3.80 avg rating — 3,871,518 ratings

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4.24 avg rating — 104,641 ratings

""We are who we pretend to be, so we must be careful who we pretend to be." Brilliant lesson."

4.18 avg rating — 8,718 ratings

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4.14 avg rating — 17,417 ratings

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4.39 avg rating — 121,335 ratings

"Just a sweet, intelligent book. Love it."

3.78 avg rating — 409,759 ratings

"Powerful storytelling at its finest. The opening pages haunt me to this day."

4.18 avg rating — 154,462 ratings

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