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The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1)
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The Book Thief
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Markus Zusak (Goodreads Author)
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Fahrenheit 451
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The Thirteenth Tale
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Diane Setterfield (Goodreads Author)
3.98 avg rating — 325,106 ratings
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The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1)
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Jasper Fforde (Goodreads Author)
3.88 avg rating — 136,753 ratings
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Matilda
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The Name of the Rose
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Inkheart (Inkworld, #1)
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Cornelia Funke (Goodreads Author)
3.93 avg rating — 441,066 ratings
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The Angel's Game (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #2)
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The Master and Margarita
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If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler
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4.02 avg rating — 110,105 ratings
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Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
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3.87 avg rating — 252,816 ratings
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People of the Book
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Geraldine Brooks (Goodreads Author)
4.04 avg rating — 155,263 ratings
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84, Charing Cross Road
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4.16 avg rating — 95,379 ratings
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Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
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3.64 avg rating — 67,608 ratings
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The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
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4.19 avg rating — 211,442 ratings
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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)
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4.22 avg rating — 1,993,750 ratings
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Inkspell (Inkworld, #2)
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Cornelia Funke (Goodreads Author)
3.95 avg rating — 134,495 ratings
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The Land of Laughs
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3.88 avg rating — 6,732 ratings
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Breakfast of Champions
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4.06 avg rating — 277,695 ratings
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Emily of New Moon (Emily, #1)
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4.12 avg rating — 53,991 ratings
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Wonder Boys
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3.93 avg rating — 36,992 ratings
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The Blind Assassin
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Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 162,566 ratings
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A Moveable Feast
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Houdini Heart
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Ki Longfellow (Goodreads Author)
3.84 avg rating — 5,460 ratings
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The Last Time They Met
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3.49 avg rating — 18,940 ratings
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Foucault’s Pendulum
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3.91 avg rating — 74,384 ratings
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The Help
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Kathryn Stockett (Goodreads Author)
4.47 avg rating — 2,990,366 ratings
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Inkdeath (Inkworld, #3)
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Cornelia Funke (Goodreads Author)
3.98 avg rating — 93,215 ratings
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The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
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Gabrielle Zevin (Goodreads Author)
4.04 avg rating — 352,931 ratings
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The End of Mr. Y
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Scarlett Thomas (Goodreads Author)
3.77 avg rating — 18,278 ratings
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So You Want to Be a Wizard (Young Wizards, #1)
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Diane Duane (Goodreads Author)
3.85 avg rating — 28,235 ratings
score: 375,
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The Neverending Story
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4.18 avg rating — 218,675 ratings
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Gin & Daggers (Murder, She Wrote, #1)
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3.92 avg rating — 2,983 ratings
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Northanger Abbey
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3.85 avg rating — 447,143 ratings
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Book Love
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Debbie Tung (Goodreads Author)
4.29 avg rating — 22,243 ratings
score: 283,
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Dear Mr. Henshaw (Leigh Botts, #1)
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3.79 avg rating — 41,821 ratings
score: 282,
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No Words (Little Bridge Island, #3)
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Meg Cabot (Goodreads Author)
3.42 avg rating — 11,801 ratings
score: 282,
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Little Women (Little Women, #1)
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4.17 avg rating — 2,424,812 ratings
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Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)
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4.33 avg rating — 1,097,453 ratings
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Zod Wallop
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4.10 avg rating — 560 ratings
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Possession
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3.90 avg rating — 83,867 ratings
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Drood
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3.54 avg rating — 17,508 ratings
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A Dead Man in Deptford
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3.81 avg rating — 1,525 ratings
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I Thirst (The Veritas Chronicles, #1)
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Gina Marinello-Sweeney (Goodreads Author)
3.87 avg rating — 85 ratings
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The Paragraph Ranch
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3.92 avg rating — 272 ratings
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Writing Course: Teaching the Time-Efficient Principles of Planning and Writing a Book
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Hayley Paige (Goodreads Author)
4.70 avg rating — 10 ratings
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Bandersnatch: C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien and the Creative Collaboration of the Inklings
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Diana Pavlac Glyer (Goodreads Author)
4.28 avg rating — 1,342 ratings
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Book Title Generator: A Proven System in Naming Your Book
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Scott Lorenz (Goodreads Author)
4.07 avg rating — 257 ratings
score: 200,
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The Bookbinder's Secret
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A.D. Bell (Goodreads Author)
4.18 avg rating — 211 ratings
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The Six People You Meet In Creative Writing Workshop
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Dwayne Fry (Goodreads Author)
4.45 avg rating — 11 ratings
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Emily's Quest (Emily, #3)
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4.13 avg rating — 21,782 ratings
score: 195,
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The Diviners
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4.18 avg rating — 7,965 ratings
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Timequake
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3.73 avg rating — 40,257 ratings
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Emily Climbs (Emily, #2)
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4.18 avg rating — 25,639 ratings
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The Lazarus Project
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3.57 avg rating — 6,854 ratings
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Lost
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2.84 avg rating — 14,729 ratings
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The End of the Affair
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3.90 avg rating — 69,998 ratings
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Among Others
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Jo Walton (Goodreads Author)
3.71 avg rating — 25,696 ratings
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Cat’s Cradle
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4.15 avg rating — 433,041 ratings
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The Shining (The Shining, #1)
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Stephen King (Goodreads Author)
4.28 avg rating — 1,677,718 ratings
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The Roman Hat Mystery (Ellery Queen Detective, #1)
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3.54 avg rating — 3,610 ratings
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The Complete Sherlock Holmes
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4.51 avg rating — 215,686 ratings
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Yarrow
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Charles de Lint (Goodreads Author)
3.91 avg rating — 2,644 ratings
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Afterworlds (Afterworlds, #1)
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Scott Westerfeld (Goodreads Author)
3.72 avg rating — 20,772 ratings
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Blackberry Wine
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Joanne Harris (Goodreads Author)
3.84 avg rating — 16,759 ratings
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Heat Wave (Nikki Heat, #1)
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3.57 avg rating — 67,565 ratings
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Unsolicited (A Booklover's Mystery, #1)
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3.72 avg rating — 540 ratings
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David Copperfield
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4.04 avg rating — 256,169 ratings
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East Is East
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T. Coraghessan Boyle (Goodreads Author)
3.66 avg rating — 2,745 ratings
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Parnassus on Wheels (Parnassus, #1)
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Youngblood Hawke
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4.23 avg rating — 2,410 ratings
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The Accidental Bestseller
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Wendy Wax (Goodreads Author)
3.81 avg rating — 3,180 ratings
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Anathema Rhodes: Dreams
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Iimani David (Goodreads Author)
3.24 avg rating — 25 ratings
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Miss Buncle's Book (Miss Buncle #1)
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Dewey Defeats Truman
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Feed (Newsflesh, #1)
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Novel Concept
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Audubon: The Dream That Wouldn't Die
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Sharon Delarose (Goodreads Author)
3.78 avg rating — 9 ratings
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The Classic Authors
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Richard S. Hartmetz (Goodreads Author)
3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Put Them Through the Maze: The Secrets of How to Write the Ultimate Novel
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T.D. McMichael (Goodreads Author)
3.65 avg rating — 20 ratings
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Everlasting. Der Mann, der aus der Zeit fiel
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Holly-Jane Rahlens (Goodreads Author)
3.98 avg rating — 689 ratings
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The Modigliani Girl
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Jacqui Lofthouse (Goodreads Author)
3.75 avg rating — 36 ratings
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The Most Wretched Thing Imaginable or, Beneath the Burnt Umbrella
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Stephen Moles (Goodreads Author)
3.82 avg rating — 22 ratings
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Painting Dragons: What Storytellers Need to Know About Writing Eunuch Villains
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Tucker Lieberman (Goodreads Author)
4.53 avg rating — 17 ratings
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Dangerous Alliance: An Austentacious Romance
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Jennieke Cohen (Goodreads Author)
3.66 avg rating — 7,333 ratings
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LILY'S DAD:Paving it Forward
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Edward Juan Lynum (Dr. JD) (Goodreads Author)
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The World According to Garp
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John Irving (Goodreads Author)
4.11 avg rating — 237,525 ratings
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De voorlezer
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Talent
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The Fault in Our Stars
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John Green (Goodreads Author)
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The Mandarins
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The December Issue
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J. Shep (Goodreads Author)
4.97 avg rating — 64 ratings
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Vampire Odyssey: or The Blue Blood of the Elizabethan Upper Crust
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The Night Journal
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Elizabeth Crook (Goodreads Author)
3.65 avg rating — 1,285 ratings
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1988
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The Winter Sea (Slains, #1)
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Susanna Kearsley (Goodreads Author)
4.11 avg rating — 69,518 ratings
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Steelheart (The Reckoners, #1)
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Brandon Sanderson (Goodreads Author)
4.14 avg rating — 194,145 ratings
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The Last Word
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Samantha Hastings (Goodreads Author)
4.03 avg rating — 300 ratings
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The Plot (The Book Series, #1)
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Jean Hanff Korelitz (Goodreads Author)
3.81 avg rating — 138,593 ratings
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How to Vote
To vote on existing books from the list, beside each book there is a link vote for this book clicking it will add that book to your votes.
To vote on books not in the list or books you couldn't find in the list, you can click on the tab add books to this list and then choose from your books, or simply search.
