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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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The Witch of Blackbird Pond
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Diana: Her True Story in Her Own Words
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Andrew Morton (Goodreads Author)
3.84 avg rating — 29,072 ratings
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The Girl in a Swing
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Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley
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The King's Way
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4.21 avg rating — 537 ratings
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Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America (America: A Cultural History, Vol. I)
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Around the World in Eighty Days
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Finding the Right Treatment: Modern and Alternative Medicine : A Comprehensive Guide to Getting the Best of Both Worlds
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4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
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The City of Joy
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All the King's Men
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4.09 avg rating — 66,167 ratings
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Natural Detoxification
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Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors
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Allergy Relief and Prevention: A Doctor's Complete Guide to Treatment and Self-Care
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3.88 avg rating — 8 ratings
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The Royal Succession (The Accursed Kings, #4)
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4.28 avg rating — 9,165 ratings
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The Winds of War (The Henry Family, #1)
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4.38 avg rating — 59,151 ratings
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Holy Bible: The New King James Version
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The Poisoned Crown (The Accursed Kings, #3)
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The Agony and the Ecstasy
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Shetland Sheepdog
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4.17 avg rating — 12 ratings
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The She-Wolf (The Accursed Kings, #5)
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4.18 avg rating — 7,985 ratings
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Exodus
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4.34 avg rating — 101,108 ratings
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The Tale of Peter Rabbit (World of Beatrix Potter, #1)
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4.23 avg rating — 256,640 ratings
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The King Without a Kingdom (The Accursed Kings, #7)
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Maurice Druon (Artist)
3.41 avg rating — 4,891 ratings
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The Complete Peter Rabbit Library Box Set With 23 Volumes
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4.32 avg rating — 139 ratings
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The Strangled Queen (The Accursed Kings, #2)
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Becket
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3.99 avg rating — 1,966 ratings
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White Fang
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4.05 avg rating — 282,482 ratings
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The Lily and the Lion (The Accursed Kings, #6)
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4.22 avg rating — 6,967 ratings
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A Man for All Seasons: A Play in Two Acts
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3.89 avg rating — 14,798 ratings
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The Iron King (The Accursed Kings, #1)
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4.08 avg rating — 22,729 ratings
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The Lion in Winter
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4.22 avg rating — 10,104 ratings
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The Brilliant Stage The Story of Frances Walsingham
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Angela McLeod (Goodreads Author)
4.71 avg rating — 14 ratings
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Winter Study (Anna Pigeon, #14)
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3.87 avg rating — 9,370 ratings
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Beautiful Joe (Whitman's Classics Series)
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4.19 avg rating — 2,479 ratings
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Deep South (Anna Pigeon, #8)
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Modoc: The True Story of the Greatest Elephant That Ever Lived
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4.22 avg rating — 12,453 ratings
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Ill Wind (Anna Pigeon, #3)
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3.93 avg rating — 11,061 ratings
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The Cruelest Miles: The Heroic Story of Dogs and Men in a Race Against an Epidemic
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4.18 avg rating — 3,592 ratings
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The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History
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3.98 avg rating — 42,238 ratings
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March Of The Titans The Complete History Of The White Race
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4.33 avg rating — 228 ratings
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Echo Burning (Jack Reacher, #5)
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Lee Child (Goodreads Author)
4.05 avg rating — 105,957 ratings
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Das Boot: The Boat
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4.25 avg rating — 5,909 ratings
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The Glass Lake
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3.99 avg rating — 24,816 ratings
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Stephania
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4.24 avg rating — 25 ratings
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The Heart's Invisible Furies
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John Boyne (Goodreads Author)
4.51 avg rating — 203,362 ratings
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The Bronze Horseman (The Bronze Horseman, #1)
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4.29 avg rating — 93,375 ratings
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Hello from Heaven: A New Field of Research-After-Death Communication Confirms That Life and Love Are Eternal
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Bill Guggenheim (Goodreads Author)
4.10 avg rating — 1,271 ratings
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Sweet Lamb of Heaven
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3.03 avg rating — 3,690 ratings
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90 Minutes in Heaven: A True Story of Death and Life
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3.99 avg rating — 105,019 ratings
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Under the Banner of Heaven
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Jon Krakauer (Goodreads Author)
4.01 avg rating — 222,486 ratings
score: 27,
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Into the Wild
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Jon Krakauer (Goodreads Author)
4.02 avg rating — 1,176,581 ratings
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Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town
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Jon Krakauer (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 58,186 ratings
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Dragons of Autumn Twilight (Dragonlance: Chronicles, #1)
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4.01 avg rating — 122,059 ratings
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The Twilight Saga: The Official Illustrated Guide
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4.24 avg rating — 35,172 ratings
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The Twilight Saga
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3.93 avg rating — 122,572 ratings
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The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner (The Twilight Saga, #3.5)
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3.52 avg rating — 239,823 ratings
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Twilight / Life and Death (The Twilight Saga)
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3.47 avg rating — 32,022 ratings
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Twilight: The Graphic Novel, Vol. 1
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Young Kim (Art/Adaptation)
3.90 avg rating — 58,793 ratings
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Stephenie Meyer: Author of the Twilight Saga
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Lisa Albert (Goodreads Author)
3.68 avg rating — 63 ratings
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The Canterville Ghost
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3.88 avg rating — 69,408 ratings
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