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You know, those books you really should set aside and move onto something better - but you valiantly skim to get to the bitter end? List them here and may the worst best book win.
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The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1)
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Ken Follett (Goodreads Author)
4.35 avg rating — 814,627 ratings
score: 297,
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The Land of Painted Caves (Earth's Children, #6)
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3.45 avg rating — 36,573 ratings
score: 200,
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Daughter of Fortune
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Isabel Allende (Goodreads Author)
3.94 avg rating — 138,712 ratings
score: 196,
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2 people voted
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Twilight (The Twilight Saga, #1)
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3.67 avg rating — 7,167,172 ratings
score: 194,
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2 people voted
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Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
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3.83 avg rating — 6,357 ratings
score: 194,
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2 people voted
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Tobacco Road
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3.71 avg rating — 15,754 ratings
score: 190,
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2 people voted
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Fifty Shades Freed (Fifty Shades, #3)
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E.L. James (Goodreads Author)
3.83 avg rating — 904,733 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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Jungle Rot: Jonestown, an American Holocaust
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Kathleen McKenna Hewtson (Goodreads Author)
3.35 avg rating — 43 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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Floating in My Mother's Palm
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3.83 avg rating — 3,517 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery
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Brom (Goodreads Author)
4.23 avg rating — 77,404 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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Scarlett
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3.66 avg rating — 68,142 ratings
score: 99,
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1 person voted
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Fifty Shades Darker (Fifty Shades, #2)
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E.L. James (Goodreads Author)
3.83 avg rating — 964,895 ratings
score: 99,
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1 person voted
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The Witch and the Priest
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3.99 avg rating — 111 ratings
score: 99,
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1 person voted
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Pale Rose of England: A Novel of the Tudors
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Sandra Worth (Goodreads Author)
3.91 avg rating — 1,296 ratings
score: 98,
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1 person voted
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Fifty Shades of Grey (Fifty Shades, #1)
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E.L. James (Goodreads Author)
3.67 avg rating — 2,820,073 ratings
score: 98,
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1 person voted
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What Dreams May Come
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3.96 avg rating — 14,780 ratings
score: 98,
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1 person voted
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All True Not a Lie in It (Daniel Boone books)
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Alix Hawley (Goodreads Author)
3.36 avg rating — 417 ratings
score: 97,
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1 person voted
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Foods That Fight Pain: Revolutionary New Strategies for Maximum Pain Relief
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Neal D. Barnard (Goodreads Author)
3.92 avg rating — 255 ratings
score: 97,
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1 person voted
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The I Ching or Book of Changes
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4.19 avg rating — 20,554 ratings
score: 96,
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1 person voted
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Spring Moon: A Novel of China
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3.99 avg rating — 2,937 ratings
score: 95,
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1 person voted
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The Greatest Generation
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4.04 avg rating — 19,501 ratings
score: 95,
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1 person voted
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Children of Liberty (The Bronze Horseman, #0A)
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3.31 avg rating — 3,359 ratings
score: 94,
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1 person voted
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Back Roads
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Tawni O'Dell (Goodreads Author)
3.75 avg rating — 26,869 ratings
score: 94,
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1 person voted
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From Here to the Great Unknown
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4.26 avg rating — 90,897 ratings
score: 94,
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1 person voted
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Return to Windhaven (Windhaven, #4)
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3.72 avg rating — 39 ratings
score: 93,
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1 person voted
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Crazy Ladies
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Michael Lee West (Goodreads Author)
3.84 avg rating — 3,545 ratings
score: 93,
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1 person voted
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Fortune's Bride
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4.20 avg rating — 201 ratings
score: 92,
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1 person voted
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Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
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3.97 avg rating — 480,233 ratings
score: 92,
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1 person voted
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The Queen's Lover
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2.99 avg rating — 1,126 ratings
score: 91,
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1 person voted
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Enchantments
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3.20 avg rating — 2,463 ratings
score: 90,
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1 person voted
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Fair and Tender Ladies
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4.19 avg rating — 7,992 ratings
score: 90,
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1 person voted
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Love's Avenging Heart (Hannah, #1)
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3.24 avg rating — 87 ratings
score: 89,
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1 person voted
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Drowning Ruth
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Christina Schwarz (Goodreads Author)
3.74 avg rating — 84,375 ratings
score: 89,
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1 person voted
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Something More
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Winnie Griggs (Goodreads Author)
3.50 avg rating — 24 ratings
score: 88,
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1 person voted
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Revenge of the Rose
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Nicole Galland (Goodreads Author)
3.77 avg rating — 640 ratings
score: 88,
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1 person voted
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Promise Me Forever (Southern Historical Book 2)
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Janelle Taylor (Goodreads Author)
3.67 avg rating — 143 ratings
score: 87,
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1 person voted
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The Stone Diaries
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3.89 avg rating — 41,641 ratings
score: 87,
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1 person voted
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The White Princess (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels. #5)
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Philippa Gregory (Goodreads Author)
3.94 avg rating — 48,241 ratings
score: 86,
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1 person voted
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Daughters of the House
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3.39 avg rating — 546 ratings
score: 86,
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1 person voted
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The Ambassador's Daughter (The Kommandant's Girl, #0)
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Pam Jenoff (Goodreads Author)
3.63 avg rating — 10,767 ratings
score: 85,
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1 person voted
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Welcome to Hard Times: A Novel
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3.84 avg rating — 2,404 ratings
score: 85,
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1 person voted
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Dark Destiny
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2.57 avg rating — 7 ratings
score: 84,
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1 person voted
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Heartbreak Hotel
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3.64 avg rating — 1,657 ratings
score: 84,
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1 person voted
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Lakota Surrender: Lakota
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Karen Kay (Goodreads Author)
4.05 avg rating — 680 ratings
score: 83,
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1 person voted
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And One Rode West (Cameron Saga: Civil War Trilogy, #3)
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Heather Graham (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 1,356 ratings
score: 82,
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1 person voted
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And One Wore Gray (Cameron Saga: Civil War Trilogy, #2)
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Heather Graham (Goodreads Author)
4.17 avg rating — 1,585 ratings
score: 81,
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1 person voted
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American Eden (Eden, #6)
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3.79 avg rating — 97 ratings
score: 80,
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1 person voted
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Eden & Honor
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3.99 avg rating — 70 ratings
score: 79,
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1 person voted
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The Miracle at St. Bruno's (Daughters of England, #1)
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3.77 avg rating — 1,622 ratings
score: 78,
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1 person voted
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Knave of Hearts (Daughters of England, #10)
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3.90 avg rating — 456 ratings
score: 77,
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1 person voted
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Love from the Ashes
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Denise A. Agnew (Goodreads Author)
3.62 avg rating — 591 ratings
score: 76,
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1 person voted
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A Rebel's Love
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3.32 avg rating — 19 ratings
score: 75,
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1 person voted
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Vision Is Fulfilled
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4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings
score: 74,
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1 person voted
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Next to Love
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3.54 avg rating — 3,988 ratings
score: 73,
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1 person voted
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The Immigrants (Lavette Family, #1)
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4.17 avg rating — 10,357 ratings
score: 72,
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1 person voted
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Devil's Consort
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Anne O'Brien (Goodreads Author)
3.94 avg rating — 1,502 ratings
score: 71,
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1 person voted
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Heathcliff
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3.50 avg rating — 32 ratings
score: 70,
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1 person voted
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Storm Within
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liked it 3.00 avg rating — 8 ratings
score: 69,
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Golden Fires (California, #2)
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3.25 avg rating — 8 ratings
score: 68,
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1 person voted
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Lily of the Nile (Cleopatra's Daughter, #1)
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Stephanie Dray (Goodreads Author)
3.89 avg rating — 7,009 ratings
score: 67,
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1 person voted
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Beyond the Horizon (Horizon Set, #1)
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3.84 avg rating — 254 ratings
score: 66,
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Women Who Work: Rewriting the Rules for Success
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2.95 avg rating — 1,128 ratings
score: 65,
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The Abolitionist's Daughter
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Diane C. McPhail (Goodreads Author)
3.78 avg rating — 1,936 ratings
score: 64,
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1 person voted
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Aug 22, 2015 08:51AM
I didn't skim, but I'll admit I was (very) tempted sometimes... :-)
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