratings
score: 200,
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2 people voted
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The Years of Rice and Salt
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3.76 avg rating — 15,257 ratings
score: 200,
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Chocolate Lenin
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Graham Diamond (Goodreads Author)
3.53 avg rating — 51 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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Neophyte (The Wiccan Diaries, #2)
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T.D. McMichael (Goodreads Author)
4.07 avg rating — 72 ratings
score: 99,
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1 person voted
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Die Welle
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3.62 avg rating — 40,601 ratings
score: 98,
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1 person voted
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Gone With a Handsomer Man
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Michael Lee West (Goodreads Author)
3.62 avg rating — 2,633 ratings
score: 90,
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1 person voted
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Da Vinci's Ghost: Genius, Obsession, and How Leonardo Created the World in His Own Image
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Toby Lester (Goodreads Author)
3.64 avg rating — 1,166 ratings
score: 86,
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list created February 13th, 2012
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Apr 06, 2012 02:24PM
Are these a group's favorite reads this spring, or anyone's favorite reads this spring? Couldn't quite tell from the title.
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Susanna, it started out as a list of possibilities for our bookshop's Top 20 Spring reads, and then has grown from there! So tell us what your fave is of the season.
What a phenomenal list! I immediately added most of these to my amazon wishlist.
Cmariewt wrote: "What a phenomenal list! I immediately added most of these to my amazon wishlist."May I suggest that you find them at your local indie bookshop?
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