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Talk Me Down (Tumble Creek, #1)
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3.73 avg rating — 11,434 ratings
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| 402 |
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Mad Love (DCYE, #3)
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Lynessa Layne (Goodreads Author)
4.37 avg rating — 214 ratings
score: 498,
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| 403 |
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To Catch a Pirate
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3.77 avg rating — 7,439 ratings
score: 497,
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| 403 |
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Trueman Bradley - The Next Great Detective
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Alexei Maxim Russell (Goodreads Author)
4.45 avg rating — 33 ratings
score: 497,
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| 405 |
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The Remains of the Day
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Kazuo Ishiguro (Goodreads Author)
4.14 avg rating — 347,801 ratings
score: 496,
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| 406 |
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Unwind (Unwind, #1)
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Neal Shusterman (Goodreads Author)
4.17 avg rating — 245,733 ratings
score: 493,
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| 407 |
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Pleasure Unbound (Demonica, #1)
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Larissa Ione (Goodreads Author)
4.04 avg rating — 54,892 ratings
score: 490,
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| 408 |
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Guilty Pleasures (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #1)
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Laurell K. Hamilton (Goodreads Author)
4.02 avg rating — 152,475 ratings
score: 489,
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| 408 |
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Nobody's Baby But Mine (Chicago Stars, #3)
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Susan Elizabeth Phillips (Goodreads Author)
4.03 avg rating — 43,808 ratings
score: 489,
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| 410 |
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A Room with a View
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3.89 avg rating — 198,644 ratings
score: 486,
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| 411 |
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The King of Attolia (The Queen's Thief, #3)
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Megan Whalen Turner (Goodreads Author)
4.38 avg rating — 42,784 ratings
score: 479,
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| 411 |
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Starflower (Tales of Goldstone Wood, #4)
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Anne Elisabeth Stengl (Goodreads Author)
4.47 avg rating — 928 ratings
score: 479,
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| 413 |
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Forget You
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Jennifer Echols (Goodreads Author)
3.78 avg rating — 26,501 ratings
score: 478,
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| 414 |
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Swoon (Swoon, #1)
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Nina Malkin (Goodreads Author)
3.17 avg rating — 6,382 ratings
score: 477,
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| 414 |
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Catch-22
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3.99 avg rating — 876,509 ratings
score: 477,
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| 414 |
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Torment (Fallen, #2)
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Lauren Kate (Goodreads Author)
3.84 avg rating — 243,659 ratings
score: 477,
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| 417 |
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The World According to Garp
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John Irving (Goodreads Author)
4.11 avg rating — 236,669 ratings
score: 474,
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| 418 |
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Wizard's First Rule (Sword of Truth, #1)
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4.12 avg rating — 252,433 ratings
score: 473,
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| 419 |
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Mine to Possess (Psy-Changeling, #4)
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Nalini Singh (Goodreads Author)
4.07 avg rating — 33,174 ratings
score: 470,
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| 419 |
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Wicked Deeds on a Winter's Night (Immortals After Dark, #3)
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Kresley Cole (Goodreads Author)
4.32 avg rating — 58,129 ratings
score: 470,
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| 421 |
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The Bride (Lairds' Fiancées, #1)
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4.22 avg rating — 69,870 ratings
score: 469,
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| 422 |
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Midnight Rising (Midnight Breed, #4)
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Lara Adrian (Goodreads Author)
4.21 avg rating — 34,588 ratings
score: 468,
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| 423 |
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Tight
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Alessandra Torre (Goodreads Author)
4.05 avg rating — 12,913 ratings
score: 466,
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| 424 |
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Watchmen
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Alan Moore (Goodreads Author)
4.39 avg rating — 588,301 ratings
score: 465,
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| 424 |
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Slammed (Slammed, #1)
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Colleen Hoover (Goodreads Author)
4.14 avg rating — 437,895 ratings
score: 465,
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| 426 |
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Unleash the Night (Dark Hunter, #8; Were-Hunter, #2)
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Goodreads Author)
4.32 avg rating — 43,876 ratings
score: 463,
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| 427 |
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Red Dragon (Hannibal Lecter, #1)
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4.07 avg rating — 366,247 ratings
score: 462,
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| 428 |
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The Goose Girl (The Books of Bayern, #1)
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Shannon Hale (Goodreads Author)
4.14 avg rating — 147,713 ratings
score: 457,
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| 429 |
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Letters to a Secret Lover
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Toni Blake (Goodreads Author)
3.88 avg rating — 1,937 ratings
score: 456,
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| 430 |
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Something About You (FBI/US Attorney, #1)
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Julie James (Goodreads Author)
3.94 avg rating — 63,537 ratings
score: 455,
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| 431 |
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The Road
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,009,488 ratings
score: 453,
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| 432 |
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Born in Sin (Brotherhood of the Sword, #3; MacAllister, #2)
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4.20 avg rating — 10,137 ratings
score: 450,
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| 433 |
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North of Beautiful
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Justina Chen (Goodreads Author)
3.92 avg rating — 35,793 ratings
score: 449,
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6 people voted
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| 434 |
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Song of Solomon
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4.15 avg rating — 124,763 ratings
score: 448,
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| 435 |
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Bared to You (Crossfire, #1)
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Sylvia Day (Goodreads Author)
4.13 avg rating — 547,127 ratings
score: 444,
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| 436 |
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The Once and Future King (The Once and Future King, #1-5)
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4.07 avg rating — 116,769 ratings
score: 443,
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| 436 |
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Shatter Me (Shatter Me, #1)
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3.84 avg rating — 1,168,379 ratings
score: 443,
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| 438 |
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Horatio Hornblower 1 - 11
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4.46 avg rating — 1,743 ratings
score: 440,
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| 438 |
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Clockwork Princess (The Infernal Devices, #3)
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Cassandra Clare (Goodreads Author)
4.55 avg rating — 471,956 ratings
score: 440,
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| 440 |
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Untamed (House of Night, #4)
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P.C. Cast (Goodreads Author)
3.94 avg rating — 243,696 ratings
score: 439,
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| 441 |
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Lord of Misrule (The Morganville Vampires, #5)
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4.15 avg rating — 48,812 ratings
score: 438,
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| 442 |
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Onyx (Lux, #2)
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Jennifer L. Armentrout (Goodreads Author)
4.22 avg rating — 189,361 ratings
score: 437,
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| 443 |
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All-American Girl (All-American Girl, #1)
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Meg Cabot (Goodreads Author)
3.75 avg rating — 70,244 ratings
score: 436,
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| 444 |
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Legend (Legend, #1)
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Marie Lu (Goodreads Author)
4.15 avg rating — 557,981 ratings
score: 435,
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| 445 |
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Bleak House
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4.02 avg rating — 112,778 ratings
score: 434,
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| 446 |
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Hatchet (Brian's Saga, #1)
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3.79 avg rating — 441,894 ratings
score: 433,
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| 447 |
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Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
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4.31 avg rating — 1,455,544 ratings
score: 432,
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| 448 |
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The Morganville Vampires, Volume 1 (The Morganville Vampires, #1-2)
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4.35 avg rating — 18,470 ratings
score: 427,
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| 448 |
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Flowers from the Storm
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Laura Kinsale (Goodreads Author)
4.07 avg rating — 17,310 ratings
score: 427,
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| 448 |
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Fallen (Will Trent, #5)
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Karin Slaughter (Goodreads Author)
4.23 avg rating — 74,090 ratings
score: 427,
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| 451 |
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Natural Born Charmer (Chicago Stars, #7)
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Susan Elizabeth Phillips (Goodreads Author)
4.15 avg rating — 37,614 ratings
score: 424,
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| 452 |
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One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest: Text and Criticism
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4.20 avg rating — 770,641 ratings
score: 423,
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| 452 |
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Forever Princess (The Princess Diaries, #10)
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Meg Cabot (Goodreads Author)
4.10 avg rating — 38,226 ratings
score: 423,
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| 454 |
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One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
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3.98 avg rating — 122,999 ratings
score: 419,
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| 455 |
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Death of a Pirate King (The Adrien English Mysteries, #4)
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Josh Lanyon (Goodreads Author)
4.33 avg rating — 7,491 ratings
score: 415,
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| 456 |
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Black Ice (Ice, #1)
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Anne Stuart (Goodreads Author)
3.70 avg rating — 10,110 ratings
score: 413,
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| 457 |
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A Time to Kill (Jake Brigance, #1)
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John Grisham (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 821,679 ratings
score: 412,
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| 458 |
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Veil of Midnight (Midnight Breed, #5)
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Lara Adrian (Goodreads Author)
4.24 avg rating — 32,381 ratings
score: 411,
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| 458 |
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Cold Mountain
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3.89 avg rating — 248,576 ratings
score: 411,
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| 460 |
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The Wind in the Willows
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4.02 avg rating — 236,495 ratings
score: 410,
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| 461 |
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Ballad: A Gathering of Faerie (Books of Faerie, #2)
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Maggie Stiefvater (Goodreads Author)
3.78 avg rating — 17,937 ratings
score: 407,
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| 461 |
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Burned (House of Night, #7)
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P.C. Cast (Goodreads Author)
3.97 avg rating — 163,822 ratings
score: 407,
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| 463 |
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Awakened (House of Night, #8)
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P.C. Cast (Goodreads Author)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 143,995 ratings
score: 406,
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| 464 |
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Unearthly (Unearthly, #1)
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Cynthia Hand (Goodreads Author)
4.01 avg rating — 128,614 ratings
score: 404,
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| 465 |
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Lament: The Faerie Queen's Deception (Books of Faerie, #1)
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Maggie Stiefvater (Goodreads Author)
3.66 avg rating — 33,789 ratings
score: 402,
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| 465 |
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The Looking Glass Wars (The Looking Glass Wars, #1)
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Frank Beddor (Goodreads Author)
3.93 avg rating — 46,719 ratings
score: 402,
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| 467 |
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Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest
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4.44 avg rating — 136,679 ratings
score: 401,
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| 468 |
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Columbus Avenue Boys
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David Carraturo (Goodreads Author)
4.31 avg rating — 48 ratings
score: 400,
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| 468 |
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Trueman Bradley: Aspie Detective
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Alexei Maxim Russell (Goodreads Author)
4.44 avg rating — 90 ratings
score: 400,
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| 468 |
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A Poker Game of Love
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Alice Walsh (Goodreads Author)
4.21 avg rating — 28 ratings
score: 400,
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| 468 |
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Johnny Fracture
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Waheed Ibne Musa (Goodreads Author)
4.34 avg rating — 32 ratings
score: 400,
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| 468 |
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All for One (Sky Ghosts, #1)
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Alexandra Engellmann (Goodreads Author)
3.79 avg rating — 462 ratings
score: 400,
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| 468 |
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The Enlightenment of Alexander
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B.Q. Hanson (Goodreads Author)
3.33 avg rating — 190 ratings
score: 400,
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| 474 |
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Sea Change
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Aimee Friedman (Goodreads Author)
3.62 avg rating — 6,726 ratings
score: 399,
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| 474 |
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Okay
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Katherine Marple (Goodreads Author)
3.94 avg rating — 18 ratings
score: 399,
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| 474 |
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The Love Story That Shouldn't Have Been
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3.90 avg rating — 115 ratings
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| 477 |
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Teeth (The South Pacific Trilogy, #1)
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Timothy James Dean (Goodreads Author)
3.92 avg rating — 115 ratings
score: 397,
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| 477 |
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Wretched:
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Katherine Marple (Goodreads Author)
3.58 avg rating — 19 ratings
score: 397,
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| 479 |
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Dark Angel (Casteel, #2)
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score: 396,
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| 479 |
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Marco (Sky Ghosts, #1.5)
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Alexandra Engellmann (Goodreads Author)
4.46 avg rating — 95 ratings
score: 396,
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| 479 |
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Not For Public Consumption
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Frank P. Lipton (Goodreads Author)
4.53 avg rating — 43 ratings
score: 396,
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| 482 |
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Betrayals (Strange Angels, #2)
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4.07 avg rating — 26,735 ratings
score: 395,
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| 482 |
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Revelations (Bloodlines, #3)
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Lindsay Anne Kendal (Goodreads Author)
4.10 avg rating — 291 ratings
score: 395,
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| 484 |
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To the Brink (The Bodyguards #3)
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4.15 avg rating — 4,768 ratings
score: 394,
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| 485 |
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Torment (Bloodlines, #2)
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Lindsay Anne Kendal (Goodreads Author)
4.02 avg rating — 354 ratings
score: 393,
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| 485 |
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Golden Daughter (Tales of Goldstone Wood, #7)
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Anne Elisabeth Stengl (Goodreads Author)
4.48 avg rating — 388 ratings
score: 393,
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| 487 |
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The Leopard Prince (Princes Trilogy, #2)
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Elizabeth Hoyt (Goodreads Author)
3.86 avg rating — 11,349 ratings
score: 390,
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| 487 |
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The Iron Knight (The Iron Fey, #4)
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Julie Kagawa (Goodreads Author)
4.17 avg rating — 87,633 ratings
score: 390,
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| 487 |
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Love in the Time of Cholera
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3.94 avg rating — 538,608 ratings
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| 490 |
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Death Note, Vol. 3: Hard Run (Death Note, #3)
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4.45 avg rating — 41,116 ratings
score: 389,
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| 490 |
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Slightly Married (Bedwyn Saga, #1)
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3.94 avg rating — 22,106 ratings
score: 389,
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| 492 |
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Moonblood (Tales of Goldstone Wood, #3)
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Anne Elisabeth Stengl (Goodreads Author)
4.33 avg rating — 1,011 ratings
score: 388,
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| 492 |
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The Sacred Band
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Janet E. Morris (Goodreads Author)
4.47 avg rating — 319 ratings
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| 494 |
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The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
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4.02 avg rating — 214,543 ratings
score: 387,
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| 495 |
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The Devil You Know (Rutledge Family #3)
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3.86 avg rating — 3,012 ratings
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| 495 |
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The Raven Boys (The Raven Cycle, #1)
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You are not the only one, Kiiks.
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Perhaps instead of turning down your nose at those of us who love romance heroes and vampires, you should nominate your favorite male book character and see how many votes 'he' generates. Just a thought! :)
Maybe there should be a "Non-romance" best male character list? It could be all "literary classics".
Well said Shawna. If you haven't read the books or don't like the choices available, add to the list. That's what I did! It's a very simple process ...
Auntee wrote: "Maybe there should be a "Non-romance" best male character list? It could be all "literary classics"."Best male character in a classic? I like that idea! Even the classics have a happy ending. =)
That's a good idea Auntee!Tammy wrote: "If you haven't read the books or don't like the choices available, add to the list. That's what I did! It's a very simple process ..."
Very true Tammy! I added a couple to the list that are non-romance, like Lonesome Dove because Augustus 'Gus' McCrae is one of my favorite male characters, ever!
I love Laura Kinsale's Male characters, they're some of my favorite men from Romance novels EVAH. Her Green Knight, for example or her Hawaiian ninja dude from The Shadow and the Star... The Prince of Midnight. That woman can write a man to love...
I do think for literary classics you can't beat Mr. Darcy.
Z.a. wrote: "I do think for literary classics you can't beat Mr. Darcy."
I've always preferred Edward Rochester, myself.
I've always preferred Edward Rochester, myself.
Edward Rochester. **shudders** Must be because I've only seen the films.
Frankly, if you find Pip from Great Expectations to be the best male character, romance aside, then I can't sympathize, LOL. Now... Rochester or Darcy or any other number of characters in fiction, I can understand.
Ah, Edward! He's dark, mysterious, and wealthy. What more could a girl ask for?
I tend to like the tortured soul/misunderstood/underdog male characters the best. Thankfully there are plenty of them to choose from!
Right there with you, Rachel. If he's all of the above, sign me up!
I can't believe I am the first person to include Pete Hamill's Forever and Northriver! I fell in love with the leads by the second page!
Danielle, I'm usually content if the lead male is just one of those things, but all three... NICE!You've definitely peaked my interest, Katherine. :)
Great minds think alike, Rachel.Katherine I need to check those books!
Gully Foyle - The Stars My Destination, by Alfred Bester
Heh Davis you reminded of the awesome Gully Foyle.Here are my top 10 of the characters :
Parker - The Hunter
Conan - Complete Conan
Gully Foyle - The Stars My Destination
The Continental OP - Red Harvest
Horatio Hornblower - Hornblower and The Hotspur
Cugel - Cugel's Saga
Edmond Dantes - The Count of Monte Cristo
Robert Neville - I Am Legend
James Bond - Casino Royale
Sherlock Holmes
Angus McCaskill, from Dancing at the Rascal Fair was an interesting male.
Jace Wayland of course!He is funny ! Very sarcastic! Sexy and hot!
For me.. he is the Best Male Character! :)
I can't seem to find Atlus Shrugged anywhere on this list. And there are so many incredible male characters to choose from!Francis D'anconia, Ragnar Danneskjold, John Galt, for god's sakes!
Adding now...
Kiiks wrote: "...romantic, lover-type characters?? Or vampires. I am so sick of vampires."I agree. I guess unless you're a strapping, lustful lumberjack, or a brooding, teenage blood sucker you won't make it very far on this list.
Northern wrote: "I can't seem to find Atlus Shrugged anywhere on this list. And there are so many incredible male characters to choose from!Francis D'anconia, Ragnar Danneskjold, John Galt, for god's sakes!
Addin..."
Don't forget Hank Reardon!
Edward Cullen? Really guys? Really? Ugh. I am ready for the new trend to set in. I am so sick of the vampire franchise.
Deidre wrote: "Edward Cullen? Really guys? Really? Ugh. I am ready for the new trend to set in. I am so sick of the vampire franchise."
Amen.
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Asher is amazing and by far my favorite male character out of any book I've ever read.
Why on Earth is a book in which the male lead is a stalker with a scent fetish no. 1?
Francisco D'Anconia!!!! I loved him in Atlas Shrugged! I agree this book should be on the list :)
Edward Cullen makes me feel ill. I would have slapped him in the face and told him to take a midol. Lord, he irritates me. Charles Lutwidge Dodgeson as a character in Alice I have Been is one of the most interesting. Not the best but fascinating.
Mohammed wrote: "Heh Davis you reminded of the awesome Gully Foyle.Here are my top 10 of the characters :
Parker - The Hunter
Conan - Complete Conan
Gully Foyle - The Stars My Destination
The Continental OP - Re..."
Thanks for posting Hornblower!
Why is Edward on top of the list?He doesn't deserve to be there.Man,I hate him.
I don't mind some romance books, (who doesn't have the guilty pleasure of reading about intimacy and sex), but all the vampire books that have started coming out since Twilight are getting to be a bit much. I think it's time for a new fad in the book world. But that's just me.
Kiiks wrote: "Another thing~why is it that the majority of the male characters this list revolves around must be romantic, lover-type characters?? Or vampires. I am so sick of vampires."Agreed!
*twitchtwitch*PATCH is above Edmond Dantes? ARE YOU KIDDING ME? AND WESTLEY?
Someone please explain to me how a fallen angel who tries to kill his love interest multiple times rates that high.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
Anila wrote: "*twitchtwitch*PATCH is above Edmond Dantes? ARE YOU KIDDING ME? AND WESTLEY?
Someone please explain to me how a fallen angel who tries to kill his love interest multiple times rates that high...."
And Edward is #1??????
That I expected.But under no circumstances should Patch rate higher than Westley. NO. CIRCUMSTANCES.
whatiswrongwiththisworld.
Anila wrote: "That I expected.But under no circumstances should Patch rate higher than Westley. NO. CIRCUMSTANCES.
whatiswrongwiththisworld."
So many things Anila, so many, many things. All we can do is shake our heads and weep for the future.
How could anyone vote any of the male characters in twilight as the best? Ugh!
Anila wrote: "*twitchtwitch*PATCH is above Edmond Dantes? ARE YOU KIDDING ME? AND WESTLEY?
Someone please explain to me how a fallen angel who tries to kill his love interest multiple times rates that high...."
Agreed, agreed, agreed. I don't even like Mr.Darcy and I don't understand how Edward Cullen beat him. Or how Patch beat Harry Potter. Or how Daniel Grigori is on this list at all. Abusive jerk love interests who say over and over how little they want to do with you? That's what's required to be 'the Best'? *facekeyboard*
This vote is for Ren and Kishan. Tiger saga all the way!!!!
Hmmm...so we have a controlling, stalker-like, abusive sparkly vampire in first place for best character...Ok then.
Becca wrote: "The SummoningI don't want to look through the whole list. But Derek from the Darkest Powers Series had better be there."
i don't know, he kinda gives me the creeps. simon is much nicer.
Try a new book, DREAM OF ME by Jennifer Froelich. Colin is not a vampire or a "god" or any of the other fads. He is just a really great guy who meets a real girl in his dreams. You will love him! Amazon has it.
Frostbite's up there so that should mean Adrian! But he's still under Edward Cullen! He sparkles is that not bad enough???
Tam Lin (Sir John) in The Ballad of Young Tam Lin. Handsome, sexy, sensual, and torn between love for the mother of his unborn child, and his devotion to the eternal Goddess who is the Queen of Summerland.
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