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| 1 | Life of Pi by 
          
                 3.94 avg rating — 1,739,948 ratings
          
         
            
              score: 189,
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| 2 | The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by 
John Boyne (Goodreads Author)
 
          
                 4.16 avg rating — 950,784 ratings
          
         
            
              score: 100,
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| 2 | Scar by 
Ryan Frawley (Goodreads Author)
 
          
                 3.40 avg rating — 30 ratings
          
         
            
              score: 100,
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| 2 | Resurrecting Cybele by 
Jenifer Mohammed (Goodreads Author)
 
          
                 3.87 avg rating — 39 ratings
          
         
            
              score: 100,
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              1 person voted   | 
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| 5 | Filth by 
          
                 3.82 avg rating — 31,791 ratings
          
         
            
              score: 99,
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| 6 | The City of Dreaming Books (Zamonia, #4) by 
          
                 4.40 avg rating — 23,977 ratings
          
         
            
              score: 98,
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              1 person voted   | 
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| 7 | The Giver (The Giver, #1) by 
Lois Lowry (Goodreads Author)
 
          
                 4.12 avg rating — 2,767,302 ratings
          
         
            
              score: 97,
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              1 person voted   | 
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| 8 | More Than This by 
          
                 3.94 avg rating — 69,730 ratings
          
         
            
              score: 96,
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              1 person voted   | 
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| 9 | Maggot Moon by 
          
                 3.80 avg rating — 9,975 ratings
          
         
            
              score: 95,
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              1 person voted   | 
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| 10 | Winnie-the-Pooh (Winnie-the-Pooh, #1) by 
          
                 4.38 avg rating — 392,276 ratings
          
         
            
              score: 94,
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              1 person voted   | 
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| 11 | Odd Thomas (Odd Thomas, #1) by 
Dean Koontz (Goodreads Author)
 
          
                 3.99 avg rating — 275,536 ratings
          
         
            
              score: 93,
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              1 person voted   | 
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| 12 | The Horologicon: A Day's Jaunt Through the Lost Words of the English Language by 
Mark Forsyth (Goodreads Author)
 
          
                 3.95 avg rating — 2,516 ratings
          
         
            
              score: 92,
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              1 person voted   | 
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| 13 | A Monster Calls by 
          
                 4.35 avg rating — 287,242 ratings
          
         
            
              score: 91,
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| 14 | The Knife of Never Letting Go (Chaos Walking, #1) by 
          
                 3.98 avg rating — 203,284 ratings
          
         
            
              score: 89,
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              1 person voted   | 
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| 15 | Cloud Atlas by 
          
                 4.01 avg rating — 265,276 ratings
          
         
            
              score: 88,
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| 16 | The Postmortal by 
Drew Magary (Goodreads Author)
 
          
                 3.75 avg rating — 16,391 ratings
          
         
            
              score: 87,
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              1 person voted   | 
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| 17 | The Dead and the Gone (Last Survivors, #2) by 
          
                 3.85 avg rating — 42,228 ratings
          
         
            
              score: 86,
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| 18 | The Daydreamer by 
Ian McEwan (Goodreads Author)
 
          
                 3.67 avg rating — 8,831 ratings
          
         
            
              score: 85,
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              1 person voted   | 
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