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Life of Pi
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3.94 avg rating — 1,739,948 ratings
score: 189,
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The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
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John Boyne (Goodreads Author)
4.16 avg rating — 950,784 ratings
score: 100,
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Scar
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3.40 avg rating — 30 ratings
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Resurrecting Cybele
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Jenifer Mohammed (Goodreads Author)
3.87 avg rating — 39 ratings
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Filth
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3.82 avg rating — 31,791 ratings
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The City of Dreaming Books (Zamonia, #4)
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4.40 avg rating — 23,977 ratings
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The Giver (The Giver, #1)
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Lois Lowry (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 2,767,302 ratings
score: 97,
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More Than This
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3.94 avg rating — 69,730 ratings
score: 96,
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Maggot Moon
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3.80 avg rating — 9,975 ratings
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Winnie-the-Pooh (Winnie-the-Pooh, #1)
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4.38 avg rating — 392,276 ratings
score: 94,
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Odd Thomas (Odd Thomas, #1)
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Dean Koontz (Goodreads Author)
3.99 avg rating — 275,536 ratings
score: 93,
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The Horologicon: A Day's Jaunt Through the Lost Words of the English Language
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Mark Forsyth (Goodreads Author)
3.95 avg rating — 2,516 ratings
score: 92,
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A Monster Calls
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4.35 avg rating — 287,242 ratings
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The Knife of Never Letting Go (Chaos Walking, #1)
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3.98 avg rating — 203,284 ratings
score: 89,
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Cloud Atlas
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4.01 avg rating — 265,276 ratings
score: 88,
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The Postmortal
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Drew Magary (Goodreads Author)
3.75 avg rating — 16,391 ratings
score: 87,
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The Dead and the Gone (Last Survivors, #2)
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3.85 avg rating — 42,228 ratings
score: 86,
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The Daydreamer
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Ian McEwan (Goodreads Author)
3.67 avg rating — 8,831 ratings
score: 85,
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