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Miss Rumphius
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4.45 avg rating — 28,398 ratings
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Picnic at Hanging Rock (Hanging Rock, #1)
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3.66 avg rating — 29,917 ratings
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The Clan of the Cave Bear (Earth's Children, #1)
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Into the Wild
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Jon Krakauer (Goodreads Author)
4.02 avg rating — 1,176,821 ratings
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
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Lord of the Flies
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Little House on the Prairie (Little House, #3)
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4.21 avg rating — 300,466 ratings
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The Black Stallion and Flame (The Black Stallion, #15)
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The Island Stallion (The Black Stallion, #4)
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4.13 avg rating — 9,414 ratings
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Bambi: A Life in the Woods (Bambi, #1)
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4.12 avg rating — 38,161 ratings
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Hatchet (Brian's Saga, #1)
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Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
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4.51 avg rating — 164,705 ratings
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Deliverance
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3.89 avg rating — 33,746 ratings
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Brighty of the Grand Canyon
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4.09 avg rating — 9,594 ratings
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Death Comes for the Archbishop
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3.97 avg rating — 42,501 ratings
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Educated
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Tara Westover (Goodreads Author)
4.47 avg rating — 1,808,677 ratings
score: 148,
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Stormy, Misty's Foal (Misty, #3)
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4.08 avg rating — 20,061 ratings
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Messenger (The Giver, #3)
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Lois Lowry (Goodreads Author)
3.92 avg rating — 147,274 ratings
score: 129,
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The Jungle Book (Jungle Book, #1)
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3.90 avg rating — 131,608 ratings
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The Horse and His Boy (Chronicles of Narnia, #5)
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3.91 avg rating — 385,973 ratings
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The Jungle Books
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4.01 avg rating — 88,874 ratings
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The Giver (The Giver, #1)
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Lois Lowry (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 2,762,262 ratings
score: 115,
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Robinson Crusoe
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3.68 avg rating — 327,869 ratings
score: 114,
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Island of the Blue Dolphins
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3.88 avg rating — 347,575 ratings
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The Princess Bride
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4.27 avg rating — 941,526 ratings
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Where the Red Fern Grows
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4.12 avg rating — 436,378 ratings
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Little House in the Big Woods (Little House, #1)
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4.21 avg rating — 283,529 ratings
score: 108,
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Julie of the Wolves (Julie of the Wolves, #1)
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3.83 avg rating — 61,164 ratings
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The Black Stallion (The Black Stallion, #1)
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4.20 avg rating — 75,299 ratings
score: 102,
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All the Stars in the Sky: The Santa Fe Trail Diary of Florrie Mack Ryder
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3.80 avg rating — 1,364 ratings
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The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon
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David Grann (Goodreads Author)
3.90 avg rating — 108,547 ratings
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Land of the Buffalo Bones: The Diary of Mary Ann Elizabeth Rodgers, An English Girl in Minnesota
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Marion Dane Bauer (Goodreads Author)
3.67 avg rating — 1,561 ratings
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North Woods
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Daniel Mason (Goodreads Author)
4.11 avg rating — 100,639 ratings
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My Face to the Wind: The Diary of Sarah Jane Price, a Prairie Teacher
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3.75 avg rating — 1,837 ratings
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Yellowstone Wolves in the Wild
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4.35 avg rating — 72 ratings
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Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
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Cheryl Strayed (Goodreads Author)
4.07 avg rating — 857,825 ratings
score: 98,
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Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie: The Oregon Trail Diary of Hattie Campbell
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Kristiana Gregory (Goodreads Author)
4.05 avg rating — 8,545 ratings
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The Hot Kid (Carl Webster, #1)
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3.79 avg rating — 5,537 ratings
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The Eye of the Forest (Children of the Lamp, #5)
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3.96 avg rating — 4,573 ratings
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Brokeback Mountain
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4.02 avg rating — 50,911 ratings
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R-T, Margaret, and the Rats of NIMH (Rats of NIMH, #3)
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3.57 avg rating — 926 ratings
score: 94,
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The Black Stallion Legend (The Black Stallion, #19)
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3.92 avg rating — 1,843 ratings
score: 93,
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The Black Stallion's Ghost (The Black Stallion, #17)
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3.83 avg rating — 2,709 ratings
score: 92,
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Winter of Peril: The Newfoundland Diary of Sophie Loveridge
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Jan Andrews (Goodreads Author)
3.68 avg rating — 685 ratings
score: 91,
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A Trail of Broken Dreams: The Gold Rush Diary of Harriet Palmer
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3.79 avg rating — 688 ratings
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Kirsten on the Trail
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3.81 avg rating — 518 ratings
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Footsteps in the Snow: The Red River Diary of Isobel Scott
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Carol Matas (Goodreads Author)
3.67 avg rating — 972 ratings
score: 89,
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Kirsten Saves the Day: A Summer Story (American Girls: Kirsten, #5)
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3.93 avg rating — 5,990 ratings
score: 88,
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With Nothing But Our Courage: The Loyalist Diary of Mary MacDonald
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Karleen Bradford (Goodreads Author)
3.86 avg rating — 1,084 ratings
score: 88,
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Nutik & Amaroq Play Ball
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3.71 avg rating — 48 ratings
score: 87,
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Nutik, the Wolf Pup
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3.88 avg rating — 162 ratings
score: 86,
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Dune (Dune #1)
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4.29 avg rating — 1,594,635 ratings
score: 84,
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The Wolf
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4.39 avg rating — 12,433 ratings
score: 81,
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O Pioneers!
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3.90 avg rating — 57,891 ratings
score: 80,
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Roadside Picnic
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4.13 avg rating — 84,179 ratings
score: 79,
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The House of Owls
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3.95 avg rating — 222 ratings
score: 79,
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The Terror
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4.09 avg rating — 71,903 ratings
score: 78,
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The Scarlet Forest: A Tale of Robin Hood
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A.E. Chandler (Goodreads Author)
4.25 avg rating — 52 ratings
score: 78,
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Botanical Folk Tales of Britain and Ireland
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Lisa Schneidau (Goodreads Author)
3.78 avg rating — 3,258 ratings
score: 77,
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The Darkest Part of the Forest
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Holly Black (Goodreads Author)
3.86 avg rating — 87,362 ratings
score: 77,
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Midnight Son
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James Dommek Jr. (Author, Narrator)
3.60 avg rating — 7,160 ratings
score: 76,
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The Cats of Tanglewood Forest
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Charles de Lint (Goodreads Author)
4.16 avg rating — 2,547 ratings
score: 76,
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The Terraformers
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Annalee Newitz (Goodreads Author)
3.33 avg rating — 7,120 ratings
score: 75,
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Where the Forest Meets the Stars
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4.13 avg rating — 227,737 ratings
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Empire of Ice and Stone: The Disastrous and Heroic Voyage of the Karluk
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Buddy Levy (Goodreads Author)
4.44 avg rating — 2,929 ratings
score: 74,
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Suicide Forest
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Jeremy Bates (Goodreads Author)
3.68 avg rating — 9,437 ratings
score: 74,
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The Snow Leopard
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4.06 avg rating — 20,099 ratings
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Forest Bathing: How Trees Can Help You Find Health and Happiness
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3.99 avg rating — 5,476 ratings
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Gods of Jade and Shadow
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Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Goodreads Author)
3.88 avg rating — 76,031 ratings
score: 72,
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The Secret Life of the Forest
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3.82 avg rating — 128 ratings
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The Twilight World
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3.86 avg rating — 7,627 ratings
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Daughter of the Forest (Sevenwaters, #1)
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Juliet Marillier (Goodreads Author)
4.29 avg rating — 70,379 ratings
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The Forest
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Edward Rutherfurd (Goodreads Author)
4.05 avg rating — 10,285 ratings
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Encounter in Rendlesham Forest: The Inside Story of the World's Best-Documented UFO Incident
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Nick Pope (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 527 ratings
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Path of the Puma: The Remarkable Resilience of the Mountain Lion
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4.30 avg rating — 386 ratings
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Twilight (The Twilight Saga, #1)
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3.67 avg rating — 7,198,300 ratings
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The Brilliant Abyss
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4.03 avg rating — 2,676 ratings
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Dragons of Autumn Twilight (Dragonlance: Chronicles, #1)
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4.01 avg rating — 122,069 ratings
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Below the Edge of Darkness: A Memoir of Exploring Light and Life in the Deep Sea
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4.19 avg rating — 1,486 ratings
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Twilight Hunters: Wolves, Coyotes and Foxes
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3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Dawn (Xenogenesis, #1)
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4.15 avg rating — 61,883 ratings
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New Moon (The Twilight Saga, #2)
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3.61 avg rating — 2,098,872 ratings
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Earthseed: Parable of the Sower and Parable of the Talents
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4.53 avg rating — 2,519 ratings
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The Daily Coyote: Story of Love, Survival, and Trust In the Wilds of Wyoming
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3.99 avg rating — 3,446 ratings
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Empire of Wild
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3.74 avg rating — 12,464 ratings
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The Night Birds
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Thomas Maltman (Goodreads Author)
4.01 avg rating — 934 ratings
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The Only Good Indians
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Stephen Graham Jones (Goodreads Author)
3.68 avg rating — 107,973 ratings
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What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds
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4.14 avg rating — 6,603 ratings
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The Marrow Thieves
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3.94 avg rating — 42,817 ratings
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A History of Birds
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Simon Wills (Goodreads Author)
3.98 avg rating — 42 ratings
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Play It As It Lays
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3.91 avg rating — 88,100 ratings
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The Blackhouse
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Carole Johnstone (Goodreads Author)
3.44 avg rating — 3,585 ratings
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Wild Migrations: Atlas of Wyoming's Ungulates
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4.67 avg rating — 21 ratings
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Migrations
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Charlotte McConaghy (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 95,785 ratings
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Angle of Repose
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4.24 avg rating — 61,668 ratings
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The Time It Never Rained
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4.32 avg rating — 2,205 ratings
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Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes: Life and Language in the Amazonian Jungle
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3.97 avg rating — 6,000 ratings
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Bridge to Terabithia
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4.06 avg rating — 584,037 ratings
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Treasure State (Cassie Dewell, #5; Highway Quartet, #6)
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4.20 avg rating — 15,388 ratings
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The Overstory
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4.11 avg rating — 190,804 ratings
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