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Ethan Frome
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Sarum: The Novel of England
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Edward Rutherfurd (Goodreads Author)
4.08 avg rating — 46,087 ratings
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God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything
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The Odyssey
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Left Behind (Left Behind, #1)
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3.86 avg rating — 245,263 ratings
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Centaur Aisle (Xanth, #4)
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Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
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Silas Marner
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A Discovery of Witches (All Souls, #1)
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Deborah Harkness (Goodreads Author)
4.02 avg rating — 549,004 ratings
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| 110 |
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Sense and Sensibility
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The Lord of the Rings
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Persuasion
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Katherine
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The Midnight Library
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Matt Haig (Goodreads Author)
3.98 avg rating — 2,359,229 ratings
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No God but One: Allah or Jesus?: A Former Muslim Investigates the Evidence for Islam and Christianity
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4.61 avg rating — 3,904 ratings
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الحقيقة الغائبة
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3.93 avg rating — 2,894 ratings
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Le Parfum
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4.04 avg rating — 540,039 ratings
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| 118 |
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Ontwaken & De Strijd (The Vampire Diaries, #1-2)
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3.68 avg rating — 94,000 ratings
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Raw (RAW Family, #1)
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Belle Aurora (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 42,648 ratings
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1984
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Nation
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Cry, the Beloved Country
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Aparição
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The War of the Worlds
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The Conspiracy Against the Human Race
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Essential Perl 5 for Web Professionals
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2.75 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Мы
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3.88 avg rating — 109,990 ratings
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| 126 |
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Hunted
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3.93 avg rating — 190,237 ratings
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| 126 |
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The Book Thief
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Markus Zusak (Goodreads Author)
4.39 avg rating — 2,833,465 ratings
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| 130 |
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2008 49 CFR 100-185, LARGE PRINT (2008 Title 49: Transportation, LARGE PRINT)
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| 130 |
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Survive the Night
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Riley Sager (Goodreads Author)
3.52 avg rating — 177,932 ratings
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| 132 |
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What I Loved
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4.10 avg rating — 22,047 ratings
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
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| 134 |
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The Unofficial Hunger Games Cookbook: From Lamb Stew to "Groosling" - More than 150 Recipes Inspired by The Hunger Games Trilogy (Unofficial Cookbook Gift Series)
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Emily Ansara Baines (Goodreads Author)
4.08 avg rating — 1,094 ratings
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| 134 |
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Leaves of Grass
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| 134 |
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القرآن الكريم
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4.38 avg rating — 71,797 ratings
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Paradise Lost
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3.85 avg rating — 179,756 ratings
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The Turn of the Screw
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3.38 avg rating — 175,421 ratings
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| 134 |
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The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
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Dan Brown (Goodreads Author)
3.93 avg rating — 2,496,128 ratings
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A Story of Yesterday
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4.53 avg rating — 18,053 ratings
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| 141 |
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Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith and Love
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3.75 avg rating — 30,232 ratings
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| 141 |
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Johnny Tremain: A Story of Boston in Revolt
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3.70 avg rating — 50,860 ratings
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| 143 |
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Sex manners for advanced lovers
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2.60 avg rating — 5 ratings
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| 144 |
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Uglies (Uglies, #1)
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Scott Westerfeld (Goodreads Author)
3.84 avg rating — 704,359 ratings
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Foucault's Pendulum
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3.91 avg rating — 74,248 ratings
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Prince Caspian (Chronicles of Narnia, #2)
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3.98 avg rating — 477,648 ratings
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Daisy Jones & The Six
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Taylor Jenkins Reid (Goodreads Author)
4.20 avg rating — 1,809,990 ratings
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| 147 |
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Out of the Silent Planet (The Space Trilogy, #1)
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3.93 avg rating — 105,035 ratings
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Island of the Blue Dolphins
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3.88 avg rating — 347,655 ratings
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Answering Jihad: A Better Way Forward
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4.38 avg rating — 1,456 ratings
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream
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3.94 avg rating — 572,735 ratings
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Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus: A Devout Muslim Encounters Christianity
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4.58 avg rating — 39,601 ratings
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| 153 |
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Everneath (Everneath, #1)
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Brodi Ashton (Goodreads Author)
3.75 avg rating — 46,757 ratings
score: 186,
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In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin
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Erik Larson (Goodreads Author)
3.89 avg rating — 217,318 ratings
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The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing
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Marie Kondō (Goodreads Author)
3.88 avg rating — 388,988 ratings
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The Land of Painted Caves (Earth's Children, #6)
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3.45 avg rating — 36,757 ratings
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| 156 |
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The Shining (The Shining, #1)
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Stephen King (Goodreads Author)
4.28 avg rating — 1,671,529 ratings
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| 158 |
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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)
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4.22 avg rating — 1,989,427 ratings
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| 159 |
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The Darkness That Comes Before (The Prince of Nothing, #1)
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3.84 avg rating — 23,322 ratings
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The Crucible
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3.61 avg rating — 456,969 ratings
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Animal Farm
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4.01 avg rating — 4,437,072 ratings
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The Elegance of the Hedgehog
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3.80 avg rating — 197,807 ratings
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Jude the Obscure
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3.83 avg rating — 75,316 ratings
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A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2)
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4.42 avg rating — 1,009,331 ratings
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The Blue Flower
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3.43 avg rating — 6,568 ratings
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Fantastic Voyage II: Destination Brain
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3.60 avg rating — 2,585 ratings
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Good Harbor
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Anita Diamant (Goodreads Author)
3.31 avg rating — 8,626 ratings
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The Forest House (Avalon, #2)
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3.88 avg rating — 19,701 ratings
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The Constant Princess (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #6)
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Philippa Gregory (Goodreads Author)
3.93 avg rating — 166,525 ratings
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| 169 |
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Confessions of a Shopaholic (Shopaholic, #1)
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Sophie Kinsella (Goodreads Author)
3.71 avg rating — 800,220 ratings
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The Power Of One
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4.36 avg rating — 93,705 ratings
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Der Nachsommer
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3.82 avg rating — 342 ratings
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Crazy Ladies
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Michael Lee West (Goodreads Author)
3.84 avg rating — 3,546 ratings
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Lammas Night
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3.97 avg rating — 1,001 ratings
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| 173 |
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Gut gegen Nordwind (Gut gegen Nordwind, #1)
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3.85 avg rating — 30,339 ratings
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Swann’s Way (In Search of Lost Time, #1)
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| 177 |
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The Dovekeepers
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Alice Hoffman (Goodreads Author)
4.07 avg rating — 79,640 ratings
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| 178 |
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South of Broad
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3.87 avg rating — 50,439 ratings
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The Satanic Verses
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3.71 avg rating — 71,035 ratings
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The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1)
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Rick Riordan (Goodreads Author)
4.31 avg rating — 3,376,525 ratings
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The Hours
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Michael Cunningham (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 147,745 ratings
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Beowulf
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The Chosen (Reuven Malter, #1)
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4.07 avg rating — 96,719 ratings
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Evidence That Demands a Verdict, Volume 1: Historical Evidences for the Christian Faith
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4.21 avg rating — 10,976 ratings
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The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
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4.03 avg rating — 67,218 ratings
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Thirteen Reasons Why
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Jay Asher (Goodreads Author)
3.84 avg rating — 1,018,870 ratings
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Little Fires Everywhere
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Celeste Ng (Goodreads Author)
4.07 avg rating — 1,295,854 ratings
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1984
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4.20 avg rating — 5,325,735 ratings
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Uncle Tom’s Cabin
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Artemis Fowl (Artemis Fowl, #1)
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3.86 avg rating — 560,144 ratings
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Big Summer
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Jennifer Weiner (Goodreads Author)
3.59 avg rating — 148,565 ratings
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A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
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The Lost Symbol (Robert Langdon, #3)
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Dan Brown (Goodreads Author)
3.76 avg rating — 646,657 ratings
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The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, #1)
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Brandon Sanderson (Goodreads Author)
4.66 avg rating — 645,289 ratings
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The Thrall's Tale
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Judith Lindbergh (Goodreads Author)
3.20 avg rating — 986 ratings
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Survival (The Guardians of Vesturon #1)
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A.M. Hargrove (Goodreads Author)
3.77 avg rating — 1,737 ratings
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Philosophy of Right
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Osman's Dream: The History of the Ottoman Empire
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The Little Women
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Katharine Weber (Goodreads Author)
3.45 avg rating — 372 ratings
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The Alchemist of Souls (Night's Masque, #1)
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Anne Lyle (Goodreads Author)
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Sep 27, 2012 07:59AM
Atlas Shrugged is pretty high up there! Didn't think it was terribly well written, but not exactly dull...
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I agree. I think many people are voting for "worst book" rather than "most boring book"... there's a difference!
Yes, I'm actually tempted to put Anna Karenina there, which i found boring in many places, especially at the start; as well as Middlemarch, but that's not to say i thought they were 'bad' books, - just long-winded.To me a boring book must fall into *at places it literally put me to sleep* category, or at the very least, they are books that i had to force myself on with.
Well my vote for Atlas Shrugged was just a spite vote against Adam Floridia's vote for Leaves of Grass- consider it a counter-punch or a weave-and-jab in an ongoing literary scuffle- it can be discounted (though I will never take it back...)
Traveller wrote: "Yes, I'm actually tempted to put Anna Karenina there, which i found boring in many places, especially at the start; as well as Middlemarch, but that's not to say i thought they were 'bad' books, - ..."Trudging through a difficult book can be boring. A payoff of some sort is necessary. Boring is just a waste of one's life, whereas difficult can bore me, but somehow enriches understanding, so the reading will be forced. I've forgotten most of the boring books I've read, but never the difficult ones.
Chance wrote: "Trudging through a difficult book can be boring. A payoff of some sort is necessary. Boring is just a waste of one's life, whereas difficult can bore me, but somehow enriches understanding, so the reading will be forced. I've forgotten most of the boring books I've read, but never the difficult ones. .."Good point, though i would hardly call Middlemarch difficult rather than that G.E. said what she said in too many words, if you know what i mean, there was lots that both she and Tolstoy could have cut out of their tomes, and the novels would have been the better, not the worse for it.
Now, to me, Gravity's Rainbow and Woolf's The Waves are difficult in the sense that they are dense, and confusing in some respects because you have to try and figure out what they are alluding to, and/or how the events stick together, but i wouldn't have thought of putting them on the boring book list. :)
I think i would also put the Benjy part of Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury in the 'difficult ' category, because it is so confusing regarding the temporal aspects. Maybe we should check and see if there's a difficult to read list, or start one. :)
The reason i went out looking for a 'boring' book list, is because i was looking for books that would be helpful in putting a person to sleep. So yeah, with boring i mean 'yawn' boring...
Traveller wrote: "Chance wrote: "Trudging through a difficult book can be boring. A payoff of some sort is necessary. Boring is just a waste of one's life, whereas difficult can bore me, but somehow enriches underst..."Books that have put me to sleep and remain unfinished:
Look Homeward, Angel
The Pilgrim's Progress
The Anatomy of Melancholy
The Hunger Games, really? This book can be called anything, but not boring from any angle.You really-really hate this book Traveller :-)
I am surprised that Atlas Shrugged is currently heading the list. There are plenty of rude words I can think of that apply well to the book, but it's a page-turner. Why would it have succeeded so well otherwise?My top pick was Hegel's Philosophy of Right... I'm willing to go Manny a mano against anyone who thinks it's more interesting than Atlas Shrugged. They can read Hegel and I'll read Rand, and we'll see who nods off first. Heck, I'll offer two to one.
Nilesh wrote: "The Hunger Games, really? This book can be called anything, but not boring from any angle.You really-really hate this book Traveller :-)"
I promise you i found it boring, Nilesh, which is part of why i hate it so much. Maybe it has a lot to do with my expectation though. I had delayed reading the book for a long time, because i thought it was going to be really, you know, - dark stuff. ..but in the end it was all about a callous teenage girl who managed to be boring even in spite of.. well, having to take part in Teh Hunger Games.
..and it's not the story itself, but the way it is told that i found yawnsome.
The way the 3rd person present tense was handled, was not only pedestrian and clunky, but it also took away all doubt that the narrator would indeed survive the story, since here she is, telling the story, and if she died, the story would end, but you know it still carries on through two sequels...
Manny wrote: "I am surprised that Atlas Shrugged is currently heading the list. There are plenty of rude words I can think of that apply well to the book, but it's a page-turner. Why would it have succeeded so w..."Timing plays a part. I'd discussed Rand's philosophy ad nauseum and knew folks determined to live by it before reading Atlas Shrugged, so my view was all events developed as propaganda rather than story = boring. Having not read Hegel, I might find it interesting enough to wade through, out of curiosity.
Manny wrote: "I am surprised that Atlas Shrugged is currently heading the list. There are plenty of rude words I can think of that apply well to the book, but it's a page-turner. Why would it have succeeded so w..."After someone else voted for Atlas Shrugged, i also voted for it, because i agree that the tone is so offputting that it's actually a kind of force-read by the end.
From what i've seen of Hegel's The Doctrine of Being, that might give your Hegel a go, Manny. Here is a small excerpt:
"They are not reciprocally sublated--the one does not sublate the other externally--but each sublates itself in itself and is in its own self the opposite of itself"
and so on.
But, i guess your Hegel might be boringer. (I know that's not really a word)
The question is: Do i really want to read both of them, in quick succession, in order to find out?
Oh, thanks, Manny, i've just remember more boring literature...
But...The Vampire Lestat was not...BORING! I also agree, that while The Hunger Games was...mediocre, it was not boring. If it had been boring, it wouldn't be that popular, today's kids (most of them) do not have the patience for boring novels, so...I really don't see how it was boring!
Traveller, I'm willing to take part in a Rand vs Hegel match. I have no opinions on who might win the all-Hegel championship. My doctor has advised that a close interest in this subject could be medically inadvisable.
Fatin wrote: "But...The Vampire Lestat was not...BORING! I also agree, that while The Hunger Games was...mediocre, it was not boring. If it had been boring, it wouldn't be that popular, today's kids (most of the..."I agree that Lestat and Anne Rice is not boring, whatever else they may be.
Although i love many children's books, i do find some of them boring, because they're written in too much of a simple tone, without any humor to sweeten the deal. I can read Dr Seuss, because it's funny..or Roald Dahl's books, which often seem to be directed at adults as much as children - take for instance his brilliant Fantastical Mr Fox.
..but when a book deals with a topic as dark as children killing children, (1)i want to see it handled with more...skill than i found in THG. Kids tend to be very uncritical readers indeed. Look at the stuff they read - Wolverine, Batman..- wait - actually i find Batman a lot less boring than Teh HG.
..but yeah, ok - Diary of a Wimpy Kid then. I mean, they (younger kids) find things like picking your nose and farting amusing. At my age, i'm afraid i don't anymore, and i know Teh HG is aimed at a young audience, but - like i said; the theme is dark, and - see (1) again.
Manny wrote: "Traveller, I'm willing to take part in a Rand vs Hegel match. I have no opinions on who might win the all-Hegel championship. My doctor has advised that a close interest in this subject could be me..."I'm willing to bet that Hegel will win hands-down :D
..but the question is: Who is going to read these to give us a verdict?
*sneaks away*
Traveller, yes, I agree the books could have been handled better, but that does not mean that the book was boring. Anyway, the point is, most YA writers, do not write very well. (Of course there are exceptions, that's why I said most, I'm a HUGE HUGE fan of Dahl's short stories aimed at adults, and his children stories aren't all that bad either.) They're simple reads, that don't really deal with a lot, and honestly, you don't even have to think while you read them, which is precisely why they cannot be boring .
I personally think the last book in The Hunger Games trilogy explored some dark themes quite well, the book was very rushed and there were plots but it was realistic. (view spoiler)[ Finnick's death was...perfect. It was barely paid attention, there was no reason for it, and it just..happened. Which is exactly what happens in war. (hide spoiler)]
Anyway, I just...and this is my opinion, I just think that you're meaning to say you disliked the book, and are calling it boring when it's actually not.
Nope i stick with my guns, i found it boring. I did not find it an interesting, stimulating book. So boring in fact, that i simply couldn't force myself to carry on with the sequels, and therefore i have no idea of the spoiler you mention. I could hardly force myself to finish the first book.Perhaps i will find the sequels less so, but in any case, i only voted for the first book in the trilogy, and that's the one that i found boring, :)
I'm sorry if you really liked the book, but hey, there are books in this list of boring books that i personally love, and i don't get all sore that other people find them boring. That's just how life is, some people's boring is other people's exciting.
I would hardly say that Roald Dahl deals with 'not a lot'
I think he deals with a great deal in the book i mentioned, for instance, Fantastical Mr Fox.
There's a ton of issues in there.
...and i love Batman- the Batman comic has always been one of my faves, and i will always love him.
What i meant by mentioning those comics was, that kids are attracted to a different kind of literature than adults are, and they will often like literature in which the author exploits certain ...ok, i have to go - will discuss in more depth later, but suffice to say, i didn't mean to down Batman. :P
No, I did not love The Hunger Games, I enjoyed them a little more than Meg Cabot, but...no, not love. So I'm not upset about you finding something I love, boring.
Fatin wrote: "No, I did not love The Hunger Games, I enjoyed them a little more than Meg Cabot, but...no, not love. So I'm not upset about you finding something I love, boring. I just don't understand how you fo..."I think i know where you're coming from, since the theme of the book is not boring. Maybe you read the first book while it was still 'fresher', but by the time i read it, there was already so much controversy about it, that i knew quite a bit about it before i even started; and i think i felt let down compared to what i was expecting..
If i told you a book or film was pretty bad, and you then went in with that expectation, chances are you'll find it not so bad, because you were expecting it to be really bad, see what i mean?
Sigh, maybe i'll just cancel my vote, since i'm probably in a minority re finding it boring...
I found the Hunger Games boring, too, so muc so I couldn't get very far into it. Maybe it would have been more exciting later. The main reason is that it was so trite and predictable and depressing. I honestly did find it boring. I too loved at least one book on this list but that doesn't mean someone else wouldn't find it boring.
I do agree that some of the books I hated weren't boring, they just made me mad.
Traveller wrote: "Fatin wrote: "No, I did not love The Hunger Games, I enjoyed them a little more than Meg Cabot, but...no, not love. So I'm not upset about you finding something I love, boring. I just don't underst..."No, no! Your opinion is just as important as anybody else's. Yes, I read the book early on, so I didn't have many expectations about it. The only thing I'd heard was that Meyer (Twilight series) liked it, which really had no affect on my opinion of the book at all. But yes, i get what you mean. I've gone into things people found to be so extra-ordinary that I expected them to be but they only let me down because I expected that much.
Scott wrote: "There is a serious problem with this poll: many (most?) voters confounded their worst with the most boring. Its clear if you look at the top 50. Many of these books while bad (=insignificant or ..."You are right there. I feel rather bad that i invited all my friends to vote on it before checking it out properly first.
I should simply have started my own list, that asks for books that are guaranteed to put you to sleep; since that is exactly what i and a few fellow insomniacs are looking for - books that are so... dull, that reading them will put you to sleep if indulged in during a bout of insomnia.
I must beg to differ with you about Catcher in the Rye though... - i didn't see it in the list or else i would definitely have voted for it. I haven't read many books that are quite as snore-inducing.. please, i would like to know why so many people love this book. What's to love? Being privy to the inner world and thought-processes of a teenage boy isn't quite my idea of stimulating, exciting reading, i guess.
I also wondered what Hemingway and Garcia Marquez was doing there- in fact they've listed my favorite Hemingway.... oh well.
Catcher in the Rye is one if those books where I can understand what the author was doing and why it was "groundbreaking" but I had to force myself to keep going because it was so incredibly dull. There's nothing like a computer manual to put you to sleep Traveller. :)
Traveller wrote: "Yes, I'm actually tempted to put Anna Karenina there, which i found boring in many places, especially at the start; as well as Middlemarch, but that's not to say i thought they were 'bad' books, - ..."
I also found that it got very boring about 3/4 of the way into it. He just rambles on and on like someone who loves the sound of their own voice. thanks for adding it.
I also found that it got very boring about 3/4 of the way into it. He just rambles on and on like someone who loves the sound of their own voice. thanks for adding it.
I really don't understand why several of these books are on the list... just because a book doesn't fit your preference doesn't make it "boring."
Let's face it. Reading is subjective. What fascinates one person will bore another to tears. I, for example, have never been able to finish a Jodi Picoult book while some folks adore her. On the other hand, I've read The Scarlet Letter several times. I can even objectively say a book is well written but never become engaged by the story.
Victoria wrote: "Let's face it. Reading is subjective. What fascinates one person will bore another to tears. I, for example, have never been able to finish a Jodi Picoult book while some folks adore her. On the ot..."
Very true!
Very true!
For the most part I loved most of these books! Jane Eyre frustrates me, so I voted for her books. I even loved Moby Dick which a lot of people find boring. I noticed many of these books were old/classic literature. That is the meat I was raised on!
you know, pride and prejudice is quiet fun.
Some of my favourite books on that list.....goes to show that reading appreciation is highly subjective, and there's absolutely nothing wrong with that.....I'd have to put The Idiot high up on that list
Please this is such a stupid list it makes no sense Books are not boring no book is what's boring to you
You see is exciting to another
I found Christopher Morley's The Haunted Bookstore (1917)
To be amazing yet others hate it claiming it's boring
Wuthering Heights loved it yet hated by many who find it boring
The Great Gatsby I found less then a blast yet it's regarded
By many of the worlds elite writers as being in the Top five books in history so there you go
This list pointless
Can't say a book ever actually bored me.... Even (most of the) books I didn't like, I still finished. Luckily for me there were only very few of these :-)
Many of these books are amazing and classics.
PUT DRAGONHAVEN BY ROBIN MCKINLY ON THIER NOW!
majority of these books were adapted to film :////
Hosanna wrote: "majority of these books were adapted to film :////"Yes, and that is because they are NOT boring! Twilight is NOT boring - its scary! James is a terrifying character. Some do not understand what the word boring means.
Doug wrote: "Please this is such a stupid list it makes no sense Books are not boring no book is what's boring to you
You see is exciting to another
I found Christopher Morley's The Haunted Bookstore (1917)
..."
I agree its very pillock.
Nilesh wrote: "The Hunger Games, really? This book can be called anything, but not boring from any angle.You really-really hate this book Traveller :-)"
hunger games was really boring..the author's style of writing leaves you wanting more from the plot she is handling...also her writing style lacks imagination.
Animal Farm is on this list 3 times so a merge is needed but the list is so big it might be impossible to do one!
Winston wrote: "The bible should be #1. How many "begats" do they need to put in there?"Oh, The Book of Mormon is even worse as it says over and over a thousand times: "And thus it came to pass........" A phrase copied from the Bible.
Manny wrote: "I am surprised that Atlas Shrugged is currently heading the list. There are plenty of rude words I can think of that apply well to the book, but it's a page-turner. Why would it have succeeded so w..."~~~~~~
I agree as that is baffling. People are strange.
I read to relax from my hectic day (almost all of them are) and want to read something that I enjoy and that is entertaining. I have always been of the attitude and mindset that life is too short to read crappy books. If I am reading something that is boring the crap out of me, I have absolutely no problem, whatsoever, DNFing a book.
Geez, Autumn.There are a couple of surprises on this list, meaning I loved them!
But also found a few that I agree are pretty disappointing reads.
Cheers from CB
Oh, please, why would anyone think Dune is boring? It's not. Dune is not a boring book.
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