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Inferno (Robert Langdon, #4)
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Dan Brown (Goodreads Author)
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Scarlett
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The Land of Painted Caves (Earth's Children, #6)
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Justinian’s Flea: Plague, Empire, and the Birth of Europe
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Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
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Rebels and Traitors
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Doctor Zhivago
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Anna Karenina
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The Captive Queen
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The Queen's Lover
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Conquer The Night (Graham, #2)
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11/22/63
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Stephen King (Goodreads Author)
4.35 avg rating — 638,109 ratings
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Murder as a Fine Art (Thomas De Quincey, #1)
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David Morrell (Goodreads Author)
3.92 avg rating — 8,828 ratings
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Vijftig tinten grijs (Vijftig tinten, #1)
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E.L. James (Goodreads Author)
3.67 avg rating — 2,839,489 ratings
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
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A Deadly Education (The Scholomance, #1)
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Naomi Novik (Goodreads Author)
3.93 avg rating — 217,462 ratings
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A Bride of the Plains
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A Brief History of Time
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A Witch in Time
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Constance Sayers (Goodreads Author)
4.05 avg rating — 15,088 ratings
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Outlaw Hearts (Outlaw Hearts, #1)
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Rosanne Bittner (Goodreads Author)
4.26 avg rating — 740 ratings
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Duma Key
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Stephen King (Goodreads Author)
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Avalon
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Castles, Customs, and Kings: True Tales by English Historical Fiction Authors
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Trieste
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The Killing Anniversary
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The Stand
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Stephen King (Goodreads Author)
4.35 avg rating — 827,648 ratings
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An Infamous Army (Alastair-Audley, #4)
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Mean Streak
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Sandra Brown (Goodreads Author)
4.10 avg rating — 64,515 ratings
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Prince Lestat (The Vampire Chronicles, #11)
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3.85 avg rating — 24,720 ratings
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Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
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Jon Krakauer (Goodreads Author)
4.26 avg rating — 561,627 ratings
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Return to Windhaven (Windhaven, #4)
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The Strange Death of Mistress Coffin
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The House by the Fjord
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A Generation of Leaves
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The Miracle at St. Bruno's (Daughters of England, #1)
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The Deerslayer (The Leatherstocking Tales, #1)
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The Pathfinder (The Leatherstocking Tales, #3)
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Queen of Love
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The Prairie (Leatherstocking Tales, #5)
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3.60 avg rating — 1,926 ratings
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The Cornish Heiress
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The Mayflower Marriage
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Arminal Dare (Goodreads Author)
4.39 avg rating — 123 ratings
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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 — 1,361 ratings
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Mary Anne: A Defiant Woman's Journey Through Regency England
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Three Sisters, Three Queens (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels #8)
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Philippa Gregory (Goodreads Author)
3.81 avg rating — 33,972 ratings
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The Pillars of the Earth
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Ken Follett (Goodreads Author)
4.35 avg rating — 822,420 ratings
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World Without End (Kingsbridge, #2)
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Ken Follett (Goodreads Author)
4.32 avg rating — 273,467 ratings
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Daughter of Troy
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Sarah B. Franklin (Pseudonym)
3.69 avg rating — 472 ratings
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Watch the Lady (The Tudor Trilogy #3)
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3.85 avg rating — 1,168 ratings
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Outlander (Outlander, #1)
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Diana Gabaldon (Goodreads Author)
4.26 avg rating — 1,144,897 ratings
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The Big Red One
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A Sundial in a Grave: 1610
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3.59 avg rating — 533 ratings
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The Memoirs of Cleopatra
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Margaret George (Goodreads Author)
4.19 avg rating — 21,453 ratings
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Helen of Troy
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Margaret George (Goodreads Author)
3.95 avg rating — 12,072 ratings
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Mary Queen of Scotland and The Isles
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Margaret George (Goodreads Author)
4.09 avg rating — 14,931 ratings
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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 — 416 ratings
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The Winter Sea (Slains, #1)
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Susanna Kearsley (Goodreads Author)
4.11 avg rating — 69,600 ratings
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The Ivy Crown
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Matterhorn
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A Bloody Field by Shrewsbury
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Time and Chance (Plantagenets #2; Henry II & Eleanor of Aquitaine #2)
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City of Darkness, City of Light
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Russka: the Novel of Russia
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Edward Rutherfurd (Goodreads Author)
4.03 avg rating — 15,085 ratings
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Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, #1)
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Neal Stephenson (Goodreads Author)
3.93 avg rating — 46,404 ratings
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The Winter Queen (Astraea, #1)
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3.33 avg rating — 206 ratings
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The President's Lady: A Novel About Rachel and Andrew Jackson
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Jun 15, 2015 08:45AM
I know I've read some that qualify here, but I've done my best to repress all memory of them!
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Susanna - Censored by GoodReads wrote: "I know I've read some that qualify here, but I've done my best to repress all memory of them!"I have shelves to help remind me when I'm inspired for a new list :)
Can't help it, but I had to vote for Fifty shades again... :-) That business about the contract just went on page after page after page. As if the rest of it wasn't enough already.
Booklovinglady wrote: "Can't help it, but I had to vote for Fifty shades again... :-) That business about the contract just went on page after page after page. As if the rest of it wasn't enough already.":)
I'm sure the haters will be by soon.
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