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These Happy Golden Years (Little House, #8)
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4.22 avg rating — 78,318 ratings
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Crucial Lessons (Brothers LaFon, #1)
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Joseph Lance Tonlet (Goodreads Author)
3.78 avg rating — 580 ratings
score: 296,
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| 603 |
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Born of Ice (The League: Nemesis Rising, #3; The League: Nemesis Legacy, #2)
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Goodreads Author)
4.31 avg rating — 16,562 ratings
score: 295,
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| 604 |
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The Zombie Room
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3.90 avg rating — 37,680 ratings
score: 294,
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| 604 |
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Poseidon’s Children (The Legacy of the Gods, #1)
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Michael West (Goodreads Author)
3.53 avg rating — 445 ratings
score: 294,
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| 606 |
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Dream a Little Dream (Chicago Stars, #4)
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Susan Elizabeth Phillips (Goodreads Author)
4.16 avg rating — 36,193 ratings
score: 293,
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| 606 |
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The Maze Runner (The Maze Runner, #1)
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James Dashner (Goodreads Author)
4.05 avg rating — 1,646,004 ratings
score: 293,
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| 608 |
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Deep Kiss of Winter (Includes: Immortals After Dark, #7; Alien Huntress, #3.5)
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Kresley Cole (Goodreads Author)
4.19 avg rating — 32,730 ratings
score: 292,
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| 608 |
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Styxx (Dark-Hunter, #22)
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Goodreads Author)
4.58 avg rating — 23,228 ratings
score: 292,
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| 610 |
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Cinema of Shadows (Harmony, Indiana, #2)
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Michael West (Goodreads Author)
3.75 avg rating — 331 ratings
score: 291,
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| 610 |
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Lothaire (Immortals After Dark, #11)
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Kresley Cole (Goodreads Author)
4.37 avg rating — 48,894 ratings
score: 291,
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| 612 |
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Born of the Night (The League, #1)
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Goodreads Author)
4.19 avg rating — 28,232 ratings
score: 290,
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| 612 |
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Flowers in the Attic (Dollanganger, #1)
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3.85 avg rating — 233,578 ratings
score: 290,
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| 612 |
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Night Watch (Discworld, #29; City Watch, #6)
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4.50 avg rating — 117,110 ratings
score: 290,
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| 612 |
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The Golden Lily (Bloodlines, #2)
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Richelle Mead (Goodreads Author)
4.31 avg rating — 121,533 ratings
score: 290,
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| 616 |
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The Bartimaeus Trilogy Boxed Set (Bartimaeus, #1-3)
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Jonathan Stroud (Goodreads Author)
4.44 avg rating — 6,038 ratings
score: 289,
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| 616 |
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The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials, #2)
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4.15 avg rating — 454,670 ratings
score: 289,
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| 618 |
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The Elephant Tree
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3.88 avg rating — 37,409 ratings
score: 288,
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| 618 |
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Practice Makes Perfect
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Julie James (Goodreads Author)
3.95 avg rating — 32,285 ratings
score: 288,
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| 620 |
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Pursuit of Honor (Mitch Rapp, #12)
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4.36 avg rating — 46,088 ratings
score: 287,
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| 620 |
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City of Ghosts (Downside Ghosts, #3)
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Stacia Kane (Goodreads Author)
4.22 avg rating — 9,417 ratings
score: 287,
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| 622 |
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Fifty Shades Freed (Fifty Shades, #3)
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E.L. James (Goodreads Author)
3.83 avg rating — 904,606 ratings
score: 286,
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| 622 |
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Shadow Hand (Tales of Goldstone Wood, #6)
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Anne Elisabeth Stengl (Goodreads Author)
4.32 avg rating — 671 ratings
score: 286,
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| 624 |
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Still Life with Woodpecker
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4.04 avg rating — 82,832 ratings
score: 285,
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| 625 |
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Dirty (Dan and Elle, #1)
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Megan Hart (Goodreads Author)
3.82 avg rating — 12,839 ratings
score: 284,
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| 625 |
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Sleepless
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3.58 avg rating — 3,049 ratings
score: 284,
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| 627 |
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Veiled Rose (Tales of Goldstone Wood, #2)
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Anne Elisabeth Stengl (Goodreads Author)
4.09 avg rating — 1,362 ratings
score: 283,
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| 627 |
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The V Girl: A Coming of Age Story
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3.96 avg rating — 16,747 ratings
score: 283,
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| 629 |
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Mr. Impossible (Carsington Brothers, #2)
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3.98 avg rating — 8,425 ratings
score: 282,
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| 629 |
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The Demon Kiss (Of Witches and Warlocks, #2)
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Lacey Weatherford (Goodreads Author)
4.10 avg rating — 2,069 ratings
score: 282,
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| 631 |
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Kindness Goes Unpunished (Walt Longmire, #3)
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4.22 avg rating — 23,751 ratings
score: 281,
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| 631 |
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Battle Royale
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4.26 avg rating — 83,722 ratings
score: 281,
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3 people voted
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| 633 |
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Stormbreaker (Alex Rider #1)
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Anthony Horowitz (Goodreads Author)
3.98 avg rating — 107,519 ratings
score: 280,
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| 633 |
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Fruits Basket, Vol. 7
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4.42 avg rating — 20,989 ratings
score: 280,
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3 people voted
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| 633 |
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Guards! Guards! (Discworld, #8; City Watch, #1)
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4.34 avg rating — 230,596 ratings
score: 280,
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| 633 |
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Chasing Nikki (Chasing Nikki, #1)
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Lacey Weatherford (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 12,838 ratings
score: 280,
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3 people voted
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| 637 |
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Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports (Maximum Ride, #3)
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James Patterson (Goodreads Author)
4.14 avg rating — 97,018 ratings
score: 279,
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| 637 |
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A Great and Terrible Beauty (Gemma Doyle, #1)
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Libba Bray (Goodreads Author)
3.80 avg rating — 225,251 ratings
score: 279,
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| 637 |
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The Trouble with Spells (Of Witches and Warlocks, #1)
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Lacey Weatherford (Goodreads Author)
3.88 avg rating — 4,793 ratings
score: 279,
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| 640 |
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Transfer of Power (Mitch Rapp, #3)
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4.34 avg rating — 59,511 ratings
score: 278,
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| 640 |
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Trainspotting (Mark Renton, #2)
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4.11 avg rating — 175,698 ratings
score: 278,
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| 640 |
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Significance (Significance, #1)
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Shelly Crane (Goodreads Author)
4.09 avg rating — 45,550 ratings
score: 278,
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| 643 |
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The Cold Dish (Walt Longmire, #1)
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4.12 avg rating — 45,172 ratings
score: 277,
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| 643 |
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Worm Holes (Quantum Roots, #2)
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Kyle Keyes (Goodreads Author)
4.34 avg rating — 2,105 ratings
score: 277,
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| 645 |
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Hopeless (Hopeless, #1)
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Colleen Hoover (Goodreads Author)
4.23 avg rating — 666,361 ratings
score: 276,
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| 646 |
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Born of Fire (The League, #2)
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Goodreads Author)
4.34 avg rating — 18,815 ratings
score: 275,
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4 people voted
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Devil's Cub (Alastair-Audley, #2)
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4.23 avg rating — 17,255 ratings
score: 275,
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All Quiet on the Western Front
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4.10 avg rating — 508,643 ratings
score: 275,
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V for Vendetta
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Alan Moore (Goodreads Author)
4.26 avg rating — 321,854 ratings
score: 275,
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| 650 |
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Always to Remember
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4.21 avg rating — 3,095 ratings
score: 274,
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| 650 |
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Ethan Frome
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3.45 avg rating — 135,548 ratings
score: 274,
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| 650 |
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Kiss of Death (The Morganville Vampires, #8)
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4.20 avg rating — 39,855 ratings
score: 274,
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| 650 |
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Brave New World
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3.88 avg rating — 1,260,200 ratings
score: 274,
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| 650 |
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Mission: Subhero
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Linda Armstrong (Goodreads Author)
4.36 avg rating — 866 ratings
score: 274,
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| 655 |
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Laird of the Mist (MacGregors, #1)
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Paula Quinn (Goodreads Author)
3.98 avg rating — 7,646 ratings
score: 273,
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| 655 |
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The Darkest Kiss (Lords of the Underworld, #2)
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Gena Showalter (Goodreads Author)
4.23 avg rating — 56,133 ratings
score: 273,
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| 655 |
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The Good Soldier Švejk
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4.10 avg rating — 20,649 ratings
score: 273,
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| 658 |
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Act of Treason (Mitch Rapp, #9)
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4.32 avg rating — 53,715 ratings
score: 272,
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| 658 |
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An Abundance of Katherines
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John Green (Goodreads Author)
3.51 avg rating — 546,482 ratings
score: 272,
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| 658 |
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Getting Rid of Bradley
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Jennifer Crusie (Goodreads Author)
3.73 avg rating — 15,215 ratings
score: 272,
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| 661 |
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You Slay Me (Aisling Grey, #1)
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Katie MacAlister (Goodreads Author)
3.99 avg rating — 23,066 ratings
score: 271,
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| 661 |
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Calvin and Hobbes (Calvin and Hobbes, #1)
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4.61 avg rating — 148,730 ratings
score: 271,
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Here Be Dragons (Welsh Princes, #1)
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4.29 avg rating — 24,824 ratings
score: 271,
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| 661 |
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Seduced in the Dark (The Dark Duet, #2)
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C.J. Roberts (Goodreads Author)
4.27 avg rating — 56,364 ratings
score: 271,
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| 665 |
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Princess of the Midnight Ball (The Princesses of Westfalin Trilogy, #1)
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Jessica Day George (Goodreads Author)
3.95 avg rating — 36,767 ratings
score: 270,
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| 665 |
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Life of Pi
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3.94 avg rating — 1,734,081 ratings
score: 270,
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| 667 |
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Executive Power (Mitch Rapp, #6)
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4.32 avg rating — 48,818 ratings
score: 269,
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| 667 |
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Simply Unforgettable (Simply Quartet, #1)
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3.82 avg rating — 9,025 ratings
score: 269,
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| 667 |
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The Talented Mr. Ripley (Ripley, #1)
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3.95 avg rating — 112,014 ratings
score: 269,
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| 667 |
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Amy & Roger's Epic Detour
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Morgan Matson (Goodreads Author)
3.98 avg rating — 94,616 ratings
score: 269,
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| 671 |
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Tarzan of the Apes (Tarzan, #1)
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3.90 avg rating — 47,376 ratings
score: 268,
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| 672 |
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Keeper of the Heart (Ly-San-Ter, #2)
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3.99 avg rating — 5,841 ratings
score: 266,
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| 673 |
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Kiss of the Spider Woman
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4.02 avg rating — 21,374 ratings
score: 265,
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| 673 |
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Homeport
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Nora Roberts (Goodreads Author)
3.98 avg rating — 17,824 ratings
score: 265,
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| 673 |
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Wrong Ways Down (Downside Ghosts, #1.5)
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Stacia Kane (Goodreads Author)
4.20 avg rating — 1,614 ratings
score: 265,
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| 673 |
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The Awakening: Fate in Motion
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Suzanne Boisvert (Goodreads Author)
4.23 avg rating — 1,106 ratings
score: 265,
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| 677 |
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Angel: After the Fall, Vol. 1
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Joss Whedon (Plotting)
3.78 avg rating — 4,308 ratings
score: 264,
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| 678 |
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Blood Red Road (Dust Lands, #1)
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Moira Young (Goodreads Author)
3.91 avg rating — 62,178 ratings
score: 263,
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| 679 |
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I Heart You, You Haunt Me
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Lisa Schroeder (Goodreads Author)
3.84 avg rating — 13,811 ratings
score: 262,
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| 679 |
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The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
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3.94 avg rating — 166,117 ratings
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| 681 |
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Dexter in the Dark (Dexter, #3)
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Jeff Lindsay (Goodreads Author)
3.57 avg rating — 39,528 ratings
score: 260,
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| 681 |
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The Sunne in Splendour
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4.41 avg rating — 22,547 ratings
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| 683 |
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The English Patient
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3.86 avg rating — 137,895 ratings
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| 683 |
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Ghost Town (The Morganville Vampires, #9)
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4.25 avg rating — 37,985 ratings
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| 685 |
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Fire and Ice (Ice, #5)
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Anne Stuart (Goodreads Author)
3.95 avg rating — 2,840 ratings
score: 257,
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| 685 |
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Claiming the Courtesan
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Anna Campbell (Goodreads Author)
3.67 avg rating — 3,400 ratings
score: 257,
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| 685 |
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Little Dorrit
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 49,475 ratings
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| 685 |
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1984
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4.20 avg rating — 5,280,436 ratings
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| 689 |
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Ivanhoe
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3.76 avg rating — 98,213 ratings
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| 689 |
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Tangled (Tangled, #1)
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Emma Chase (Goodreads Author)
4.03 avg rating — 120,368 ratings
score: 255,
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| 691 |
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An Assembly Such as This (Fitzwilliam Darcy, Gentleman #1)
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Pamela Aidan (Goodreads Author)
3.71 avg rating — 14,541 ratings
score: 254,
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| 691 |
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Kiss of the Night (Dark-Hunter, #4)
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Goodreads Author)
4.22 avg rating — 45,324 ratings
score: 254,
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| 693 |
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Hard Eight (Stephanie Plum, #8)
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Janet Evanovich (Goodreads Author)
4.17 avg rating — 130,445 ratings
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| 693 |
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Like Water for Chocolate
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3.95 avg rating — 389,084 ratings
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| 695 |
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School's Out—Forever (Maximum Ride, #2)
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James Patterson (Goodreads Author)
4.14 avg rating — 124,223 ratings
score: 252,
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Return to Paradise (Leaving Paradise, #2)
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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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