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Fahrenheit 451
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3.97 avg rating — 2,756,983 ratings
score: 382,
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The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
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4.30 avg rating — 4,382,545 ratings
score: 289,
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The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1-5)
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4.38 avg rating — 335,948 ratings
score: 281,
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Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson
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Mitch Albom (Goodreads Author)
4.20 avg rating — 1,169,649 ratings
score: 198,
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Thinner
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Richard Bachman (Pseudonym)
3.78 avg rating — 224,310 ratings
score: 197,
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2 people voted
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The Help
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Kathryn Stockett (Goodreads Author)
4.47 avg rating — 2,980,916 ratings
score: 193,
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Divergent (Divergent, #1)
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Veronica Roth (Goodreads Author)
4.13 avg rating — 4,317,531 ratings
score: 192,
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Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)
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4.02 avg rating — 638,666 ratings
score: 192,
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The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
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Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author)
4.15 avg rating — 2,356,844 ratings
score: 189,
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The Vampire Lestat (The Vampire Chronicles, #2)
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4.11 avg rating — 213,962 ratings
score: 187,
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1984
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4.20 avg rating — 5,304,264 ratings
score: 186,
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Swan Song
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4.30 avg rating — 74,709 ratings
score: 179,
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The Night Circus
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Erin Morgenstern (Goodreads Author)
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score: 100,
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Tomorrow, When the War Began (Tomorrow, #1)
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4.04 avg rating — 59,906 ratings
score: 100,
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Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000
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3.55 avg rating — 23,977 ratings
score: 100,
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Life Expectancy
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Dean Koontz (Goodreads Author)
4.02 avg rating — 39,502 ratings
score: 99,
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1 person voted
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A Dangerous Fortune
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Ken Follett (Goodreads Author)
4.16 avg rating — 55,640 ratings
score: 99,
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1 person voted
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1984
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4.20 avg rating — 5,304,264 ratings
score: 99,
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Howl’s Moving Castle (Howl’s Moving Castle, #1)
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4.29 avg rating — 433,337 ratings
score: 98,
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Shall We Tell the President? (Kane & Abel, #3)
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Jeffrey Archer (Goodreads Author)
3.82 avg rating — 23,818 ratings
score: 98,
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Ishmael: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit (Ishmael, #1)
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4.01 avg rating — 103,173 ratings
score: 97,
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On Wings of Eagles
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Ken Follett (Goodreads Author)
3.99 avg rating — 15,572 ratings
score: 97,
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Where the Wild Things Are
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4.25 avg rating — 1,048,557 ratings
score: 96,
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Like Water for Chocolate
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3.95 avg rating — 389,860 ratings
score: 96,
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Stand on Zanzibar
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3.94 avg rating — 17,189 ratings
score: 96,
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The Canterbury Tales
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3.52 avg rating — 235,699 ratings
score: 95,
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Treasure Island
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3.85 avg rating — 532,741 ratings
score: 95,
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A Scanner Darkly
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4.03 avg rating — 108,910 ratings
score: 95,
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The Martian
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Andy Weir (Goodreads Author)
4.42 avg rating — 1,255,276 ratings
score: 94,
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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
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4.09 avg rating — 502,312 ratings
score: 93,
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The Nanny Diaries (Nanny, #1)
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Emma McLaughlin (Goodreads Author)
3.47 avg rating — 388,440 ratings
score: 92,
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Dance With the Devil
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3.51 avg rating — 185 ratings
score: 92,
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The Bride Collector
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Ted Dekker (Goodreads Author)
3.85 avg rating — 12,687 ratings
score: 92,
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Starship Troopers
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4.01 avg rating — 243,373 ratings
score: 92,
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Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1)
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Marissa Meyer (Goodreads Author)
4.13 avg rating — 999,533 ratings
score: 91,
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The Pit and the Pendulum
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4.14 avg rating — 71,455 ratings
score: 91,
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The Hunt For Red October (Jack Ryan, #3)
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4.12 avg rating — 386,396 ratings
score: 91,
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The Selection (The Selection, #1)
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Kiera Cass (Goodreads Author)
4.07 avg rating — 1,731,978 ratings
score: 90,
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Wuthering Heights
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3.90 avg rating — 1,982,484 ratings
score: 90,
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Silence Of The Lambs
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4.26 avg rating — 581,528 ratings
score: 90,
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First Blood
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David Morrell (Goodreads Author)
4.06 avg rating — 11,235 ratings
score: 90,
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The Priest's Graveyard (Danny Hansen, #1)
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Ted Dekker (Goodreads Author)
3.86 avg rating — 7,199 ratings
score: 89,
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2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)
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4.18 avg rating — 332,483 ratings
score: 89,
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
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4.20 avg rating — 772,056 ratings
score: 88,
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Stranger in a Strange Land
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3.92 avg rating — 324,535 ratings
score: 88,
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The Raven
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4.29 avg rating — 165,327 ratings
score: 87,
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Christine
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Stephen King (Goodreads Author)
3.86 avg rating — 260,351 ratings
score: 87,
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Great Expectations
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3.80 avg rating — 862,851 ratings
score: 86,
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On the Beach
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3.98 avg rating — 48,719 ratings
score: 86,
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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3.83 avg rating — 1,325,246 ratings
score: 85,
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2010: Odyssey Two (Space Odyssey #2)
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3.95 avg rating — 60,274 ratings
score: 85,
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A Time to Kill (Jake Brigance, #1)
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John Grisham (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 822,409 ratings
score: 84,
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The Andromeda Strain
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3.91 avg rating — 268,876 ratings
score: 84,
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To Kill a Mockingbird
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4.26 avg rating — 6,750,535 ratings
score: 83,
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To Catch a Spy
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3.42 avg rating — 38 ratings
score: 83,
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Carrie
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Stephen King (Goodreads Author)
3.99 avg rating — 823,317 ratings
score: 82,
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The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
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Dan Brown (Goodreads Author)
3.93 avg rating — 2,491,402 ratings
score: 82,
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Lord of the Flies
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3.70 avg rating — 3,144,067 ratings
score: 81,
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Rendezvous With Rama
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4.12 avg rating — 181,063 ratings
score: 81,
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The Coffin Dancer (Lincoln Rhyme, #2)
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Jeffery Deaver (Goodreads Author)
4.16 avg rating — 54,787 ratings
score: 80,
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The Day Before Midnight
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Stephen Hunter (Goodreads Author)
4.03 avg rating — 2,503 ratings
score: 80,
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Oliver Twist
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3.88 avg rating — 422,349 ratings
score: 78,
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Misery
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Stephen King (Goodreads Author)
4.23 avg rating — 825,605 ratings
score: 77,
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Winter Moon
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Dean Koontz (Goodreads Author)
3.86 avg rating — 19,038 ratings
score: 76,
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