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Animal Farm Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.02 — 4,654,296 ratings — published 1945
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The Chronicles of Narnia (The Chronicles of Narnia, #1-7) The Chronicles of Narnia (The Chronicles of Narnia, #1-7)
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avg rating 4.28 — 714,466 ratings — published 1956
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Manslaughter Park (Jane Austen Murder Mystery, #3) Manslaughter Park (Jane Austen Murder Mystery, #3)
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avg rating 3.53 — 3,270 ratings — published 2023
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What Stalks the Deep (Sworn Soldier, #3) What Stalks the Deep (Sworn Soldier, #3)
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avg rating 4.05 — 17,835 ratings — published 2025
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The 13th Day of Christmas The 13th Day of Christmas (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.34 — 290 ratings — published 2025
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What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1) What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)
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avg rating 3.84 — 148,281 ratings — published 2022
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The Prairie that Nature Built The Prairie that Nature Built (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.19 — 89 ratings — published 2014
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The Good Wife of Bath The Good Wife of Bath (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.19 — 6,848 ratings — published 2021
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Miss Caroline Bingley, Private Investigator Miss Caroline Bingley, Private Investigator (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.60 — 1,130 ratings — published 2025
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Hamnet Hamnet (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.21 — 452,869 ratings — published 2020
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Brown Girl, Brown Girl Brown Girl, Brown Girl (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.41 — 160 ratings — published
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Sour Apple Sour Apple (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.89 — 446 ratings — published 2024
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The Late Mrs. Willoughby (Mr. Darcy & Miss Tilney, #2) The Late Mrs. Willoughby (Mr. Darcy & Miss Tilney, #2)
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avg rating 3.91 — 9,224 ratings — published 2023
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Simon and the Better Bone Simon and the Better Bone (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.31 — 899 ratings — published 2023
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The Last Zookeeper The Last Zookeeper (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.23 — 865 ratings — published 2024
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Sherlock Holmes and the Highgate Horrors Sherlock Holmes and the Highgate Horrors (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.03 — 504 ratings — published 2023
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Darling Girl Darling Girl (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.46 — 31,166 ratings — published 2022
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Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1) Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)
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avg rating 4.19 — 277,012 ratings — published 1993
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A Curse So Dark and Lonely (Cursebreakers, #1) A Curse So Dark and Lonely (Cursebreakers, #1)
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avg rating 3.95 — 181,463 ratings — published 2019
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Secrets of the Nile (Lady Emily, #16) Secrets of the Nile (Lady Emily, #16)
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avg rating 3.90 — 2,139 ratings — published 2022
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Sense & Second-Degree Murder (Jane Austen Murder Mystery, #2) Sense & Second-Degree Murder (Jane Austen Murder Mystery, #2)
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avg rating 3.92 — 7,353 ratings — published 2022
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Pride and Premeditation (Jane Austen Murder Mystery, #1) Pride and Premeditation (Jane Austen Murder Mystery, #1)
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avg rating 3.74 — 24,981 ratings — published 2021
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Demon Copperhead Demon Copperhead (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.46 — 838,448 ratings — published 2022
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Reader, I Murdered Him Reader, I Murdered Him (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.42 — 2,098 ratings — published 2022
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Sherlock Holmes & The Three Winter Terrors Sherlock Holmes & The Three Winter Terrors (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.02 — 1,840 ratings — published 2021
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The Outsiders The Outsiders (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.15 — 1,638,449 ratings — published 1967
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Sherlock Holmes and The Beast of the Stapletons Sherlock Holmes and The Beast of the Stapletons (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.79 — 1,435 ratings — published 2020
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Sherlock Holmes & the Christmas Demon Sherlock Holmes & the Christmas Demon (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.85 — 4,733 ratings — published 2019
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Daughter of the Deep Daughter of the Deep (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.20 — 33,399 ratings — published 2021
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The Moor (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, #4) The Moor (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, #4)
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avg rating 3.94 — 19,023 ratings — published 1998
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The Case of the Missing Moonstone (The Wollstonecraft Detective Agency, #1) The Case of the Missing Moonstone (The Wollstonecraft Detective Agency, #1)
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avg rating 3.85 — 2,870 ratings — published 2015
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Moby-Dick or, The Whale Moby-Dick or, The Whale (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.57 — 623,329 ratings — published 1851
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A Letter of Mary (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, #3) A Letter of Mary (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, #3)
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avg rating 4.00 — 21,705 ratings — published 1996
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A Monstrous Regiment of Women (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, #2) A Monstrous Regiment of Women (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, #2)
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avg rating 4.04 — 27,962 ratings — published 1995
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The Killings at Kingfisher Hill (New Hercule Poirot Mysteries, #4) The Killings at Kingfisher Hill (New Hercule Poirot Mysteries, #4)
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avg rating 3.58 — 13,288 ratings — published 2020
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The Beekeeper's Apprentice (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, #1) The Beekeeper's Apprentice (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, #1)
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avg rating 4.04 — 88,625 ratings — published 1994
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The Devil’s Due (Sherlock Holmes Adventure #3) The Devil’s Due (Sherlock Holmes Adventure #3)
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avg rating 4.15 — 1,334 ratings — published 2019
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Unquiet Spirits: Whisky, Ghosts, Murder (Sherlock Holmes Adventure #2) Unquiet Spirits: Whisky, Ghosts, Murder (Sherlock Holmes Adventure #2)
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avg rating 4.22 — 2,110 ratings — published 2017
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Art in the Blood (Sherlock Holmes Adventure, #1) Art in the Blood (Sherlock Holmes Adventure, #1)
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avg rating 3.79 — 4,776 ratings — published 2015
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The Case of the Bizarre Bouquets (Enola Holmes, #3) The Case of the Bizarre Bouquets (Enola Holmes, #3)
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avg rating 4.09 — 17,452 ratings — published 2007
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The Case of the Left-Handed Lady (Enola Holmes, #2) The Case of the Left-Handed Lady (Enola Holmes, #2)
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avg rating 3.99 — 22,548 ratings — published 2007
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The Mystery of Three Quarters (New Hercule Poirot Mysteries, #3) The Mystery of Three Quarters (New Hercule Poirot Mysteries, #3)
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avg rating 3.69 — 16,543 ratings — published 2018
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Closed Casket (New Hercule Poirot Mysteries, #2) Closed Casket (New Hercule Poirot Mysteries, #2)
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avg rating 3.61 — 19,997 ratings — published 2016
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The Monogram Murders (New Hercule Poirot Mysteries, #1) The Monogram Murders (New Hercule Poirot Mysteries, #1)
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avg rating 3.47 — 34,807 ratings — published 2014
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The Little Prince The Little Prince (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.33 — 2,528,931 ratings — published 1943
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Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.85 — 253,813 ratings — published 1958
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The Velveteen Rabbit The Velveteen Rabbit (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.31 — 274,832 ratings — published 1922
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The Death of Ivan Ilych The Death of Ivan Ilych (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.14 — 235,085 ratings — published 1886
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The Emperor's New Clothes The Emperor's New Clothes (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.98 — 15,630 ratings — published 1837
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The Suspicion at Sanditon (Or, The Disappearance of Lady Denham) (Mr. & Mrs. Darcy Mysteries, #7) The Suspicion at Sanditon (Or, The Disappearance of Lady Denham) (Mr. & Mrs. Darcy Mysteries, #7)
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avg rating 3.88 — 598 ratings — published 2015
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Trent Dalton
“Stay sweet, Eli Bell.”
Trent Dalton, Boy Swallows Universe

Emma Richler
“Zachariah, mind the palace," Rachel told her beloved before bashing off across three times nine countries. "But DO NOT DO NOT DO NOT enter the lists. No fighting! No barney, mill, contest, set-to, turn-up, battle, match!”
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