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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 — 325,001 ratings
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The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1)
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Jasper Fforde (Goodreads Author)
3.88 avg rating — 136,707 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 — 440,955 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 — 110,001 ratings
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Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
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3.87 avg rating — 252,675 ratings
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People of the Book
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Geraldine Brooks (Goodreads Author)
4.04 avg rating — 155,176 ratings
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84, Charing Cross Road
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4.16 avg rating — 95,189 ratings
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Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
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3.64 avg rating — 67,581 ratings
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The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
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4.19 avg rating — 211,372 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 — 1,992,563 ratings
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Inkspell (Inkworld, #2)
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Cornelia Funke (Goodreads Author)
3.95 avg rating — 134,456 ratings
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The Land of Laughs
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3.88 avg rating — 6,731 ratings
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Breakfast of Champions
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4.06 avg rating — 277,569 ratings
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Emily of New Moon (Emily, #1)
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4.12 avg rating — 53,969 ratings
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Wonder Boys
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The Blind Assassin
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Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 162,503 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 — 5,458 ratings
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The Last Time They Met
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3.49 avg rating — 18,932 ratings
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Foucault’s Pendulum
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3.91 avg rating — 74,343 ratings
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The Help
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Kathryn Stockett (Goodreads Author)
4.47 avg rating — 2,989,143 ratings
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Inkdeath (Inkworld, #3)
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Cornelia Funke (Goodreads Author)
3.98 avg rating — 93,173 ratings
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The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
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Gabrielle Zevin (Goodreads Author)
4.04 avg rating — 352,526 ratings
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The End of Mr. Y
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Scarlett Thomas (Goodreads Author)
3.77 avg rating — 18,273 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 — 28,228 ratings
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The Neverending Story
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4.18 avg rating — 218,542 ratings
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Gin & Daggers (Murder, She Wrote, #1)
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3.91 avg rating — 2,980 ratings
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Northanger Abbey
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3.85 avg rating — 446,733 ratings
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Book Love
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Debbie Tung (Goodreads Author)
4.29 avg rating — 22,233 ratings
score: 283,
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Dear Mr. Henshaw (Leigh Botts, #1)
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3.79 avg rating — 41,811 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 — 11,788 ratings
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Little Women (Little Women, #1)
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4.17 avg rating — 2,423,338 ratings
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Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)
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4.32 avg rating — 1,096,578 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 — 83,828 ratings
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Drood
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3.54 avg rating — 17,496 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 — 1,341 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
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The Bookbinder's Secret
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A.D. Bell (Goodreads Author)
4.17 avg rating — 192 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 — 21,768 ratings
score: 195,
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The Diviners
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4.18 avg rating — 7,962 ratings
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Timequake
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3.73 avg rating — 40,241 ratings
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Emily Climbs (Emily, #2)
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4.18 avg rating — 25,633 ratings
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The Lazarus Project
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3.57 avg rating — 6,851 ratings
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Lost
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2.84 avg rating — 14,726 ratings
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The End of the Affair
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3.90 avg rating — 69,962 ratings
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Among Others
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Jo Walton (Goodreads Author)
3.71 avg rating — 25,686 ratings
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Cat’s Cradle
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4.15 avg rating — 432,822 ratings
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The Shining (The Shining, #1)
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Stephen King (Goodreads Author)
4.28 avg rating — 1,676,031 ratings
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The Roman Hat Mystery (Ellery Queen Detective, #1)
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3.54 avg rating — 3,605 ratings
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The Complete Sherlock Holmes
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4.51 avg rating — 215,630 ratings
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Yarrow
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Charles de Lint (Goodreads Author)
3.91 avg rating — 2,643 ratings
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Afterworlds (Afterworlds, #1)
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Scott Westerfeld (Goodreads Author)
3.72 avg rating — 20,765 ratings
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Blackberry Wine
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Joanne Harris (Goodreads Author)
3.84 avg rating — 16,753 ratings
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Heat Wave (Nikki Heat, #1)
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3.57 avg rating — 67,548 ratings
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Unsolicited (A Booklover's Mystery, #1)
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3.71 avg rating — 539 ratings
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David Copperfield
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4.04 avg rating — 256,060 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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The Accidental Bestseller
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Wendy Wax (Goodreads Author)
3.81 avg rating — 3,177 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 — 7,330 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)
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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 — 69,492 ratings
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Steelheart (The Reckoners, #1)
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Brandon Sanderson (Goodreads Author)
4.14 avg rating — 194,059 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 — 138,457 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.
