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Jane Eyre
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Pride and Prejudice
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4.29 avg rating — 4,698,526 ratings
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The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
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Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author)
4.15 avg rating — 2,361,144 ratings
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The Help
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Kathryn Stockett (Goodreads Author)
4.47 avg rating — 2,983,337 ratings
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Little Women (Little Women, #1)
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The Diary of a Young Girl
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The Color Purple
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4.28 avg rating — 743,357 ratings
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Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)
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4.32 avg rating — 1,092,344 ratings
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Wuthering Heights
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3.90 avg rating — 1,986,623 ratings
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The Bell Jar
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4.05 avg rating — 1,180,936 ratings
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The Secret Life of Bees
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Sue Monk Kidd (Goodreads Author)
4.10 avg rating — 1,343,646 ratings
score: 867,
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Gone with the Wind
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4.31 avg rating — 1,249,605 ratings
score: 844,
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White Oleander
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Janet Fitch (Goodreads Author)
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score: 783,
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The Vagina Monologues
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3.87 avg rating — 38,171 ratings
score: 770,
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The Glass Castle
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Jeannette Walls (Goodreads Author)
4.32 avg rating — 1,339,734 ratings
score: 740,
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To Kill a Mockingbird
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4.26 avg rating — 6,758,693 ratings
score: 718,
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Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
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Rebecca Wells (Goodreads Author)
3.86 avg rating — 566,926 ratings
score: 683,
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A Room of One’s Own
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4.22 avg rating — 251,958 ratings
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Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
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4.28 avg rating — 323,711 ratings
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A Thousand Splendid Suns
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Khaled Hosseini (Goodreads Author)
4.45 avg rating — 1,703,467 ratings
score: 564,
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Rebecca
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4.25 avg rating — 708,866 ratings
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Caring for Eleanor
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4.40 avg rating — 20 ratings
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The Red Tent
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Anita Diamant (Goodreads Author)
4.20 avg rating — 627,131 ratings
score: 470,
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The Dream of a Common Language
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4.33 avg rating — 6,825 ratings
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She’s Come Undone
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Wally Lamb (Goodreads Author)
3.92 avg rating — 359,506 ratings
score: 384,
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Firefly Lane (Firefly Lane, #1)
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Kristin Hannah (Goodreads Author)
4.20 avg rating — 465,631 ratings
score: 377,
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I Capture the Castle
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3.99 avg rating — 114,063 ratings
score: 371,
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The Good Earth (House of Earth, #1)
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4.01 avg rating — 258,956 ratings
score: 369,
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Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books
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3.66 avg rating — 139,344 ratings
score: 359,
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Room
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Emma Donoghue (Goodreads Author)
4.08 avg rating — 828,975 ratings
score: 356,
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A Northern Light
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Jennifer Donnelly (Goodreads Author)
3.83 avg rating — 45,611 ratings
score: 293,
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The Feminine Mystique
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3.87 avg rating — 30,516 ratings
score: 287,
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Where the Heart Is
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4.04 avg rating — 252,219 ratings
score: 286,
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Cold Mountain
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3.89 avg rating — 248,886 ratings
score: 281,
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Eat, Pray, Love
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Elizabeth Gilbert (Goodreads Author)
3.64 avg rating — 1,829,088 ratings
score: 280,
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A Room with a View
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3.89 avg rating — 199,392 ratings
score: 279,
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Digging to America
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Anne Tyler (Goodreads Author)
3.59 avg rating — 23,342 ratings
score: 277,
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Anna and the French Kiss (Anna and the French Kiss, #1)
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Stephanie Perkins (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 463,676 ratings
score: 275,
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The Thorn Birds
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4.25 avg rating — 362,654 ratings
score: 270,
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The Time Traveler's Wife
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Audrey Niffenegger (Goodreads Author)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,849,025 ratings
score: 265,
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The Night Circus
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Erin Morgenstern (Goodreads Author)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,079,849 ratings
score: 252,
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The Tell
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4.55 avg rating — 29 ratings
score: 200,
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The Myth of You and Me
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Leah Stewart (Goodreads Author)
3.67 avg rating — 6,534 ratings
score: 199,
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Memoirs of a Beatnik
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3.68 avg rating — 3,600 ratings
score: 198,
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Doctor January
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Rhoda Baxter (Goodreads Author)
3.66 avg rating — 89 ratings
score: 197,
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Is Your Body Trying to Tell You Something? : Why It Is Wise to Listen to Your Body and How Massage and Body Work Can Help
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Carmen Renee Berry (Goodreads Author)
4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings
score: 197,
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The Yellow Wall-Paper
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4.07 avg rating — 345,628 ratings
score: 193,
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The Language of Flowers
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Vanessa Diffenbaugh (Goodreads Author)
4.09 avg rating — 231,313 ratings
score: 193,
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The Friday Night Knitting Club (Friday Night Knitting Club, #1)
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3.45 avg rating — 78,735 ratings
score: 187,
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2 people voted
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Love You More (Tessa Leoni, #1; Detective D.D. Warren, #5)
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Lisa Gardner (Goodreads Author)
4.18 avg rating — 56,647 ratings
score: 185,
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Someone Knows My Name
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4.47 avg rating — 90,724 ratings
score: 180,
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Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life
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4.05 avg rating — 112,710 ratings
score: 179,
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These Is My Words: The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine, 1881-1901, Arizona Territories (Sarah Agnes Prine, #1)
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4.36 avg rating — 81,039 ratings
score: 177,
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The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1)
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Ken Follett (Goodreads Author)
4.35 avg rating — 817,493 ratings
score: 176,
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Her Daughter's Dream (Marta's Legacy, #2)
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Francine Rivers (Goodreads Author)
4.40 avg rating — 23,098 ratings
score: 173,
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A Is for Alibi (Kinsey Millhone #1)
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3.86 avg rating — 190,884 ratings
score: 173,
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Honor (Quaker Brides, #1)
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Lyn Cote (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 322 ratings
score: 173,
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Faithful Place
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Tana French (Goodreads Author)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 130,938 ratings
score: 172,
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The Notebook (The Notebook, #1)
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Nicholas Sparks (Goodreads Author)
4.16 avg rating — 1,821,232 ratings
score: 168,
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The Sea Keeper's Daughters (Carolina, #3)
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Lisa Wingate (Goodreads Author)
4.16 avg rating — 10,065 ratings
score: 161,
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A Life Without Water (A Life Without #1)
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Marci Bolden (Goodreads Author)
3.95 avg rating — 21,057 ratings
score: 153,
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Please Look After Mom
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3.92 avg rating — 47,205 ratings
score: 142,
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The Devil Wears Prada (The Devil Wears Prada, #1)
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3.81 avg rating — 928,645 ratings
score: 140,
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A Gentle Rain
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4.04 avg rating — 2,220 ratings
score: 137,
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Summer Sisters
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Judy Blume (Goodreads Author)
3.85 avg rating — 128,753 ratings
score: 100,
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The Ordinary Princess
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4.21 avg rating — 14,289 ratings
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Surviving Emily
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Laurie Bellesheim (Goodreads Author)
4.47 avg rating — 17 ratings
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Sex, Doug, and a Rocky Road
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Michele Bardsley (Goodreads Author)
3.76 avg rating — 55 ratings
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Bodily Harm
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Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author)
3.31 avg rating — 9,171 ratings
score: 100,
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Heart Sisters: Be the Friend You Want to Have
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Natalie Chambers Snapp (Goodreads Author)
4.05 avg rating — 173 ratings
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The Women's Room
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3.99 avg rating — 9,333 ratings
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Love & Justice: A Compelling True Story Of Triumph Over Tragedy
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4.21 avg rating — 399 ratings
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When G-D Asks Me; When God Asks Me
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Devorah Kalani (Goodreads Author)
4.62 avg rating — 8 ratings
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Between Two banks
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Wajdy Mustafa (Goodreads Author)
liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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The Influential Woman: How Every Woman Can Make a Dynamic Difference in Other Women's Lives
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If I'd Known
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Paige P. Horne (Goodreads Author)
4.49 avg rating — 242 ratings
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Take the U out of Clutter: The Last Clutter Book You'll Ever Need
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3.44 avg rating — 57 ratings
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Me She Her: A Women's Journal for Becoming
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Keisha Law (Goodreads Author)
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Where the Crawdads Sing
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Delia Owens (Goodreads Author)
4.37 avg rating — 3,533,000 ratings
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Don't Close Your Eyes
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Lynessa James (Goodreads Author)
3.76 avg rating — 609 ratings
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The Bell Jar
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4.05 avg rating — 1,180,936 ratings
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The Island Club
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Nicola Harrison (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 140 ratings
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Revolutionary Road
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3.93 avg rating — 92,663 ratings
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The Edible Woman
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Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author)
3.69 avg rating — 39,961 ratings
score: 99,
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The Gate to Women's Country
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4.06 avg rating — 14,010 ratings
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Chasing Fireflies (The Chasing Series, #1)
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Paige P. Horne (Goodreads Author)
4.30 avg rating — 193 ratings
score: 99,
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Daddies and Daughters: Tender Moments Lasting Joys
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3.64 avg rating — 22 ratings
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Complicated Moonlight (DCYE, #2)
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Lynessa Layne (Goodreads Author)
4.37 avg rating — 311 ratings
score: 99,
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My Year of Rest and Relaxation
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3.61 avg rating — 541,143 ratings
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Destination Funeral: A Novel
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Paige Harbison (Goodreads Author)
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
score: 99,
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Prisoner of Tehran
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Marina Nemat (Goodreads Author)
4.21 avg rating — 14,413 ratings
score: 98,
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The Heretic's Daughter
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Kathleen Kent (Goodreads Author)
3.79 avg rating — 37,157 ratings
score: 98,
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Cymbeline
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3.60 avg rating — 11,722 ratings
score: 98,
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The Robber Bride
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Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author)
3.83 avg rating — 49,326 ratings
score: 98,
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How To Find The Right Person To Date: A Step By Step Guide To Finding The Right Partner And Detecting An Abuser
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Celia John (Goodreads Author)
liked it 3.00 avg rating — 5 ratings
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Chasing Ellie ( The Chasing Series, #2)
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Paige P. Horne (Goodreads Author)
4.60 avg rating — 85 ratings
score: 98,
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girlfriends: Invisible Bonds, Enduring Ties
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Carmen Renee Berry (Goodreads Author)
3.09 avg rating — 313 ratings
score: 98,
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The Wedding Gift
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Marlen Suyapa Bodden (Goodreads Author)
3.94 avg rating — 8,984 ratings
score: 98,
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Mad Love (DCYE, #3)
by
Lynessa Layne (Goodreads Author)
4.37 avg rating — 215 ratings
score: 98,
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I'm Glad My Mom Died
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4.44 avg rating — 1,392,321 ratings
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