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Beauty
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4.05 avg rating — 82,657 ratings
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Neophyte (The Wiccan Diaries, #2)
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T.D. McMichael (Goodreads Author)
4.07 avg rating — 72 ratings
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The Ghost in the Big Brass Bed (Nina Tanleven, #3)
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The Things They Carried
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Adept (The Wiccan Diaries, #3)
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T.D. McMichael (Goodreads Author)
4.24 avg rating — 25 ratings
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When You Reach Me
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The Hangman's Daughter (The Hangman's Daughter, #1)
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Oliver Pötzsch (Goodreads Author)
3.75 avg rating — 78,872 ratings
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Fledged (The Wiccan Diaries, #4)
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T.D. McMichael (Goodreads Author)
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Kado Pernikahan: Kumpulan Cerpen Kehidupan Rumah Tangga
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Helvy Tiana Rosa (Goodreads Author)
4.07 avg rating — 180 ratings
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The Caves of Steel (Robot, #1)
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Mirror Dance (Vorkosigan Saga, #8)
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Lois McMaster Bujold (Goodreads Author)
4.32 avg rating — 23,140 ratings
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St. Leon
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Wonder (Wonder, #1)
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White Noise
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3.86 avg rating — 125,511 ratings
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Jem and the Holograms Vol. 1: Showtime (Jem and the Holograms #1)
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Kelly Thompson (Goodreads Author)
4.11 avg rating — 2,786 ratings
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How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
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Blood of Elves (The Witcher, #1)
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The Dark Half
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Stephen King (Goodreads Author)
3.81 avg rating — 151,373 ratings
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From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
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The Film Club: A True Story of a Father and Son
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3.22 avg rating — 6,494 ratings
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Dracula
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Sylvester or The Wicked Uncle
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The BFG
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Fifty Shades of Grey (Fifty Shades, #1)
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E.L. James (Goodreads Author)
3.67 avg rating — 2,833,619 ratings
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Batman: Li'l Gotham, Vol. 1
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Dustin Nguyen (Writer)
3.99 avg rating — 1,138 ratings
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The Time of Contempt (The Witcher, #2)
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4.16 avg rating — 169,083 ratings
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Storm Boy
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4.03 avg rating — 3,360 ratings
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The Walking Dead, Vol. 1: Days Gone Bye
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4.27 avg rating — 241,301 ratings
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The Hotel New Hampshire
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John Irving (Goodreads Author)
3.93 avg rating — 68,474 ratings
score: 168,
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The Masqueraders
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4.09 avg rating — 9,381 ratings
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The Second Summer of the Sisterhood (Sisterhood, #2)
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3.81 avg rating — 100,903 ratings
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Saturn Apartments, Vol. 1 (Saturn Apartments, #1)
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3.74 avg rating — 1,830 ratings
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Jurassic Park (Jurassic Park, #1)
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4.13 avg rating — 1,048,401 ratings
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The Batman Chronicles, Vol. 1
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4.13 avg rating — 18,352 ratings
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My Brother's Husband, Volume 1 (Otouto no Otto, #1)
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4.16 avg rating — 3,470 ratings
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Dead Until Dark (Sookie Stackhouse, #1)
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Charlaine Harris (Goodreads Author)
3.97 avg rating — 558,759 ratings
score: 163,
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Soul Music (Discworld, #16; Death, #3)
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4.06 avg rating — 86,001 ratings
score: 162,
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Batman : Chronicles Paperback
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3.81 avg rating — 148 ratings
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Black Cherry Blues (Dave Robicheaux, #3)
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4.16 avg rating — 16,972 ratings
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Big Fish
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3.68 avg rating — 25,175 ratings
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| 241 |
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The King's Deception (Cotton Malone, #8)
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Steve Berry (Goodreads Author)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 15,111 ratings
score: 158,
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The Six Wives of Henry VIII
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4.12 avg rating — 72,570 ratings
score: 155,
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Assassin's Apprentice (Farseer Trilogy, #1)
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Robin Hobb (Goodreads Author)
4.19 avg rating — 389,918 ratings
score: 155,
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Insurgent (Divergent, #2)
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Veronica Roth (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 1,609,980 ratings
score: 154,
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Assassin's Quest (Farseer Trilogy, #3)
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Robin Hobb (Goodreads Author)
4.22 avg rating — 189,756 ratings
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That Was Then, This Is Now
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S.E. Hinton (Goodreads Author)
3.94 avg rating — 40,050 ratings
score: 153,
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Life with Father
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3.89 avg rating — 3,462 ratings
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Best Destiny (Star Trek: The Original Series Unnumbered)
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3.86 avg rating — 1,892 ratings
score: 153,
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Before I Fall
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Lauren Oliver (Goodreads Author)
3.88 avg rating — 345,306 ratings
score: 153,
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Royal Assassin (Farseer Trilogy, #2)
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Robin Hobb (Goodreads Author)
4.29 avg rating — 236,052 ratings
score: 152,
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Heist Society (Heist Society, #1)
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Ally Carter (Goodreads Author)
3.92 avg rating — 94,865 ratings
score: 151,
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Belgarath the Sorcerer
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4.10 avg rating — 76,366 ratings
score: 150,
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Flipped
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Wendelin Van Draanen (Goodreads Author)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 125,391 ratings
score: 149,
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Who Gets the Drumstick?: The Story of the Beardsley Family
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3.96 avg rating — 565 ratings
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Open Season (Joe Pickett, #1)
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4.01 avg rating — 57,650 ratings
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The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1)
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Jasper Fforde (Goodreads Author)
3.88 avg rating — 136,726 ratings
score: 140,
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Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man
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3.97 avg rating — 16,681 ratings
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The Two Princesses of Bamarre (The Two Princesses of Bamarre, #1)
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Gail Carson Levine (Goodreads Author)
4.06 avg rating — 74,328 ratings
score: 136,
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Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
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4.25 avg rating — 817,746 ratings
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A Man Called Ove
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Fredrik Backman (Goodreads Author)
4.38 avg rating — 1,189,419 ratings
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Fiddler on the Roof
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4.22 avg rating — 16,282 ratings
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From Anna
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4.20 avg rating — 1,302 ratings
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The King of Lies
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John Hart (Goodreads Author)
3.94 avg rating — 14,329 ratings
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American Home Life
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4.62 avg rating — 8 ratings
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The Black Cauldron (The Chronicles of Prydain, #2)
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4.12 avg rating — 66,595 ratings
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At First Sight (Jeremy Marsh & Lexie Darnell, #2)
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Nicholas Sparks (Goodreads Author)
3.86 avg rating — 100,035 ratings
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Falling Free (Vorkosigan Saga, #4)
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Lois McMaster Bujold (Goodreads Author)
3.84 avg rating — 22,910 ratings
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The Cay (The Cay, #1)
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3.79 avg rating — 38,077 ratings
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The General's Daughter
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4.11 avg rating — 65,470 ratings
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Arabella
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4.10 avg rating — 22,676 ratings
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The 101 Dalmatians (The Hundred and One Dalmatians, #1)
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4.12 avg rating — 38,035 ratings
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Mary, Bloody Mary (Young Royals, #1)
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Carolyn Meyer (Goodreads Author)
3.81 avg rating — 8,034 ratings
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Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1)
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Marissa Meyer (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 1,002,775 ratings
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The Son of Neptune (The Heroes of Olympus, #2)
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Rick Riordan (Goodreads Author)
4.40 avg rating — 659,489 ratings
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The Mystery of Mercy Close (Walsh Family, #5)
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3.67 avg rating — 21,367 ratings
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The Witches
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4.18 avg rating — 424,554 ratings
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Something About You (FBI/US Attorney, #1)
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Julie James (Goodreads Author)
3.94 avg rating — 63,635 ratings
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Stardust
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Neil Gaiman (Goodreads Author)
4.10 avg rating — 478,679 ratings
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Kensuke's Kingdom
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4.13 avg rating — 23,893 ratings
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Naked Prey (Lucas Davenport, #14)
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4.27 avg rating — 22,843 ratings
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The Red Pyramid (The Kane Chronicles, #1)
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Rick Riordan (Goodreads Author)
4.10 avg rating — 422,769 ratings
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The Tail of Emily Windsnap (Emily Windsnap, #1)
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3.93 avg rating — 28,865 ratings
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Father Must: Stories
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Rick Rofihe (Goodreads Author)
3.73 avg rating — 11 ratings
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Chasing a Dream
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C.J. Boerger (Goodreads Author)
4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings
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Far Out
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Fiona Faith Ross (Goodreads Author)
3.92 avg rating — 12 ratings
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Double Shock
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Peggy Holloway (Goodreads Author)
3.95 avg rating — 22 ratings
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One More Day (The Alexanders, #1)
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M. Malone (Goodreads Author)
3.85 avg rating — 8,438 ratings
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The Wayward Journey
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Nathan Jefferson (Goodreads Author)
3.70 avg rating — 60 ratings
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Spiritus Mundi (Spiritus Mundi, #1)
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Robert Sheppard (Goodreads Author)
4.09 avg rating — 22 ratings
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Blood, Brains and Bullets (Blood, Brains and Bullets, #1)
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Sean Liebling (Goodreads Author)
3.81 avg rating — 299 ratings
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Tales of a Texas Boy
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Marva Dasef (Goodreads Author)
4.09 avg rating — 75 ratings
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The God Patent
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Ransom Stephens (Goodreads Author)
3.51 avg rating — 474 ratings
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Annie on My Mind
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Murder as a Fine Art (Thomas De Quincey, #1)
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David Morrell (Goodreads Author)
3.92 avg rating — 8,817 ratings
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Crumbling Walls
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3.79 avg rating — 115 ratings
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Journey to Freedom
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Am I Like My Daddy?
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Marcy Blesy (Goodreads Author)
4.83 avg rating — 18 ratings
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The William S Club
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Riley Banks (Goodreads Author)
3.64 avg rating — 148 ratings
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Like Father Like Daughter
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3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings
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You Learn by Living: Eleven Keys for a More Fulfilling Life
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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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