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The Shadowy Horses
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Susanna Kearsley (Goodreads Author)
3.97 avg rating — 22,482 ratings
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Mariana
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Susanna Kearsley (Goodreads Author)
4.08 avg rating — 26,229 ratings
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The Birth House
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Ami McKay (Goodreads Author)
4.04 avg rating — 45,988 ratings
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The Archivist
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Martha Cooley (Goodreads Author)
3.44 avg rating — 2,540 ratings
score: 97,
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Dearest Mama: Private Correspondence of Queen Victoria and the Crown Princess of Prussia, 1861-64
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Queen Victoria (Editor)
4.52 avg rating — 25 ratings
score: 96,
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Maus: A Survivor's Tale I: My Father Bleeds History (Maus, #1)
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4.39 avg rating — 370,296 ratings
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A Writer's Space: Make Room to Dream, to Work, to Write
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Eric Maisel (Goodreads Author)
3.86 avg rating — 139 ratings
score: 94,
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Jewish Roots in Poland: Pages from the Past and Archival Inventories
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4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings
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The Winter Sea (Slains, #1)
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Susanna Kearsley (Goodreads Author)
4.11 avg rating — 69,485 ratings
score: 92,
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Epileptic
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Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History (Maus, #1)
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The Modern Library Writer's Workshop: A Guide to the Craft of Fiction
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4.28 avg rating — 943 ratings
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Slammerkin
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Emma Donoghue (Goodreads Author)
3.75 avg rating — 17,250 ratings
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Room
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Emma Donoghue (Goodreads Author)
4.08 avg rating — 830,173 ratings
score: 87,
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Code Name Verity (Code Name Verity, #1)
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Elizabeth Wein (Goodreads Author)
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score: 86,
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Write Like Hemingway: Writing Lessons You Can Learn from the Master
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4.05 avg rating — 58 ratings
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The Unchangeable Spots of Leopards
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Kristopher Jansma (Goodreads Author)
3.82 avg rating — 4,894 ratings
score: 84,
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If I'd Killed Him When I Met Him... (Elizabeth MacPherson #8)
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Sharyn McCrumb (Goodreads Author)
3.83 avg rating — 2,455 ratings
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The Writer's Manifesto
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Jeff Goins (Goodreads Author)
3.86 avg rating — 276 ratings
score: 82,
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The Writing Life
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3.98 avg rating — 18,164 ratings
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The Age of Miracles
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Karen Thompson Walker (Goodreads Author)
3.66 avg rating — 94,458 ratings
score: 80,
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Why We Broke Up
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Daniel Handler (Goodreads Author)
3.47 avg rating — 59,401 ratings
score: 79,
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The Casual Vacancy
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3.31 avg rating — 336,355 ratings
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On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
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Stephen King (Goodreads Author)
4.34 avg rating — 314,188 ratings
score: 77,
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The Road
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The Bialy Pimps
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Johnny B. Truant (Goodreads Author)
3.63 avg rating — 153 ratings
score: 75,
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Blue Asylum
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Kathy Hepinstall (Goodreads Author)
3.63 avg rating — 5,952 ratings
score: 74,
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What Alice Forgot
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Liane Moriarty (Goodreads Author)
4.07 avg rating — 509,095 ratings
score: 73,
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Zone One
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Colson Whitehead (Goodreads Author)
3.24 avg rating — 26,974 ratings
score: 72,
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Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children, #1)
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3.92 avg rating — 1,347,071 ratings
score: 71,
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The Magician King (The Magicians, #2)
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Lev Grossman (Goodreads Author)
3.93 avg rating — 104,704 ratings
score: 70,
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The Magicians (The Magicians, #1)
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Lev Grossman (Goodreads Author)
3.53 avg rating — 276,362 ratings
score: 69,
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The War of Art
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Steven Pressfield (Goodreads Author)
3.97 avg rating — 116,268 ratings
score: 68,
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Lord John and the Hand of Devils (Lord John Grey, #0.5, #1.5, #2.5)
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Diana Gabaldon (Goodreads Author)
3.92 avg rating — 20,409 ratings
score: 67,
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Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade (Lord John Grey, #2)
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Diana Gabaldon (Goodreads Author)
3.95 avg rating — 29,215 ratings
score: 66,
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The Outlandish Companion
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Diana Gabaldon (Goodreads Author)
4.11 avg rating — 15,118 ratings
score: 65,
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Lord John and the Private Matter (Lord John Grey, #1)
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Diana Gabaldon (Goodreads Author)
3.76 avg rating — 50,333 ratings
score: 64,
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An Echo in the Bone (Outlander, #7)
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Diana Gabaldon (Goodreads Author)
4.44 avg rating — 164,243 ratings
score: 63,
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A Breath of Snow and Ashes (Outlander, #6)
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Diana Gabaldon (Goodreads Author)
4.44 avg rating — 190,089 ratings
score: 62,
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The Fiery Cross (Outlander, #5)
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Diana Gabaldon (Goodreads Author)
4.26 avg rating — 225,068 ratings
score: 61,
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Drums of Autumn (Outlander, #4)
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Diana Gabaldon (Goodreads Author)
4.36 avg rating — 266,983 ratings
score: 60,
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Voyager (Outlander, #3)
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Diana Gabaldon (Goodreads Author)
4.39 avg rating — 328,221 ratings
score: 59,
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Dragonfly in Amber (Outlander, #2)
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Diana Gabaldon (Goodreads Author)
4.34 avg rating — 381,879 ratings
score: 58,
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Outlander (Outlander, #1)
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Diana Gabaldon (Goodreads Author)
4.26 avg rating — 1,142,201 ratings
score: 57,
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One Hundred Years of Solitude
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4.12 avg rating — 1,087,396 ratings
score: 56,
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