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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
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The Lord of the Rings
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Romeo and Juliet
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To Kill a Mockingbird
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Pride and Prejudice
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4.29 avg rating — 4,692,684 ratings
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The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
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4.35 avg rating — 9,698,907 ratings
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
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A Tale of Two Cities
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3.88 avg rating — 1,001,970 ratings
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
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4.57 avg rating — 4,110,659 ratings
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Jane Eyre
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4.16 avg rating — 2,280,901 ratings
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The Giver (The Giver, #1)
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Lois Lowry (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 2,757,527 ratings
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1984
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4.20 avg rating — 5,306,606 ratings
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Breaking Dawn (The Twilight Saga, #4)
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3.75 avg rating — 1,846,609 ratings
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Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)
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4.02 avg rating — 638,816 ratings
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The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
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4.30 avg rating — 4,383,641 ratings
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Crime and Punishment
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4.28 avg rating — 1,043,595 ratings
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Tiger's Voyage (The Tiger Saga, #3)
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Colleen Houck (Goodreads Author)
4.27 avg rating — 38,011 ratings
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The Fellowship of the Ring (Middle Earth, #2)
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4.40 avg rating — 3,084,256 ratings
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Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10)
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4.20 avg rating — 712,427 ratings
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The Godfather (The Godfather, #1)
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4.40 avg rating — 456,896 ratings
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The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower, #1)
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Stephen King (Goodreads Author)
3.91 avg rating — 654,809 ratings
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The Two Towers (Middle Earth, #3)
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4.50 avg rating — 1,098,293 ratings
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Forging Zero (The Legend of ZERO, #1)
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Sara King (Goodreads Author)
4.10 avg rating — 7,436 ratings
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The Catcher in the Rye
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3.80 avg rating — 3,832,470 ratings
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One Hundred Years of Solitude
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4.12 avg rating — 1,082,513 ratings
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
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4.14 avg rating — 380,367 ratings
score: 852,
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The Return of the King (Middle Earth, #4)
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4.58 avg rating — 1,017,005 ratings
score: 814,
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Zero Recall (The Legend of ZERO, #2)
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Sara King (Goodreads Author)
4.34 avg rating — 4,807 ratings
score: 791,
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Howl’s Moving Castle (Howl’s Moving Castle, #1)
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4.29 avg rating — 433,530 ratings
score: 783,
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The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #5)
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Rick Riordan (Goodreads Author)
4.55 avg rating — 1,126,184 ratings
score: 764,
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The Great Gatsby
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3.93 avg rating — 5,791,939 ratings
score: 759,
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The Picture of Dorian Gray and Three Stories
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4.08 avg rating — 3,227 ratings
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The Mists of Avalon (Avalon, #1)
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4.13 avg rating — 211,871 ratings
score: 750,
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)
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4.58 avg rating — 3,595,442 ratings
score: 729,
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Creatura (Creatura, #1)
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Nely Cab (Goodreads Author)
3.83 avg rating — 1,637 ratings
score: 700,
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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)
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4.22 avg rating — 1,985,564 ratings
score: 674,
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The Alchemist
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Paulo Coelho (Goodreads Author)
3.92 avg rating — 3,477,997 ratings
score: 657,
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The Fountainhead
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3.89 avg rating — 335,164 ratings
score: 656,
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And Then There Were None
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4.27 avg rating — 1,567,841 ratings
score: 648,
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
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4.58 avg rating — 4,731,744 ratings
score: 628,
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2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)
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4.18 avg rating — 332,555 ratings
score: 578,
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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 — 135,971 ratings
score: 571,
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Looking for Alaska
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John Green (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 1,727,110 ratings
score: 563,
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American Gods (American Gods, #1)
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Neil Gaiman (Goodreads Author)
4.10 avg rating — 983,223 ratings
score: 562,
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Twilight (The Twilight Saga, #1)
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3.67 avg rating — 7,185,534 ratings
score: 555,
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Pet Sematary
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Stephen King (Goodreads Author)
4.08 avg rating — 678,669 ratings
score: 553,
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Brave New World
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3.99 avg rating — 2,038,199 ratings
score: 550,
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The Poisonwood Bible
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4.11 avg rating — 785,065 ratings
score: 532,
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Fortune's Rising (Outer Bounds, #1)
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Sara King (Goodreads Author)
4.13 avg rating — 3,920 ratings
score: 492,
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Alaskan Fury (Guardians of the First Realm, #2)
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Sara King (Goodreads Author)
4.21 avg rating — 1,299 ratings
score: 488,
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Something Witchy (Mystics & Mayhem #1)
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A.J. Myers (Goodreads Author)
3.84 avg rating — 539 ratings
score: 481,
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Something Wicked (Mystics & Mayhem #2)
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A.J. Myers (Goodreads Author)
4.33 avg rating — 218 ratings
score: 480,
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The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1)
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Jasper Fforde (Goodreads Author)
3.88 avg rating — 136,520 ratings
score: 479,
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To the Princess Bound (Terms of Mercy, #1)
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Sara King (Goodreads Author)
4.01 avg rating — 853 ratings
score: 479,
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Fight Club
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Chuck Palahniuk (Goodreads Author)
4.18 avg rating — 633,733 ratings
score: 474,
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The Book Thief
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Markus Zusak (Goodreads Author)
4.39 avg rating — 2,827,436 ratings
score: 472,
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In the Hand of the Goddess (Song of the Lioness, #2)
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Tamora Pierce (Goodreads Author)
4.24 avg rating — 101,879 ratings
score: 464,
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Lioness Rampant (Song of the Lioness, #4)
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Tamora Pierce (Goodreads Author)
4.28 avg rating — 92,953 ratings
score: 453,
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A Room with a View
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3.89 avg rating — 199,210 ratings
score: 445,
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The White Queen (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #2)
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Philippa Gregory (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 181,406 ratings
score: 436,
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David Copperfield
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4.04 avg rating — 255,238 ratings
score: 408,
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Wings of Retribution (Millennium Potion #1)
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Sara King (Goodreads Author)
4.28 avg rating — 734 ratings
score: 390,
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Alaskan Fire (Guardians of the First Realm, #1)
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Sara King (Goodreads Author)
3.92 avg rating — 2,083 ratings
score: 385,
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Mrs. Dalloway
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3.78 avg rating — 347,449 ratings
score: 382,
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Acheron (Dark-Hunter, #14)
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Goodreads Author)
4.56 avg rating — 61,426 ratings
score: 380,
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It
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Stephen King (Goodreads Author)
4.24 avg rating — 1,239,999 ratings
score: 378,
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Cat’s Cradle
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4.15 avg rating — 431,539 ratings
score: 376,
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Child of God
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3.82 avg rating — 53,754 ratings
score: 371,
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What the Torah Teaches us About Survival: A Spiritial Roadmap For Renewal of Self
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Laura Weakley (Goodreads Author)
4.75 avg rating — 20 ratings
score: 371,
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First Test (Protector of the Small, #1)
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Tamora Pierce (Goodreads Author)
4.25 avg rating — 63,082 ratings
score: 369,
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Ulysses
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3.77 avg rating — 139,282 ratings
score: 368,
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Slaughterhouse-Five
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4.10 avg rating — 1,462,425 ratings
score: 364,
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Lady Knight (Protector of the Small, #4)
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Tamora Pierce (Goodreads Author)
4.33 avg rating — 55,159 ratings
score: 359,
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Dead to the World (Sookie Stackhouse, #4)
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Charlaine Harris (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 266,199 ratings
score: 358,
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The Glass Menagerie
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3.74 avg rating — 141,848 ratings
score: 353,
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Rebecca
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4.25 avg rating — 707,548 ratings
score: 349,
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Life of Pi
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3.94 avg rating — 1,737,027 ratings
score: 348,
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)
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4.50 avg rating — 3,726,560 ratings
score: 341,
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
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4.43 avg rating — 4,395,987 ratings
score: 338,
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream
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3.94 avg rating — 571,758 ratings
score: 327,
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The Fourth Monkey (4MK Thriller, #1)
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J.D. Barker (Goodreads Author)
4.26 avg rating — 75,596 ratings
score: 300,
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Infinite Jest
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4.25 avg rating — 99,675 ratings
score: 299,
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Lost Souls
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Poppy Z. Brite (Goodreads Author)
3.90 avg rating — 18,924 ratings
score: 295,
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The Ruins of Gorlan (Ranger's Apprentice, #1)
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4.26 avg rating — 172,980 ratings
score: 292,
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The Kite Runner
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Khaled Hosseini (Goodreads Author)
4.35 avg rating — 3,433,267 ratings
score: 292,
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Les Fleurs du Mal
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4.19 avg rating — 78,800 ratings
score: 291,
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The Metamorphosis and Other Stories
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3.90 avg rating — 1,368,206 ratings
score: 290,
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Nowhere Boulevard
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Katherine Black (Goodreads Author)
4.50 avg rating — 105 ratings
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I, Claudius (Claudius, #1)
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4.24 avg rating — 72,234 ratings
score: 288,
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Everything is Illuminated
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Jonathan Safran Foer (Goodreads Author)
3.89 avg rating — 183,217 ratings
score: 286,
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Matched (Matched, #1)
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Ally Condie (Goodreads Author)
3.62 avg rating — 811,568 ratings
score: 278,
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Clockwork Prince (The Infernal Devices, #2)
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Cassandra Clare (Goodreads Author)
4.42 avg rating — 581,028 ratings
score: 274,
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Kafka on the Shore
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4.12 avg rating — 535,993 ratings
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The Darkest Whisper (Lords of the Underworld, #4)
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Gena Showalter (Goodreads Author)
4.30 avg rating — 44,517 ratings
score: 271,
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The Woman Who Rides Like a Man (Song of the Lioness, #3)
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Tamora Pierce (Goodreads Author)
4.19 avg rating — 83,167 ratings
score: 265,
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Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
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4.12 avg rating — 3,639,889 ratings
score: 264,
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Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1)
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Marissa Meyer (Goodreads Author)
4.13 avg rating — 999,721 ratings
score: 264,
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The Lovely Bones
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3.86 avg rating — 2,447,551 ratings
score: 262,
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The Wise Man's Fear (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #2)
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Patrick Rothfuss (Goodreads Author)
4.55 avg rating — 610,046 ratings
score: 261,
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Atonement
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Ian McEwan (Goodreads Author)
3.95 avg rating — 556,452 ratings
score: 260,
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