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BOOKS THAT WON'T WASTE YOUR TIME
Ever get really excited about a book because of great reviews and then wonder why you wasted your time reading it in the first place? I think we have all had that problem. These books each have something about them that makes your effort worth it! I would recommend any of them, but some are better than others as always
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The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
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The Fault in Our Stars
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John Green (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 5,612,617 ratings
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The Book Thief
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Markus Zusak (Goodreads Author)
4.39 avg rating — 2,818,721 ratings
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Divergent (Divergent, #1)
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Veronica Roth (Goodreads Author)
4.13 avg rating — 4,308,113 ratings
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
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Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
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4.43 avg rating — 4,379,949 ratings
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
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4.58 avg rating — 4,713,286 ratings
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)
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4.50 avg rating — 3,714,881 ratings
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)
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Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
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4.11 avg rating — 3,625,646 ratings
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
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To Kill a Mockingbird
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4.26 avg rating — 6,731,037 ratings
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City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments, #1)
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Cassandra Clare (Goodreads Author)
4.07 avg rating — 2,137,518 ratings
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The Help
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Kathryn Stockett (Goodreads Author)
4.47 avg rating — 2,975,055 ratings
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The Giver (The Giver, #1)
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Lois Lowry (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 2,749,418 ratings
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The Diary of a Young Girl
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4.20 avg rating — 4,099,716 ratings
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1984
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4.20 avg rating — 5,280,079 ratings
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Looking for Alaska
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John Green (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 1,723,531 ratings
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The Great Gatsby
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3.93 avg rating — 5,771,937 ratings
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Thirteen Reasons Why
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Jay Asher (Goodreads Author)
3.84 avg rating — 1,016,629 ratings
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City of Glass (The Mortal Instruments, #3)
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Cassandra Clare (Goodreads Author)
4.27 avg rating — 1,006,192 ratings
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Clockwork Angel (The Infernal Devices, #1)
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Cassandra Clare (Goodreads Author)
4.31 avg rating — 869,007 ratings
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Eragon (The Inheritance Cycle #1)
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Christopher Paolini (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 1,910,386 ratings
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Clockwork Prince (The Infernal Devices, #2)
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Cassandra Clare (Goodreads Author)
4.42 avg rating — 580,098 ratings
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Uglies (Uglies, #1)
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Scott Westerfeld (Goodreads Author)
3.84 avg rating — 702,976 ratings
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The Host (The Host, #1)
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3.86 avg rating — 1,042,167 ratings
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City of Ashes (The Mortal Instruments, #2)
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Cassandra Clare (Goodreads Author)
4.11 avg rating — 984,559 ratings
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My Sister's Keeper
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Jodi Picoult (Goodreads Author)
4.11 avg rating — 1,266,799 ratings
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Lord of the Flies
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3.70 avg rating — 3,135,878 ratings
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City of Lost Souls (The Mortal Instruments, #5)
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Cassandra Clare (Goodreads Author)
4.21 avg rating — 561,140 ratings
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Anna and the French Kiss (Anna and the French Kiss, #1)
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Stephanie Perkins (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 463,339 ratings
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Delirium (Delirium, #1)
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Lauren Oliver (Goodreads Author)
3.95 avg rating — 477,317 ratings
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Memoirs of a Geisha
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4.16 avg rating — 2,089,112 ratings
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The Little Prince
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4.33 avg rating — 2,397,280 ratings
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The Maze Runner (The Maze Runner, #1)
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James Dashner (Goodreads Author)
4.05 avg rating — 1,645,950 ratings
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Bridge to Terabithia
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4.06 avg rating — 582,233 ratings
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Outlander (Outlander, #1)
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Diana Gabaldon (Goodreads Author)
4.26 avg rating — 1,136,586 ratings
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Number the Stars
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Lois Lowry (Goodreads Author)
4.19 avg rating — 611,018 ratings
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I Am Number Four (Lorien Legacies, #1)
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3.94 avg rating — 350,213 ratings
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Pride and Prejudice
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4.29 avg rating — 4,672,555 ratings
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The Lovely Bones
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3.86 avg rating — 2,444,909 ratings
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Graceling (Graceling Realm, #1)
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4.06 avg rating — 477,621 ratings
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If I Stay (If I Stay, #1)
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Gayle Forman (Goodreads Author)
3.91 avg rating — 958,490 ratings
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The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
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4.17 avg rating — 3,394,313 ratings
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The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
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John Boyne (Goodreads Author)
4.16 avg rating — 943,181 ratings
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Obsidian (Lux, #1)
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Jennifer L. Armentrout (Goodreads Author)
4.13 avg rating — 294,019 ratings
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The Time Traveler's Wife
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Audrey Niffenegger (Goodreads Author)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,846,739 ratings
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Matched (Matched, #1)
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Ally Condie (Goodreads Author)
3.62 avg rating — 810,846 ratings
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The Alchemist
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Paulo Coelho (Goodreads Author)
3.92 avg rating — 3,461,854 ratings
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Before I Fall
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Lauren Oliver (Goodreads Author)
3.88 avg rating — 344,833 ratings
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Something Great (Something Great, #1)
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M. Clarke (Goodreads Author)
3.77 avg rating — 7,092 ratings
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The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium #2)
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4.26 avg rating — 974,187 ratings
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Brisingr (The Inheritance Cycle, #3)
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Christopher Paolini (Goodreads Author)
4.11 avg rating — 408,117 ratings
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Perfect Chemistry (Perfect Chemistry, #1)
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Simone Elkeles (Goodreads Author)
4.04 avg rating — 262,909 ratings
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Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)
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4.32 avg rating — 1,087,189 ratings
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Harry Potter Series Box Set (Harry Potter, #1-7)
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4.73 avg rating — 300,370 ratings
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Of Mice and Men
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3.89 avg rating — 2,769,708 ratings
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Beastly (Beastly, #1)
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Alex Flinn (Goodreads Author)
3.82 avg rating — 178,277 ratings
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Nineteen Minutes
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Jodi Picoult (Goodreads Author)
4.17 avg rating — 412,300 ratings
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Wuthering Heights
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3.90 avg rating — 1,972,969 ratings
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Fire (Graceling Realm, #2)
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4.09 avg rating — 192,882 ratings
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Gone with the Wind
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4.31 avg rating — 1,247,624 ratings
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Where She Went (If I Stay, #2)
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Gayle Forman (Goodreads Author)
3.97 avg rating — 303,866 ratings
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The Goose Girl (The Books of Bayern, #1)
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Shannon Hale (Goodreads Author)
4.14 avg rating — 147,710 ratings
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Paper Towns
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John Green (Goodreads Author)
3.70 avg rating — 1,470,832 ratings
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Pretties (Uglies, #2)
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Scott Westerfeld (Goodreads Author)
3.83 avg rating — 277,828 ratings
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The Five People You Meet in Heaven
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Mitch Albom (Goodreads Author)
4.01 avg rating — 786,938 ratings
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Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)
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4.02 avg rating — 637,005 ratings
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Me Before You (Me Before You, #1)
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Jojo Moyes (Goodreads Author)
4.26 avg rating — 1,771,097 ratings
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Zoroastrians' Fight for Survival (The Viking's Kurdish Love, #1)
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Widad Akreyi (Goodreads Author)
4.70 avg rating — 116 ratings
score: 892,
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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 — 107 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 — 409 ratings
score: 890,
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Rebecca
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4.25 avg rating — 703,771 ratings
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The Kite Runner
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Khaled Hosseini (Goodreads Author)
4.35 avg rating — 3,423,028 ratings
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Water for Elephants
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Sara Gruen (Goodreads Author)
4.11 avg rating — 1,685,472 ratings
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Atonement
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Ian McEwan (Goodreads Author)
3.95 avg rating — 554,951 ratings
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Plain Truth
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Jodi Picoult (Goodreads Author)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 192,837 ratings
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Life of Pi
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3.94 avg rating — 1,734,043 ratings
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Specials (Uglies, #3)
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Scott Westerfeld (Goodreads Author)
3.75 avg rating — 202,522 ratings
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Misery
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Stephen King (Goodreads Author)
4.23 avg rating — 822,147 ratings
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The Glass Castle
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Jeannette Walls (Goodreads Author)
4.32 avg rating — 1,334,021 ratings
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The Stand
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Stephen King (Goodreads Author)
4.35 avg rating — 818,946 ratings
score: 765,
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The Iron King (The Iron Fey, #1)
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Julie Kagawa (Goodreads Author)
3.87 avg rating — 217,785 ratings
score: 733,
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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
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4.19 avg rating — 797,600 ratings
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She’s Come Undone
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Wally Lamb (Goodreads Author)
3.91 avg rating — 358,587 ratings
score: 719,
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The Secret Life of Bees
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Sue Monk Kidd (Goodreads Author)
4.10 avg rating — 1,341,289 ratings
score: 712,
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Roots of To-Be Templars (The Viking's Kurdish Love #3)
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Widad Akreyi (Goodreads Author)
4.71 avg rating — 56 ratings
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The Grapes of Wrath
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4.02 avg rating — 976,580 ratings
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The Iron Queen (The Iron Fey, #3)
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Julie Kagawa (Goodreads Author)
4.19 avg rating — 109,027 ratings
score: 647,
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Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
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The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest (Millennium, #3)
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Rules of Attraction (Perfect Chemistry, #2)
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Simone Elkeles (Goodreads Author)
4.17 avg rating — 89,417 ratings
score: 620,
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The Shack
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Animal Farm
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The Iron Daughter (The Iron Fey, #2)
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Julie Kagawa (Goodreads Author)
4.07 avg rating — 129,843 ratings
score: 545,
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Gone Girl
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Gillian Flynn (Goodreads Author)
4.14 avg rating — 3,378,381 ratings
score: 530,
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Bitterblue (Graceling Realm, #3)
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A Time to Kill (Jake Brigance, #1)
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John Grisham (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 821,674 ratings
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Caitlyn
133 books
1 friend
1 friend
Julie
1103 books
1930 friends
1930 friends
Elle (Ligia)
1173 books
260 friends
260 friends
Jackie
2517 books
14 friends
14 friends
Tina
849 books
60 friends
60 friends
Tez
3079 books
742 friends
742 friends
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993 friends
993 friends
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May 31, 2012 05:46PM
This list is great because it is completely adequate.By that I mean that sometimes lists don't include the right books,but this list has many books that do and thats great.
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Nora wrote: "This list is great because it is completely adequate.By that I mean that sometimes lists don't include the right books,but this list has many books that do and thats great."Thank you! I mostly just started this to see which books I had liked, it was actually really fun because I had forgotten how much I liked a few of these books :)
Leslie C. Ferdinand
Wicked Allure has 24 ratings on goodreads, 12 of them are 5 stars and 9 are 4 star ratings. Wicked allure would be a good choice to read after Fifty Shades of Grey. Wicked Allure doesn't have BDSM but it has a TON of super hot sex ;) Wicked Allure is on Amazon for $8.63 in paperback and only $3.99 on Kindle. It has 17 reviews and an average of 4.5 stars.
And... Zachary Steele, the hero in Wicked Allure is hot, hot, HOT!!
And you'll notice Twilight isn't on there.Ha!
Beat that!
Twilight wastes time.
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