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Books that must be read over and over throughout one's life, that must be physically carried from one home to the next, that lift a reader out of their own existence and teach soul/heartfelt truths
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A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #2)
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Sarah J. Maas (Goodreads Author)
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Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Captain Nemo, #2)
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Empire of Storms (Throne of Glass, #5)
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Sarah J. Maas (Goodreads Author)
4.63 avg rating — 1,154,991 ratings
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Everyday Grace
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4.16 avg rating — 1,714 ratings
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White Pine: Poems and Prose Poems
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4.23 avg rating — 1,071 ratings
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Afternoon of an Autocrat
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| 104 |
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Heir of Fire (Throne of Glass, #3)
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Sarah J. Maas (Goodreads Author)
4.45 avg rating — 1,473,194 ratings
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Illuminata: A Return to Prayer
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Encounter in Rendlesham Forest: The Inside Story of the World's Best-Documented UFO Incident
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Nick Pope (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 527 ratings
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| 108 |
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Queen of Shadows (Throne of Glass, #4)
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Sarah J. Maas (Goodreads Author)
4.62 avg rating — 1,324,195 ratings
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| 108 |
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In a Dark Wood Wandering: A Novel of the Middle Ages
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Fish is Fish
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Charles Duke of Orleans poet and prince
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3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings
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| 114 |
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Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time: The Historical Jesus and the Heart of Contemporary Faith
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Of Love and Shadows
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Isabel Allende (Goodreads Author)
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| 114 |
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I Heard the Owl Call My Name
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| 114 |
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A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century
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| 118 |
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Life Application Study Bible: NIV
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4.65 avg rating — 23,903 ratings
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A Whisper of Eternity
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Amanda Ashley (Goodreads Author)
3.97 avg rating — 989 ratings
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Queen's Grace
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Comparative Study Bible, Revised
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4.72 avg rating — 18 ratings
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| 121 |
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A Hunger Like No Other (Immortals After Dark, #1)
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Kresley Cole (Goodreads Author)
4.06 avg rating — 91,777 ratings
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The Walsingham Woman
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Healing in Perspective
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| 124 |
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Dark Magic (Dark, #4)
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Christine Feehan (Goodreads Author)
4.26 avg rating — 28,026 ratings
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| 124 |
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Great Maria
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4.10 avg rating — 597 ratings
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| 127 |
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The Nutmeg Tree
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3.78 avg rating — 902 ratings
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| 128 |
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Tearing the Silence: On Being German in America
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3.84 avg rating — 328 ratings
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| 128 |
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Imajica
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Clive Barker (Goodreads Author)
4.17 avg rating — 24,184 ratings
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| 128 |
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In This House of Brede
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4.35 avg rating — 6,711 ratings
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| 131 |
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Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard
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4.03 avg rating — 54,583 ratings
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| 131 |
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Wuthering Heights
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| 133 |
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Hauntings: Is There Anybody There?
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3.68 avg rating — 114 ratings
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| 133 |
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Gone with the Wind
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4.31 avg rating — 1,249,909 ratings
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| 135 |
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The Town House (House, #1)
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| 135 |
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Through a Glass Darkly
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Karleen Koen (Goodreads Author)
3.98 avg rating — 11,367 ratings
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| 137 |
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Here Was a Man
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3.52 avg rating — 166 ratings
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| 137 |
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THE HOLY BIBLE: DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSION
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4.64 avg rating — 1,735 ratings
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| 139 |
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Under Milk Wood
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| 139 |
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Emma Hamilton
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3.68 avg rating — 118 ratings
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| 139 |
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Father Hardon's Catholic Prayer Book: With Meditations
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4.59 avg rating — 17 ratings
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| 142 |
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The Fantasticks
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4.04 avg rating — 514 ratings
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Charlotte
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3.97 avg rating — 204 ratings
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| 142 |
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A Prayerbook of Favorite Litanies
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4.53 avg rating — 19 ratings
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| 145 |
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Saint Joan
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3.78 avg rating — 9,566 ratings
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| 145 |
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The Lonely Furrow (Suffolk, #3)
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4.22 avg rating — 256 ratings
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The Yearling
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4.03 avg rating — 30,324 ratings
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| 148 |
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Gad's Hall / The Haunting of Gad's Hall (Gad's Hall, #1-2)
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4.29 avg rating — 209 ratings
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Christy
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4.25 avg rating — 56,724 ratings
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| 150 |
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New York
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Edward Rutherfurd (Goodreads Author)
4.19 avg rating — 43,628 ratings
score: 72,
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| 150 |
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Checkmate
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3.76 avg rating — 50 ratings
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| 150 |
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Follow the River
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4.23 avg rating — 23,106 ratings
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| 153 |
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White Hell of Pity
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3.81 avg rating — 54 ratings
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| 153 |
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The Little House Collection (Little House, #1-9)
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4.36 avg rating — 156,749 ratings
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| 155 |
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Rupert Hatton's Tale
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3.87 avg rating — 23 ratings
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| 155 |
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Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder
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3.95 avg rating — 19,950 ratings
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| 157 |
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The Day of the Butterfly
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| 157 |
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The Eight (The Eight, #1)
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3.93 avg rating — 45,759 ratings
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| 159 |
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Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1)
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4.41 avg rating — 209,444 ratings
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| 159 |
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Scent of Cloves
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3.90 avg rating — 360 ratings
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| 159 |
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The Tokaido Road: A Novel of Feudal Japan
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4.12 avg rating — 1,186 ratings
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| 162 |
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The House at Sunset (House, #3)
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| 162 |
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Kristin Lavransdatter 1-3: The Bridal Wreath/The Mistress of Husaby/The Cross
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4.31 avg rating — 14,147 ratings
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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 — 39,191 ratings
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| 164 |
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The Homecoming (Suffolk, #2)
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4.12 avg rating — 281 ratings
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The Widow of Ratchets
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| 167 |
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The Maude Reed Tale
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| 167 |
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The Priory
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| 169 |
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The Book of Merlyn (Once and Future King, #5)
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3.88 avg rating — 10,046 ratings
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| 169 |
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Pargeters
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4.02 avg rating — 303 ratings
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| 169 |
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Confederates
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4.07 avg rating — 1,317 ratings
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| 172 |
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Bless This House
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4.30 avg rating — 517 ratings
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| 172 |
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Joan of Arc
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| 174 |
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The Tiger's Wife
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Téa Obreht (Goodreads Author)
3.42 avg rating — 102,089 ratings
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| 174 |
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The Lost Queen
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| 174 |
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Joan of Arc: In Her Own Words
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4.11 avg rating — 546 ratings
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| 177 |
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The Alienist (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, #1)
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4.06 avg rating — 180,375 ratings
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| 177 |
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The Suffolk Trilogy: Knight's Acre / The Homecoming / The Lonely Furrow (Suffolk, #1-3)
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4.40 avg rating — 95 ratings
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| 177 |
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Saint Joan of Arc
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3.87 avg rating — 273 ratings
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The House at Old Vine (House, #2)
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The Sun Princess
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| 182 |
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The Concubine
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| 182 |
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The Shadow of the Sun
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| 184 |
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Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
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4.26 avg rating — 557,853 ratings
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| 184 |
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The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher (World of Beatrix Potter, #8)
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Eclipse of the Sun (Children of the Last Days #3)
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The Scapegoat
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The Wolves of Paris
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Anthill
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| 189 |
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Traveller
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ChildCraft, Poems of Early Childhood
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Dear Laura (Inspector Lintott Mysteries #1)
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Doctor Zhivago
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Open Secrets
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Kelly Park
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The Secret Language of Birthdays: Personology Profiles for Each Day of the Year
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Gary Goldschneider (Goodreads Author)
4.24 avg rating — 3,074 ratings
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An Unknown Welshman: A Historical Novel
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The Definitive Diana: An Intimate Look at the Princess of Wales from A to Z
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Downright Dencey
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Diana: Her New Life
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Andrew Morton (Goodreads Author)
3.79 avg rating — 800 ratings
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