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Well Written Books in Current YA stash
An Attempt to list all well written works in recent young adult literature.
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City of Bones / City of Ashes / City of Glass / City of Fallen Angels / City of Lost Souls (The Mortal Instruments, #1-5)
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Cassandra Clare (Goodreads Author)
4.56 avg rating — 15,131 ratings
score: 300,
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3 people voted
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Paradox Love
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Dorothy Gravelle (Goodreads Author)
4.03 avg rating — 75 ratings
score: 200,
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2 people voted
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Fallen (Fallen, #1)
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Lauren Kate (Goodreads Author)
3.72 avg rating — 613,326 ratings
score: 199,
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2 people voted
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The Genetic Lottery (Egalia, #1)
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Allison Goh (Goodreads Author)
3.58 avg rating — 50 ratings
score: 199,
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2 people voted
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Vampire Academy Collection (Vampire Academy, #1-3)
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Richelle Mead (Goodreads Author)
4.61 avg rating — 33,979 ratings
score: 198,
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2 people voted
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Harry Potter Series Box Set (Harry Potter, #1-7)
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4.73 avg rating — 300,390 ratings
score: 193,
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2 people voted
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Twilight (The Twilight Saga, #1)
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3.67 avg rating — 7,166,406 ratings
score: 191,
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2 people voted
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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 — 1,342,006 ratings
score: 179,
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2 people voted
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The Eyes That Drowned Uyuni
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Prashant Chopra (Goodreads Author)
3.69 avg rating — 13 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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Extracted (The Lost Imperials, #1)
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Sherry D. Ficklin (Goodreads Author)
3.80 avg rating — 597 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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Caucasia
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4.08 avg rating — 10,184 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess (The Infernal Devices, #1-3)
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Cassandra Clare (Goodreads Author)
4.66 avg rating — 18,116 ratings
score: 99,
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1 person voted
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Secret Daughter
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Shilpi Somaya Gowda (Goodreads Author)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 77,194 ratings
score: 99,
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1 person voted
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Malicious
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Alissa T. Hunter (Goodreads Author)
4.30 avg rating — 37 ratings
score: 99,
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1 person voted
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Fairytales for Wilde Girls
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Allyse Near (Goodreads Author)
4.19 avg rating — 1,178 ratings
score: 99,
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1 person voted
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower
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4.24 avg rating — 1,960,758 ratings
score: 99,
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1 person voted
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Seraphina (Seraphina, #1)
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Rachel Hartman (Goodreads Author)
3.94 avg rating — 88,944 ratings
score: 98,
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1 person voted
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Anita and Me
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3.70 avg rating — 3,187 ratings
score: 98,
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1 person voted
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Captivate (Submerged Sun, #1)
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Vanessa Garden (Goodreads Author)
3.80 avg rating — 1,862 ratings
score: 98,
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1 person voted
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The Hunger Games Trilogy Boxset (The Hunger Games, #1-3)
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4.50 avg rating — 232,394 ratings
score: 97,
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1 person voted
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The Fault in Our Stars
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John Green (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 5,613,865 ratings
score: 97,
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1 person voted
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Natural Elements
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Tracey M. Hook (Goodreads Author)
3.80 avg rating — 69 ratings
score: 97,
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1 person voted
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Impulse (Submerged Sun, #2)
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Vanessa Garden (Goodreads Author)
3.97 avg rating — 608 ratings
score: 97,
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1 person voted
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Delirium (Delirium, #1)
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Lauren Oliver (Goodreads Author)
3.95 avg rating — 477,349 ratings
score: 96,
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1 person voted
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Crux
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Julie Reece (Goodreads Author)
3.62 avg rating — 1,089 ratings
score: 96,
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1 person voted
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Sea Hearts
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Margo Lanagan (Goodreads Author)
3.69 avg rating — 4,409 ratings
score: 96,
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1 person voted
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Uglies (Uglies, #1)
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Scott Westerfeld (Goodreads Author)
3.84 avg rating — 703,046 ratings
score: 95,
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1 person voted
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Angelfall (Penryn & the End of Days, #1)
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Susan Ee (Goodreads Author)
4.10 avg rating — 197,649 ratings
score: 95,
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1 person voted
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Monstrous Beauty
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Elizabeth Fama (Goodreads Author)
3.64 avg rating — 5,269 ratings
score: 95,
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1 person voted
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Daughter of Smoke and Bone (Daughter of Smoke & Bone, #1)
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Laini Taylor (Goodreads Author)
3.99 avg rating — 382,695 ratings
score: 94,
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1 person voted
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The Immortal Rules (Blood of Eden, #1)
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Julie Kagawa (Goodreads Author)
4.07 avg rating — 72,146 ratings
score: 94,
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1 person voted
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Into That Forest
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3.82 avg rating — 1,667 ratings
score: 94,
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1 person voted
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Masque of the Red Death (Masque of the Red Death, #1)
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Bethany Griffin (Goodreads Author)
3.70 avg rating — 13,975 ratings
score: 93,
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1 person voted
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The Dead I Know
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3.81 avg rating — 1,482 ratings
score: 93,
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1 person voted
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Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1)
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Sarah J. Maas (Goodreads Author)
4.18 avg rating — 2,243,150 ratings
score: 92,
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1 person voted
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Love Letters to the Dead
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Ava Dellaira (Goodreads Author)
3.79 avg rating — 91,758 ratings
score: 92,
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1 person voted
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Graceling (Graceling Realm, #1)
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4.06 avg rating — 477,655 ratings
score: 91,
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1 person voted
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Pushing the Limits (Pushing the Limits, #1)
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Katie McGarry (Goodreads Author)
4.04 avg rating — 122,780 ratings
score: 91,
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1 person voted
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Falling to Ash (Moth, #1)
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Karen Mahoney (Goodreads Author)
3.64 avg rating — 569 ratings
score: 91,
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1 person voted
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The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1)
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Rick Riordan (Goodreads Author)
4.31 avg rating — 3,359,661 ratings
score: 90,
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1 person voted
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Splintered (Splintered, #1)
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A.G. Howard (Goodreads Author)
3.90 avg rating — 67,020 ratings
score: 90,
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1 person voted
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Tsarina
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J. Nelle Patrick (Pseudonym)
3.53 avg rating — 1,837 ratings
score: 90,
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1 person voted
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The Diviners (The Diviners, #1)
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Libba Bray (Goodreads Author)
3.94 avg rating — 101,236 ratings
score: 89,
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1 person voted
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That Stranger Next Door
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Goldie Alexander (Goodreads Author)
3.70 avg rating — 10 ratings
score: 89,
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1 person voted
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The Book Thief
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Markus Zusak (Goodreads Author)
4.39 avg rating — 2,819,425 ratings
score: 88,
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1 person voted
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Lorali
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3.43 avg rating — 899 ratings
score: 88,
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1 person voted
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The Sea of Tranquility
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Katja Millay (Goodreads Author)
4.29 avg rating — 88,270 ratings
score: 87,
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1 person voted
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Salt to the Sea
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Ruta Sepetys (Goodreads Author)
4.35 avg rating — 247,330 ratings
score: 87,
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1 person voted
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The Dream Thieves (The Raven Cycle, #2)
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Maggie Stiefvater (Goodreads Author)
4.22 avg rating — 217,338 ratings
score: 86,
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1 person voted
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All the Bright Places
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Jennifer Niven (Goodreads Author)
4.11 avg rating — 618,832 ratings
score: 86,
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1 person voted
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These Broken Stars (Starbound, #1)
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Amie Kaufman (Goodreads Author)
3.89 avg rating — 71,346 ratings
score: 85,
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1 person voted
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Everything is Changed
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3.60 avg rating — 213 ratings
score: 85,
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1 person voted
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The Evolution of Mara Dyer (Mara Dyer, #2)
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Michelle Hodkin (Goodreads Author)
4.24 avg rating — 102,172 ratings
score: 84,
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1 person voted
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Hexenhaus
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Nikki McWatters (Goodreads Author)
3.97 avg rating — 222 ratings
score: 84,
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1 person voted
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Storm (Elemental, #1)
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Brigid Kemmerer (Goodreads Author)
3.94 avg rating — 27,033 ratings
score: 83,
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1 person voted
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Graffiti Moon
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Cath Crowley (Goodreads Author)
3.88 avg rating — 20,110 ratings
score: 82,
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1 person voted
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The Elite (The Selection, #2)
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Kiera Cass (Goodreads Author)
3.94 avg rating — 855,997 ratings
score: 81,
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1 person voted
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Remember Me
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Amaleen Ison (Goodreads Author)
4.19 avg rating — 37 ratings
score: 80,
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1 person voted
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Some of the books I did not like in the end. But they are still well written books.
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