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The most highly anticipated and must read books of the Fall 2012 season.
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The Memory Thief
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Emily Colin (Goodreads Author)
3.74 avg rating — 5,140 ratings
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Gone Girl
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Gillian Flynn (Goodreads Author)
4.15 avg rating — 3,413,608 ratings
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Live by Night (Coughlin, #2)
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Dennis Lehane (Goodreads Author)
3.92 avg rating — 26,458 ratings
score: 880,
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9 people voted
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The Twelve (The Passage, #2)
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Justin Cronin (Goodreads Author)
4.03 avg rating — 105,890 ratings
score: 790,
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8 people voted
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Defending Jacob
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William Landay (Goodreads Author)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 310,495 ratings
score: 787,
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8 people voted
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The Black Box (Harry Bosch, #16; Harry Bosch Universe, #25)
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Michael Connelly (Goodreads Author)
4.16 avg rating — 67,464 ratings
score: 677,
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7 people voted
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The Cracked Slipper
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Stephanie Alexander (Goodreads Author)
3.58 avg rating — 403 ratings
score: 498,
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5 people voted
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I Am Her... (I Am Her..., #1)
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Sarah Ann Walker (Goodreads Author)
3.95 avg rating — 843 ratings
score: 400,
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4 people voted
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The Casual Vacancy
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3.31 avg rating — 336,681 ratings
score: 393,
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4 people voted
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The Bat (Harry Hole, #1)
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Jo Nesbø (Goodreads Author)
3.55 avg rating — 129,772 ratings
score: 384,
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4 people voted
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Sweet Tooth
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Ian McEwan (Goodreads Author)
3.44 avg rating — 52,364 ratings
score: 382,
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4 people voted
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Me, Who Dove into the Heart of the World
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Sabina Berman (Goodreads Author)
3.79 avg rating — 2,234 ratings
score: 299,
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3 people voted
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The Mark of Athena (The Heroes of Olympus, #3)
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Rick Riordan (Goodreads Author)
4.47 avg rating — 669,037 ratings
score: 299,
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3 people voted
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Joseph Anton: A Memoir
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3.65 avg rating — 9,291 ratings
score: 292,
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3 people voted
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The Woman Who Died a Lot (Thursday Next, #7)
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Jasper Fforde (Goodreads Author)
4.08 avg rating — 15,071 ratings
score: 290,
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3 people voted
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FAMILY WARS: A NOVEL OF MODERN ISRAEL
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4.78 avg rating — 9 ratings
score: 200,
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2 people voted
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This Is How You Lose Her
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3.74 avg rating — 100,005 ratings
score: 197,
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2 people voted
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Broken Harbour
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Tana French (Goodreads Author)
3.95 avg rating — 109,465 ratings
score: 197,
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2 people voted
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Dear Life
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3.74 avg rating — 40,087 ratings
score: 191,
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2 people voted
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Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman
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3.94 avg rating — 108,030 ratings
score: 188,
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2 people voted
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Flight Behavior
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3.82 avg rating — 101,632 ratings
score: 186,
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2 people voted
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The Imposter Bride
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3.34 avg rating — 7,337 ratings
score: 184,
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2 people voted
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An Age of Madness
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David Maine (Goodreads Author)
3.95 avg rating — 86 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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Let Me Wear Your Coat
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John Basil (Goodreads Author)
4.15 avg rating — 13 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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Cloudland
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Joseph Olshan (Goodreads Author)
3.15 avg rating — 544 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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Double Exposure - a Kovak & Quaid Horse Mystery (Book 1)
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Toni Leland (Goodreads Author)
4.24 avg rating — 66 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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The Round House
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3.98 avg rating — 123,972 ratings
score: 99,
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1 person voted
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The Burgess Boys
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Elizabeth Strout (Goodreads Author)
3.65 avg rating — 70,621 ratings
score: 99,
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1 person voted
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The Dog Stars
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3.95 avg rating — 71,465 ratings
score: 98,
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1 person voted
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Olive Kitteridge (Olive Kitteridge, #1)
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Elizabeth Strout (Goodreads Author)
3.86 avg rating — 265,874 ratings
score: 98,
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1 person voted
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Detroit: An American Autopsy
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3.94 avg rating — 15,835 ratings
score: 97,
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1 person voted
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Summer of My Amazing Luck
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3.65 avg rating — 3,209 ratings
score: 96,
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1 person voted
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Infidel
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4.20 avg rating — 92,449 ratings
score: 95,
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1 person voted
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Conviction (Christopher Paget, #4)
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3.90 avg rating — 3,049 ratings
score: 94,
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1 person voted
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The Final Judgment
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4.03 avg rating — 5,904 ratings
score: 93,
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1 person voted
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Unfamiliar Fishes
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3.64 avg rating — 15,442 ratings
score: 92,
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1 person voted
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Back to Blood
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3.31 avg rating — 9,612 ratings
score: 88,
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1 person voted
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