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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
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The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
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To Kill a Mockingbird
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The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
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The Diary of a Young Girl
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Pride and Prejudice
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4.29 avg rating — 4,719,436 ratings
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Jane Eyre
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4.16 avg rating — 2,291,029 ratings
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Lord of the Flies
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3.70 avg rating — 3,157,387 ratings
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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia, #1)
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4.24 avg rating — 3,104,860 ratings
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Watership Down (Watership Down, #1)
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4.09 avg rating — 502,608 ratings
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Rebecca
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4.25 avg rating — 706,084 ratings
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J.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set: The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings
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4.61 avg rating — 142,876 ratings
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Animal Farm
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4.01 avg rating — 4,451,122 ratings
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1984
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4.20 avg rating — 5,343,041 ratings
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The Outsiders
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S.E. Hinton (Goodreads Author)
4.14 avg rating — 1,568,126 ratings
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Fahrenheit 451
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3.97 avg rating — 2,775,871 ratings
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The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
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4.17 avg rating — 3,413,443 ratings
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Gone with the Wind
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4.31 avg rating — 1,251,115 ratings
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Wuthering Heights
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3.90 avg rating — 1,997,795 ratings
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The Stand
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Stephen King (Goodreads Author)
4.35 avg rating — 825,101 ratings
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Twilight (The Twilight Saga, #1)
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3.67 avg rating — 7,215,087 ratings
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The Lovely Bones
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3.86 avg rating — 2,451,064 ratings
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Dune (Dune #1)
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4.29 avg rating — 1,599,967 ratings
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The Catcher in the Rye
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3.80 avg rating — 3,846,654 ratings
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Divergent (Divergent, #1)
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Veronica Roth (Goodreads Author)
4.13 avg rating — 4,332,159 ratings
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The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
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4.30 avg rating — 4,401,304 ratings
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The Count of Monte Cristo
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4.32 avg rating — 1,007,905 ratings
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The Help
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Kathryn Stockett (Goodreads Author)
4.47 avg rating — 2,989,682 ratings
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The Fault in Our Stars
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John Green (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 5,647,391 ratings
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
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4.20 avg rating — 774,253 ratings
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The Host (The Host, #1)
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3.86 avg rating — 1,044,708 ratings
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The Giver (The Giver, #1)
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Lois Lowry (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 2,768,477 ratings
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The Shining (The Shining, #1)
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Stephen King (Goodreads Author)
4.28 avg rating — 1,676,797 ratings
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Eclipse (The Twilight Saga, #3)
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3.74 avg rating — 1,971,302 ratings
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Great Expectations
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3.80 avg rating — 865,765 ratings
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New Moon (The Twilight Saga, #2)
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3.62 avg rating — 2,103,823 ratings
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The Book Thief
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Markus Zusak (Goodreads Author)
4.39 avg rating — 2,838,941 ratings
score: 821,
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It
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Stephen King (Goodreads Author)
4.24 avg rating — 1,246,661 ratings
score: 797,
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The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1)
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4.31 avg rating — 709,108 ratings
score: 795,
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Romeo & Juliet
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3.74 avg rating — 2,794,451 ratings
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream
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3.94 avg rating — 573,608 ratings
score: 780,
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A Tale of Two Cities
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3.88 avg rating — 1,004,544 ratings
score: 777,
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Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
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4.28 avg rating — 324,401 ratings
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City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments, #1)
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Cassandra Clare (Goodreads Author)
4.07 avg rating — 2,148,004 ratings
score: 754,
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Fifty Shades of Grey (Fifty Shades, #1)
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E.L. James (Goodreads Author)
3.67 avg rating — 2,833,674 ratings
score: 734,
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The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3)
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4.58 avg rating — 1,023,047 ratings
score: 707,
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
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3.92 avg rating — 1,008,001 ratings
score: 702,
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The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1)
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Ken Follett (Goodreads Author)
4.35 avg rating — 820,173 ratings
score: 702,
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The Chronicles of Narnia (The Chronicles of Narnia, #1-7)
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4.28 avg rating — 701,287 ratings
score: 700,
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Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)
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4.02 avg rating — 642,256 ratings
score: 697,
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The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2)
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4.50 avg rating — 1,105,069 ratings
score: 681,
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The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
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Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author)
4.15 avg rating — 2,373,128 ratings
score: 649,
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Memoirs of a Geisha
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4.16 avg rating — 2,096,651 ratings
score: 641,
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The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
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Dan Brown (Goodreads Author)
3.93 avg rating — 2,500,035 ratings
score: 619,
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The Prince of Tides
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4.26 avg rating — 215,145 ratings
score: 611,
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East of Eden
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4.43 avg rating — 620,772 ratings
score: 611,
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The Time Traveler's Wife
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Audrey Niffenegger (Goodreads Author)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,850,807 ratings
score: 600,
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The World According to Garp
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John Irving (Goodreads Author)
4.11 avg rating — 237,487 ratings
score: 594,
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Black Beauty
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 296,278 ratings
score: 560,
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The Raven
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4.29 avg rating — 166,562 ratings
score: 551,
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The Wind in the Willows
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4.02 avg rating — 238,062 ratings
score: 550,
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Holy Bible: The New King James Version
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4.41 avg rating — 8,060 ratings
score: 550,
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The Road
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,019,429 ratings
score: 546,
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The Call of the Wild
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3.91 avg rating — 466,865 ratings
score: 546,
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The Exorcist (The Exorcist, #1)
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4.21 avg rating — 266,862 ratings
score: 543,
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Clockwork Angel (The Infernal Devices, #1)
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Cassandra Clare (Goodreads Author)
4.31 avg rating — 871,971 ratings
score: 540,
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Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1)
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Dan Brown (Goodreads Author)
3.95 avg rating — 3,369,966 ratings
score: 539,
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A Christmas Carol
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4.09 avg rating — 905,327 ratings
score: 532,
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Dead Until Dark (Sookie Stackhouse, #1)
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Charlaine Harris (Goodreads Author)
3.97 avg rating — 558,768 ratings
score: 511,
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In Cold Blood
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4.09 avg rating — 720,195 ratings
score: 498,
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #3)
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4.30 avg rating — 323,364 ratings
score: 485,
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City of Lost Souls (The Mortal Instruments, #5)
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Cassandra Clare (Goodreads Author)
4.21 avg rating — 563,264 ratings
score: 482,
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Atonement
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Ian McEwan (Goodreads Author)
3.95 avg rating — 558,368 ratings
score: 475,
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Archer's Voice
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Mia Sheridan (Goodreads Author)
4.17 avg rating — 656,988 ratings
score: 458,
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11/22/63
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Stephen King (Goodreads Author)
4.35 avg rating — 633,342 ratings
score: 449,
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Graceling (Graceling Realm, #1)
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4.06 avg rating — 478,634 ratings
score: 443,
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We Need to Talk About Kevin
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Lionel Shriver (Goodreads Author)
4.08 avg rating — 210,057 ratings
score: 443,
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The Kite Runner
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Khaled Hosseini (Goodreads Author)
4.35 avg rating — 3,447,234 ratings
score: 437,
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The Black Stallion (The Black Stallion, #1)
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4.20 avg rating — 75,347 ratings
score: 420,
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The Gift of the Magi
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4.11 avg rating — 100,234 ratings
score: 419,
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The Color Purple
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4.28 avg rating — 745,329 ratings
score: 416,
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Chocolat (Chocolat, #1)
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Joanne Harris (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 130,556 ratings
score: 415,
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Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10)
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4.20 avg rating — 717,259 ratings
score: 404,
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Harry Potter Series Box Set (Harry Potter, #1-7)
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4.73 avg rating — 301,267 ratings
score: 402,
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The Old Man and the Sea
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3.81 avg rating — 1,289,790 ratings
score: 401,
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The Witching Hour (Lives of the Mayfair Witches, #1)
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4.10 avg rating — 123,564 ratings
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The Bronze Horseman (The Bronze Horseman, #1)
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4.29 avg rating — 93,549 ratings
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The Sparrow (The Sparrow, #1)
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Mary Doria Russell (Goodreads Author)
4.14 avg rating — 81,175 ratings
score: 388,
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Shatter Me (Shatter Me, #1)
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3.84 avg rating — 1,188,967 ratings
score: 384,
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She’s Come Undone
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Wally Lamb (Goodreads Author)
3.92 avg rating — 360,272 ratings
score: 378,
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The Twilight Saga
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3.94 avg rating — 122,675 ratings
score: 374,
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The Little Prince
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4.33 avg rating — 2,424,131 ratings
score: 370,
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Code Name Verity (Code Name Verity, #1)
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Elizabeth Wein (Goodreads Author)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 127,117 ratings
score: 364,
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Tess of the D’Urbervilles
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3.84 avg rating — 300,361 ratings
score: 356,
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The Five People You Meet in Heaven
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Mitch Albom (Goodreads Author)
4.01 avg rating — 792,673 ratings
score: 353,
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The Shack
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3.84 avg rating — 687,496 ratings
score: 351,
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The Great Book of Amber (The Chronicles of Amber, #1-10)
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4.31 avg rating — 26,941 ratings
score: 348,
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Persuasion
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4.15 avg rating — 765,141 ratings
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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
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3.98 avg rating — 48,369 ratings
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Robinson Crusoe
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3.68 avg rating — 328,495 ratings
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