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Daughter of Fortune
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Isabel Allende (Goodreads Author)
3.94 avg rating — 138,673 ratings
score: 250,
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| 701 |
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The Aeneid
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3.87 avg rating — 139,854 ratings
score: 250,
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| 701 |
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Homer Price
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4.09 avg rating — 22,951 ratings
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| 701 |
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Misery
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Stephen King (Goodreads Author)
4.23 avg rating — 822,185 ratings
score: 250,
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| 701 |
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The Good Soldier: A Tale of Passion
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3.67 avg rating — 28,347 ratings
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| 701 |
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Beach Read
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Emily Henry (Goodreads Author)
3.98 avg rating — 1,556,233 ratings
score: 250,
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| 707 |
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Oryx and Crake
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Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 283,216 ratings
score: 249,
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| 708 |
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A Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle, #1)
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4.01 avg rating — 351,732 ratings
score: 248,
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| 709 |
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The Happy Prince
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4.19 avg rating — 36,977 ratings
score: 245,
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| 709 |
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The Silmarillion
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4.03 avg rating — 327,490 ratings
score: 245,
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| 711 |
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Heart of Fire
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3.98 avg rating — 7,563 ratings
score: 244,
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| 711 |
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Glitter Baby
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Susan Elizabeth Phillips (Goodreads Author)
3.75 avg rating — 12,778 ratings
score: 244,
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| 711 |
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Medicus (Gaius Petreius Ruso, #1)
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Ruth Downie (Goodreads Author)
3.76 avg rating — 9,422 ratings
score: 244,
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| 714 |
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Carnal Innocence
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Nora Roberts (Goodreads Author)
4.02 avg rating — 22,686 ratings
score: 243,
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| 714 |
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Hornblower and the Hotspur (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, #3)
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4.31 avg rating — 11,792 ratings
score: 243,
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| 714 |
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After the Night
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4.05 avg rating — 26,999 ratings
score: 243,
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| 714 |
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Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption
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Stephen King (Goodreads Author)
4.49 avg rating — 58,551 ratings
score: 243,
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| 718 |
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Kissed by an Angel/The Power of Love/Soulmates (Kissed by an Angel, #1-3)
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4.09 avg rating — 27,292 ratings
score: 242,
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| 718 |
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Nevermore (Nevermore, #1)
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Kelly Creagh (Goodreads Author)
3.86 avg rating — 30,428 ratings
score: 242,
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| 720 |
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Airborn (Matt Cruse, #1)
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Kenneth Oppel (Goodreads Author)
4.19 avg rating — 26,254 ratings
score: 241,
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| 720 |
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Sinful (Addicted, #2)
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Charlotte Featherstone (Goodreads Author)
3.70 avg rating — 2,814 ratings
score: 241,
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| 722 |
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The Alchemist
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Paulo Coelho (Goodreads Author)
3.92 avg rating — 3,462,031 ratings
score: 240,
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| 722 |
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Edenbrooke (Edenbrooke, #1)
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Julianne Donaldson (Goodreads Author)
4.33 avg rating — 60,931 ratings
score: 240,
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| 724 |
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Pawn of Prophecy (The Belgariad, #1)
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4.16 avg rating — 110,501 ratings
score: 239,
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| 725 |
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Cinderellis and the Glass Hill (The Princess Tales, #4)
by
Gail Carson Levine (Goodreads Author)
3.83 avg rating — 9,667 ratings
score: 238,
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| 726 |
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Dream Man
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4.04 avg rating — 20,124 ratings
score: 237,
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| 727 |
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Breaking Point (Troubleshooters, #9)
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Suzanne Brockmann (Goodreads Author)
4.24 avg rating — 8,795 ratings
score: 236,
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| 727 |
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Finale (Hush, Hush, #4)
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Becca Fitzpatrick (Goodreads Author)
4.11 avg rating — 185,197 ratings
score: 236,
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| 729 |
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Cotillion
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4.10 avg rating — 18,074 ratings
score: 235,
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| 729 |
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Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table
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3.92 avg rating — 39,100 ratings
score: 235,
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| 729 |
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Wild Card (Elite Ops, #1)
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4.14 avg rating — 18,278 ratings
score: 235,
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| 732 |
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Hostage to Pleasure (Psy-Changeling, #5)
by
Nalini Singh (Goodreads Author)
4.19 avg rating — 33,669 ratings
score: 234,
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5 people voted
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| 732 |
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Suddenly You
by
Lisa Kleypas (Goodreads Author)
3.93 avg rating — 31,347 ratings
score: 234,
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4 people voted
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| 732 |
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Son of the Shadows (Sevenwaters, #2)
by
Juliet Marillier (Goodreads Author)
4.33 avg rating — 33,863 ratings
score: 234,
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| 735 |
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Everyday, Average Jones (Tall, Dark & Dangerous, #4)
by
Suzanne Brockmann (Goodreads Author)
3.90 avg rating — 4,085 ratings
score: 233,
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3 people voted
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| 735 |
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Only the Good Spy Young (Gallagher Girls, #4)
by
Ally Carter (Goodreads Author)
4.29 avg rating — 69,205 ratings
score: 233,
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3 people voted
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| 737 |
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The Green Mile
by
Stephen King (Goodreads Author)
4.49 avg rating — 354,102 ratings
score: 232,
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3 people voted
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| 737 |
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The Outsider (Roswell High, #1)
by
Melinda Metz (Goodreads Author)
3.65 avg rating — 3,197 ratings
score: 232,
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3 people voted
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| 739 |
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Narcissus in Chains (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #10)
by
Laurell K. Hamilton (Goodreads Author)
3.93 avg rating — 61,207 ratings
score: 231,
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3 people voted
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| 739 |
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Whitney, My Love (Westmoreland, #2)
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4.11 avg rating — 38,620 ratings
score: 231,
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| 739 |
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Leviathan (Leviathan, #1)
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Scott Westerfeld (Goodreads Author)
3.92 avg rating — 94,320 ratings
score: 231,
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3 people voted
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| 742 |
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The Woman in White
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4.01 avg rating — 163,417 ratings
score: 230,
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| 743 |
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Tai-Pan (Asian Saga, #2)
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4.31 avg rating — 57,842 ratings
score: 229,
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3 people voted
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| 743 |
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One Grave at a Time (Night Huntress, #6)
by
Jeaniene Frost (Goodreads Author)
4.23 avg rating — 50,558 ratings
score: 229,
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3 people voted
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| 745 |
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To Die For (Blair Mallory, #1)
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 14,334 ratings
score: 228,
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3 people voted
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| 745 |
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Elizabeth's Wolf (Breeds, #3)
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4.20 avg rating — 13,966 ratings
score: 228,
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3 people voted
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| 745 |
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Rules of Engagement (Governess Brides, #3)
by
Christina Dodd (Goodreads Author)
3.87 avg rating — 3,428 ratings
score: 228,
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3 people voted
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| 745 |
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Victoria and the Rogue
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Meg Cabot (Goodreads Author)
3.63 avg rating — 9,779 ratings
score: 228,
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3 people voted
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| 749 |
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Deep (Stage Dive, #4)
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Kylie Scott (Goodreads Author)
4.01 avg rating — 42,626 ratings
score: 227,
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4 people voted
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| 750 |
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Show No Mercy (Black Ops Inc., #1)
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3.99 avg rating — 8,615 ratings
score: 225,
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3 people voted
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| 750 |
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Simply Love (Simply Quartet #2)
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3.98 avg rating — 8,978 ratings
score: 225,
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4 people voted
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| 752 |
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The Essential Calvin and Hobbes: A Calvin and Hobbes Treasury
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4.65 avg rating — 123,145 ratings
score: 224,
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3 people voted
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| 752 |
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Slightly Scandalous (Bedwyn Saga, #3)
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4.02 avg rating — 14,679 ratings
score: 224,
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| 754 |
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Fragile (Rafferty, #1)
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Shiloh Walker (Goodreads Author)
3.86 avg rating — 2,131 ratings
score: 223,
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3 people voted
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| 754 |
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Ashes of Midnight (Midnight Breed, #6)
by
Lara Adrian (Goodreads Author)
4.16 avg rating — 25,703 ratings
score: 223,
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4 people voted
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| 754 |
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If I Stay (If I Stay, #1)
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Gayle Forman (Goodreads Author)
3.91 avg rating — 958,505 ratings
score: 223,
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3 people voted
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| 757 |
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The Darkest Whisper (Lords of the Underworld, #4)
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Gena Showalter (Goodreads Author)
4.30 avg rating — 44,506 ratings
score: 222,
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| 758 |
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A Game of Chance (Mackenzie Family, #4)
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4.10 avg rating — 7,649 ratings
score: 221,
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| 758 |
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Middlemarch
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4.03 avg rating — 176,027 ratings
score: 221,
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| 760 |
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Marked / Betrayed / Chosen / Untamed (House of Night, #1-4)
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P.C. Cast (Goodreads Author)
4.39 avg rating — 24,774 ratings
score: 220,
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3 people voted
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| 760 |
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The Proposition
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3.89 avg rating — 4,766 ratings
score: 220,
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3 people voted
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| 762 |
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Too Good to Be True
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Kristan Higgins (Goodreads Author)
3.89 avg rating — 21,414 ratings
score: 219,
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4 people voted
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| 763 |
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The MacKade Brothers: Rafe and Jared (MacKades #1-2)
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Nora Roberts (Goodreads Author)
4.17 avg rating — 11,908 ratings
score: 218,
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3 people voted
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| 763 |
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Shade (Shade, #1)
by
Jeri Smith-Ready (Goodreads Author)
3.87 avg rating — 13,498 ratings
score: 218,
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3 people voted
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| 765 |
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Oedipus Rex (The Theban Plays, #1)
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3.72 avg rating — 233,076 ratings
score: 217,
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| 765 |
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The Ruins of Gorlan / The Burning Bridge / The Icebound Land (Ranger's Apprentice #1-3)
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4.50 avg rating — 10,899 ratings
score: 217,
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| 765 |
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Archer's Voice
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Mia Sheridan (Goodreads Author)
4.17 avg rating — 647,916 ratings
score: 217,
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| 765 |
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Play (Stage Dive, #2)
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Kylie Scott (Goodreads Author)
4.24 avg rating — 60,747 ratings
score: 217,
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| 769 |
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A Summer to Remember (Bedwyn Prequels, #2)
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4.10 avg rating — 12,041 ratings
score: 216,
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| 769 |
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Redwall (Redwall, #1)
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4.14 avg rating — 127,269 ratings
score: 216,
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| 771 |
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The Mercenary (T-FLAC, #1)
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Cherry Adair (Goodreads Author)
3.69 avg rating — 2,984 ratings
score: 215,
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3 people voted
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| 772 |
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About That Night (FBI/US Attorney, #3)
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Julie James (Goodreads Author)
4.03 avg rating — 25,498 ratings
score: 214,
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| 773 |
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The Other Boleyn Girl (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #9)
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Philippa Gregory (Goodreads Author)
4.09 avg rating — 509,928 ratings
score: 213,
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| 773 |
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Love Story (Love Story, #1)
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3.65 avg rating — 63,647 ratings
score: 213,
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| 775 |
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Wives and Daughters
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4.13 avg rating — 50,279 ratings
score: 212,
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| 775 |
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A Rake's Vow (Cynster, #2)
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Stephanie Laurens (Goodreads Author)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 12,775 ratings
score: 212,
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| 775 |
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A Lot like Love (FBI/US Attorney, #2)
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Julie James (Goodreads Author)
4.06 avg rating — 33,847 ratings
score: 212,
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| 778 |
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Sunshine
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3.84 avg rating — 43,921 ratings
score: 211,
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| 778 |
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Blood and Chocolate
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3.80 avg rating — 43,789 ratings
score: 211,
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| 778 |
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The Sum of All Kisses (Smythe-Smith Quartet, #3)
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Julia Quinn (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 37,152 ratings
score: 211,
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3 people voted
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| 781 |
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My Life Next Door
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3.97 avg rating — 155,320 ratings
score: 210,
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4 people voted
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| 782 |
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Just the Sexiest Man Alive
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Julie James (Goodreads Author)
3.91 avg rating — 45,537 ratings
score: 209,
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3 people voted
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| 782 |
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Lead (Stage Dive, #3)
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Kylie Scott (Goodreads Author)
4.25 avg rating — 51,745 ratings
score: 209,
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4 people voted
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| 784 |
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The Nymph King (Atlantis, #3)
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Gena Showalter (Goodreads Author)
4.09 avg rating — 13,326 ratings
score: 208,
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3 people voted
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| 784 |
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Impossible (Impossible, #1)
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Nancy Werlin (Goodreads Author)
3.64 avg rating — 18,192 ratings
score: 208,
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| 786 |
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The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3)
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4.58 avg rating — 1,012,880 ratings
score: 207,
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| 786 |
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The Unknown Ajax
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4.14 avg rating — 11,151 ratings
score: 207,
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| 788 |
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The Indiscretion
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3.83 avg rating — 1,026 ratings
score: 206,
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| 788 |
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Thoughtless (Thoughtless, #1)
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S.C. Stephens (Goodreads Author)
4.08 avg rating — 141,693 ratings
score: 206,
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| 788 |
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Just Like Heaven (Smythe-Smith Quartet, #1)
by
Julia Quinn (Goodreads Author)
3.93 avg rating — 65,340 ratings
score: 206,
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| 791 |
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Searching for Dragons (Enchanted Forest Chronicles, #2)
by
Patricia C. Wrede (Goodreads Author)
4.27 avg rating — 45,802 ratings
score: 205,
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| 792 |
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Kiss and Tell (T-FLAC, #2; Wright Family, #1)
by
Cherry Adair (Goodreads Author)
4.04 avg rating — 4,437 ratings
score: 204,
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| 792 |
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Sylvester or The Wicked Uncle
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4.15 avg rating — 18,112 ratings
score: 204,
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| 792 |
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Lick (Stage Dive, #1)
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Kylie Scott (Goodreads Author)
4.04 avg rating — 93,492 ratings
score: 204,
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| 795 |
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England's Perfect Hero (Lessons in Love, #3)
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4.07 avg rating — 7,581 ratings
score: 203,
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| 796 |
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Texas Destiny (Texas Trilogy, #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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