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To Kill a Mockingbird
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The Book Thief
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Markus Zusak (Goodreads Author)
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
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Les Misérables
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The Lovely Bones
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
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Pride and Prejudice
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Little House in the Big Woods (Little House, #1)
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The Road
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A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
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Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
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Jonathan Safran Foer (Goodreads Author)
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Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson
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Mitch Albom (Goodreads Author)
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The Kite Runner
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Khaled Hosseini (Goodreads Author)
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My Sister's Keeper
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Jodi Picoult (Goodreads Author)
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The Lord of the Rings
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Little House on the Prairie (Little House, #3)
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Holes (Holes, #1)
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Louis Sachar (Goodreads Author)
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
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The Last Song
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Nicholas Sparks (Goodreads Author)
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The Chronicles of Narnia (The Chronicles of Narnia, #1-7)
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Inkheart (Inkworld, #1)
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Cornelia Funke (Goodreads Author)
3.93 avg rating — 441,057 ratings
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Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)
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A Wrinkle in Time (A Wrinkle in Time Quintet, #1)
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The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1)
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Great Expectations
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3.80 avg rating — 865,927 ratings
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A Walk to Remember
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Nicholas Sparks (Goodreads Author)
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The Notebook (The Notebook, #1)
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Nicholas Sparks (Goodreads Author)
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About a Boy
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3.80 avg rating — 140,782 ratings
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Black Beauty
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Danny the Champion of the World
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4.10 avg rating — 72,239 ratings
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Something Wicked This Way Comes
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3.90 avg rating — 151,041 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 — 3,384,335 ratings
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
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3.89 avg rating — 1,582,930 ratings
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The Five People You Meet in Heaven
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Mitch Albom (Goodreads Author)
4.01 avg rating — 792,921 ratings
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The Princess Bride
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4.27 avg rating — 942,607 ratings
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The Cider House Rules
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John Irving (Goodreads Author)
4.17 avg rating — 194,279 ratings
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Little Women (Little Women, #1)
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4.17 avg rating — 2,424,644 ratings
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Hamlet
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4.03 avg rating — 1,035,120 ratings
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The Chosen (Reuven Malter, #1)
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Cheaper by the Dozen
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The World According to Garp
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John Irving (Goodreads Author)
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Sabriel (Abhorsen, #1)
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Garth Nix (Goodreads Author)
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A Prayer for Owen Meany
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John Irving (Goodreads Author)
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Frankenstein
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3.90 avg rating — 1,820,300 ratings
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The Glass Castle
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Jeannette Walls (Goodreads Author)
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Charlotte’s Web
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Empire Falls
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Richard Russo (Goodreads Author)
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Gone with the Wind
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The Hunger Games Trilogy Boxset (The Hunger Games, #1-3)
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Little Town on the Prairie (Little House, #7)
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A Painted House
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John Grisham (Goodreads Author)
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Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1)
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On the Banks of Plum Creek (Little House, #4)
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Paper Towns
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John Green (Goodreads Author)
3.70 avg rating — 1,477,668 ratings
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Zoroastrians' Fight for Survival (The Viking's Kurdish Love, #1)
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Widad Akreyi (Goodreads Author)
4.69 avg rating — 118 ratings
score: 891,
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The Daughter of Kurdland: A Life Dedicated to Humankind
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Widad Akreyi (Goodreads Author)
4.20 avg rating — 410 ratings
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Females of Valor (The Viking's Kurdish Love, #2)
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Widad Akreyi (Goodreads Author)
4.73 avg rating — 109 ratings
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The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
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The Poisonwood Bible
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4.11 avg rating — 787,579 ratings
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Little Men (Little Women, #2)
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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Fantastic Mr. Fox
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A Christmas Carol
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Caddie Woodlawn (Caddie Woodlawn, #1)
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I Know This Much Is True
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Wally Lamb (Goodreads Author)
4.21 avg rating — 323,692 ratings
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The Black Stallion (The Black Stallion, #1)
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4.20 avg rating — 75,355 ratings
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Farmer Boy (Little House, #2)
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4.10 avg rating — 73,891 ratings
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Sh*t My Dad Says
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3.98 avg rating — 160,087 ratings
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Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History (Maus, #1)
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4.39 avg rating — 370,597 ratings
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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia, #1)
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Gilead (Gilead, #1)
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3.85 avg rating — 122,897 ratings
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The Horse Whisperer
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Courageous
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Randy Alcorn (Goodreads Author)
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Heidi (Heidi, #1-2)
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Roots of To-Be Templars (The Viking's Kurdish Love #3)
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Widad Akreyi (Goodreads Author)
4.72 avg rating — 57 ratings
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Lord Loss (The Demonata, #1)
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Darren Shan (Goodreads Author)
4.25 avg rating — 24,976 ratings
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The Memory Keeper's Daughter
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Kim Edwards (Goodreads Author)
3.70 avg rating — 610,708 ratings
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Eight Cousins (Eight Cousins, #1)
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Mystic River
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Dennis Lehane (Goodreads Author)
4.17 avg rating — 163,500 ratings
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The Giver (The Giver, #1)
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Lois Lowry (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 2,769,303 ratings
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A Thousand Splendid Suns
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Khaled Hosseini (Goodreads Author)
4.45 avg rating — 1,710,626 ratings
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Treasure Island
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The Samurai's Garden
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Pet Sematary
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Stephen King (Goodreads Author)
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Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Charlie Bucket, #1)
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The Snow Child
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A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
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Defending Jacob
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William Landay (Goodreads Author)
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Inkdeath (Inkworld, #3)
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Cornelia Funke (Goodreads Author)
3.98 avg rating — 93,210 ratings
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The Secret Garden
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My Seven Black Fathers: A Young Activist's Memoir of Race, Family, and the Mentors Who Made Him Whole
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Will Jawando (Goodreads Author)
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Gregor the Overlander Box Set (Underland Chronicles, #1-5)
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Kilimanjaro and Beyond: A Life-Changing Journey
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Hold Tight
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Please Ignore Vera Dietz
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A.S. King (Goodreads Author)
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Abbott Awaits
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The World's Strongest Librarian: A Memoir of Tourette's, Faith, Strength, and the Power of Family
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Josh Hanagarne (Goodreads Author)
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Nobody's Fool (Sully #1)
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Richard Russo (Goodreads Author)
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The Poisonwood Bible in a Fantastic Dads list? Interesting. I'm not sure I agree but I guess some people do agree.
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The Kite Runner? He mistreated his children IMO.
Bookerkc wrote: "The Poisonwood Bible in a Fantastic Dads list? Interesting. I'm not sure I agree but I guess some people do agree."I wouldn't consider him a fantastic dad either. But there are more odd choices on this list.
There was most definitely no fantastic father figure in Hamlet
Am I Like My Daddy? is for kids who lost a parent when they were young. It is a hopeful message.
Are these Fathers who are somehow are extremely bad or good? Although, a lot of the books don't even have a father in them!
Is the reason The Chronicles of Narnia is on this list because of Aslan? Tenuous.
About 90% of the books in the list right now just doesn't make sense.
Laura wrote: "Is the reason The Chronicles of Narnia is on this list because of Aslan? Tenuous."Agreed. This list doesn't make sense.
Hamlet? Really? I am a bit confused. One father figure makes his son crazy by giving him ambiguous advice to commit murder, and the other commits incest, murder, and tries to have his "son" killed... What?
The whole Narnia series is full of strong father figures. Aslan,who represents a very paternalistic view of Christianity; Professor Kirk, various kings including Peter and Edmund, Caspian, the king of Archenland, lots of wise counsellors (human and talking animal), and even the odd reference to Mr Pevensey.
Who's the father figure supposed to be in Holes? And Charlotte's Web? Hunger Games? Princess Bride?
Shadowjac wrote: "Okay Runaways, Pride and Joy has an abusive father should I remove it?"ALL the parents in that series are supervillians, so yeah, I'm not sure how it got on this list...
The Glass Castle is a memoir, not a novel and either way I really wouldn't call Walls' father "fantastic"...
Pigeonsquid wrote: "The Glass Castle is a memoir, not a novel, and either way I really wouldn't call Walls' father "fantastic"..."
The Secret Garden? The father is totally neglectful and leaves his child to be cared for by servants.
There isn't any father figure in Princess Bride... in fact it's pretty fatherless.(edit: Gone With the Wind revolves around Scarlett and Gerald comes into it as much as Ellen does, so there's not a huge father figure there either.)
I think taking out Fantastic from the Title of the List would solve half of the issue. Maybe rename Strong Father or Father Figure Presence.
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How to Vote
To vote on existing books from the list, beside each book there is a link vote for this book clicking it will add that book to your votes.
To vote on books not in the list or books you couldn't find in the list, you can click on the tab add books to this list and then choose from your books, or simply search.
