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No Time Like the Present
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3.18 avg rating — 671 ratings
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No Time for Goodbye (No Time For Goodbye, #1)
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Linwood Barclay (Goodreads Author)
4.02 avg rating — 42,470 ratings
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Dragon Spear (Dragon Slippers, #3)
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Jessica Day George (Goodreads Author)
4.20 avg rating — 15,779 ratings
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Spell Bound (Hex Hall, #3)
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Rachel Hawkins (Goodreads Author)
4.05 avg rating — 62,423 ratings
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Demonglass (Hex Hall, #2)
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Rachel Hawkins (Goodreads Author)
4.08 avg rating — 94,358 ratings
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The Reluctant Assassin (W.A.R.P., #1)
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Kaiulani: The People's Princess, Hawaii, 1889
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The Piper on the Mountain (The Felse Investigations, #5)
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What Will Survive
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Mark Gartside (Goodreads Author)
3.65 avg rating — 326 ratings
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| 609 |
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Nathan's Run
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John Gilstrap (Goodreads Author)
4.18 avg rating — 2,364 ratings
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A Bush Christening
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4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Blood from a Stone (Commissario Brunetti, #14)
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3.93 avg rating — 10,271 ratings
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Christmas After All: The Great Depression Diary of Minnie Swift, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1932
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| 613 |
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Designated Daughters (Deborah Knott Mysteries, #19)
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Inheritance (The Inheritance Cycle, #4)
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Christopher Paolini (Goodreads Author)
4.16 avg rating — 307,190 ratings
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One Eye Laughing, the Other Weeping: The Diary of Julie Weiss
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The False Princess
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Eilis O'Neal (Goodreads Author)
3.80 avg rating — 15,379 ratings
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The Wishing Spell (The Land of Stories, #1)
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Hear My Sorrow: The Diary of Angela Denoto, a Shirtwaist Worker, New York City 1909
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Deborah Hopkinson (Goodreads Author)
4.06 avg rating — 1,835 ratings
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| 620 |
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The False Prince (Ascendance, #1)
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Jennifer A. Nielsen (Goodreads Author)
4.24 avg rating — 108,133 ratings
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Disney After Dark (Kingdom Keepers, #1)
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3.90 avg rating — 31,238 ratings
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Beastly Things (Commissario Brunetti, #21)
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Sammy Keyes and the Showdown in Sin City (Sammy Keyes, #16)
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Wendelin Van Draanen (Goodreads Author)
4.39 avg rating — 867 ratings
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| 624 |
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House of Many Ways (Howl's Moving Castle, #3)
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| 624 |
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Alanna: The First Adventure (Song of the Lioness, #1)
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Tamora Pierce (Goodreads Author)
4.27 avg rating — 136,190 ratings
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| 624 |
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The Harp in the South
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4.02 avg rating — 4,808 ratings
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| 624 |
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Sandry's Book (Circle of Magic, #1)
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Tamora Pierce (Goodreads Author)
4.03 avg rating — 44,898 ratings
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| 628 |
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Princess Academy (Princess Academy, #1)
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Shannon Hale (Goodreads Author)
4.04 avg rating — 121,522 ratings
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Lines upon the Skin
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Julie Haydon (Goodreads Author)
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Tris's Book (Circle of Magic, #2)
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Tamora Pierce (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 34,051 ratings
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Matched (Matched, #1)
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Ally Condie (Goodreads Author)
3.62 avg rating — 812,392 ratings
score: 59,
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The Hero's Guide to Saving Your Kingdom (The League of Princes, #1)
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Christopher Healy (Goodreads Author)
4.07 avg rating — 12,236 ratings
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A Taste for Vengeance (Bruno, Chief of Police, #11)
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Looking for Alibrandi
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Melina Marchetta (Goodreads Author)
3.90 avg rating — 25,389 ratings
score: 58,
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| 634 |
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Detective Comics 571
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4.13 avg rating — 46 ratings
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A Great Reckoning (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #12)
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Louise Penny (Goodreads Author)
4.43 avg rating — 82,415 ratings
score: 58,
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| 637 |
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Kiss the Girls (Alex Cross, #2)
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James Patterson (Goodreads Author)
4.01 avg rating — 351,688 ratings
score: 57,
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Reached (Matched, #3)
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Ally Condie (Goodreads Author)
3.54 avg rating — 176,570 ratings
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Detective Comics (1937-2011) #573
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3.55 avg rating — 38 ratings
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Morning Comes Softly
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Debbie Macomber (Goodreads Author)
4.09 avg rating — 9,559 ratings
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Princess of the Midnight Ball (The Princesses of Westfalin Trilogy, #1)
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Jessica Day George (Goodreads Author)
3.95 avg rating — 36,851 ratings
score: 56,
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| 642 |
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Saving Francesca
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Melina Marchetta (Goodreads Author)
3.99 avg rating — 33,342 ratings
score: 55,
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Made for Me
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Zack Bush (Goodreads Author)
4.38 avg rating — 683 ratings
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The Wide-Awake Princess (Wide-Awake Princess, #1)
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E.D. Baker (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 14,104 ratings
score: 54,
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राग दरबारी
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4.42 avg rating — 2,871 ratings
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Rascal The Dragon (Rascal the Dragon, #1)
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3.54 avg rating — 65 ratings
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Sophie’s World
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3.97 avg rating — 278,927 ratings
score: 53,
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In Plain Sight (Joe Pickett, #6)
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4.25 avg rating — 23,291 ratings
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Ethan of Athos (Vorkosigan Saga, #3)
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Lois McMaster Bujold (Goodreads Author)
3.81 avg rating — 16,900 ratings
score: 52,
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Stargirl (Stargirl, #1)
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3.77 avg rating — 335,329 ratings
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| 650 |
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Reaper Man (Discworld, #11; Death, #2)
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4.28 avg rating — 111,516 ratings
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Fallen Into the Pit (Felse Investigations, #1)
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3.79 avg rating — 2,046 ratings
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Lola and the Boy Next Door (Anna and the French Kiss, #2)
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Stephanie Perkins (Goodreads Author)
3.90 avg rating — 166,604 ratings
score: 49,
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Hogfather
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4.26 avg rating — 102,040 ratings
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| 655 |
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Dragon Slippers (Dragon Slippers, #1)
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Jessica Day George (Goodreads Author)
4.26 avg rating — 29,868 ratings
score: 48,
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Night Watch (Discworld, #29; City Watch, #6)
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4.50 avg rating — 117,792 ratings
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Howl’s Moving Castle (Howl’s Moving Castle, #1)
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4.29 avg rating — 437,708 ratings
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How the Light Gets In (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #9)
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Louise Penny (Goodreads Author)
4.48 avg rating — 96,483 ratings
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King's Dragon (Crown of Stars, #1)
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Kate Elliott (Goodreads Author)
3.81 avg rating — 9,626 ratings
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| 660 |
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Weatherwitch (The Crowthistle Chronicles, #3)
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Cecilia Dart-Thornton (Goodreads Author)
3.78 avg rating — 693 ratings
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The Nature of the Beast (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #11)
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Louise Penny (Goodreads Author)
4.25 avg rating — 73,888 ratings
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Horton Hatches the Egg
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4.19 avg rating — 49,867 ratings
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A Rule Against Murder (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #4)
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Louise Penny (Goodreads Author)
4.21 avg rating — 107,335 ratings
score: 42,
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The Journey
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3.34 avg rating — 334 ratings
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The Castle of Llyr (The Chronicles of Prydain, #3)
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4.07 avg rating — 39,557 ratings
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Still Life (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #1)
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Louise Penny (Goodreads Author)
3.90 avg rating — 279,388 ratings
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Your Heart Is a Muscle the Size of a Fist
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Sunil Yapa (Goodreads Author)
3.60 avg rating — 7,170 ratings
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Proxy (Proxy, #1)
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3.86 avg rating — 11,291 ratings
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The Stones of Green Knowe (Green Knowe, #6)
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4.05 avg rating — 671 ratings
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Ordinary Grace
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William Kent Krueger (Goodreads Author)
4.27 avg rating — 189,942 ratings
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Slightly Dangerous (Bedwyn Saga, #6)
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4.21 avg rating — 23,993 ratings
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Père Goriot
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3.85 avg rating — 66,028 ratings
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Gathering Prey (Lucas Davenport, #25)
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4.24 avg rating — 28,501 ratings
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Man and Boy (Harry Silver, #1)
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3.58 avg rating — 17,168 ratings
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| 675 |
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In Too Deep (The 39 Clues, #6)
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Jude Watson (Goodreads Author)
4.03 avg rating — 45,378 ratings
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| 675 |
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Little Miss Sunshine: The Shooting Script
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The Viper's Nest (The 39 Clues, #7)
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3.98 avg rating — 46,042 ratings
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Garden of Lamentations (Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James, #17)
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Deborah Crombie (Goodreads Author)
4.08 avg rating — 6,860 ratings
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The Pop Larkin Chronicles
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4.27 avg rating — 217 ratings
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| 680 |
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The Undead Pool (The Hollows, #12)
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Kim Harrison (Goodreads Author)
4.43 avg rating — 29,788 ratings
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| 681 |
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One for the Murphys
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Lynda Mullaly Hunt (Goodreads Author)
4.33 avg rating — 33,584 ratings
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Any Other Name (Walt Longmire, #10)
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4.25 avg rating — 14,526 ratings
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A Room with a View
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3.89 avg rating — 199,919 ratings
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Percy Jackson and the Olympians Boxed Set (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1-5)
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Rick Riordan (Goodreads Author)
4.61 avg rating — 37,951 ratings
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| 684 |
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Shades of Grey (Shades of Grey, #1)
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Jasper Fforde (Goodreads Author)
4.15 avg rating — 41,273 ratings
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| 686 |
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Percy Jackson 5 Books Collection and the Demigod Files / the Red Pyramid
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Rick Riordan (Goodreads Author)
4.73 avg rating — 3,763 ratings
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| 687 |
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Exit Strategy (Nick Mason, #2)
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Steve Hamilton (Goodreads Author)
3.82 avg rating — 3,261 ratings
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| 688 |
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Accidents of Nature
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3.70 avg rating — 793 ratings
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Son of Stone (Stone Barrington, #21)
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3.82 avg rating — 7,553 ratings
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Below Zero (Joe Pickett, #9)
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4.23 avg rating — 22,620 ratings
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Scumble (Savvy, #2)
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Ingrid Law (Goodreads Author)
4.04 avg rating — 13,724 ratings
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The Farolitos of Christmas
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4.27 avg rating — 132 ratings
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One Last Lie (Mike Bowditch, #11)
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Paul Doiron (Goodreads Author)
4.04 avg rating — 4,704 ratings
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The Geek Girl's Guide to Cheerleading
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Charity Tahmaseb (Goodreads Author)
3.87 avg rating — 1,622 ratings
score: 24,
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The Tuscan Child
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Rhys Bowen (Goodreads Author)
4.03 avg rating — 100,610 ratings
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Close to Famous
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4.03 avg rating — 9,180 ratings
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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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