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Where the Crawdads Sing (ebook)
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avg rating 4.37 — 3,723,994 ratings — published 2018
The Night Circus (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.99 — 1,122,005 ratings — published 2011
A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1)
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avg rating 4.15 — 4,428,052 ratings — published 2015
The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.93 — 6,045,922 ratings — published 1925
The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.80 — 3,961,292 ratings — published 1951
The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.30 — 2,093,183 ratings — published 2011
A Gentleman in Moscow (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.31 — 689,282 ratings — published 2016
The Old Man and the Sea (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.81 — 1,347,479 ratings — published 1952
Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)
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avg rating 4.57 — 3,782,652 ratings — published 2023
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.04 — 572,359 ratings — published 1985
The Covenant of Water (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.40 — 336,324 ratings — published 2023
Haunting Adeline (Cat and Mouse, #1)
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avg rating 3.94 — 934,669 ratings — published 2021
All the Light We Cannot See (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.31 — 2,032,133 ratings — published 2014
The Ocean at the End of the Lane (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.01 — 662,783 ratings — published 2013
The Bell Jar (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.04 — 1,273,712 ratings — published 1963
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
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avg rating 4.35 — 10,122,949 ratings — published 2008
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.30 — 4,553,035 ratings — published 1937
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.92 — 1,959,102 ratings — published 1818
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.14 — 320,782 ratings — published 1994
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.16 — 1,580,592 ratings — published 2020
Descriptive Book (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.83 — 66 ratings — published
The Secret History (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.15 — 1,082,972 ratings — published 1992
Little Fires Everywhere (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.07 — 1,335,781 ratings — published 2017
Piranesi (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.20 — 528,249 ratings — published 2020
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
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avg rating 4.43 — 4,591,915 ratings — published 1998
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
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avg rating 4.58 — 4,957,563 ratings — published 1999
The Great Alone (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.46 — 1,285,295 ratings — published 2018
Strange the Dreamer (Strange the Dreamer, #1)
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avg rating 4.27 — 137,974 ratings — published 2017
Uprooted (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.02 — 269,772 ratings — published 2015
Les Misérables (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.21 — 854,881 ratings — published 1862
A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2)
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avg rating 4.42 — 1,038,301 ratings — published 1998
Rebecca (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.25 — 746,068 ratings — published 1938
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.30 — 524,115 ratings — published 1943
Men We Reaped: A Memoir (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.30 — 29,529 ratings — published 2013
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
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avg rating 4.45 — 2,780,642 ratings — published 1996
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
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avg rating 4.47 — 11,637,784 ratings — published 1997
Water for Elephants (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.11 — 1,716,542 ratings — published 2006
The Raven Boys (The Raven Cycle, #1)
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avg rating 4.05 — 407,248 ratings — published 2012
Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.38 — 15,301 ratings — published 1994
All the Places to Love (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.41 — 2,285 ratings — published 1994
The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.39 — 2,937,444 ratings — published 2005
The Magicians (The Magicians, #1)
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avg rating 3.53 — 281,125 ratings — published 2009
Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)
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avg rating 4.33 — 1,137,801 ratings — published 1908
The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
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avg rating 4.41 — 3,204,606 ratings — published 1954
Aoh Part II (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.89 — 9 ratings — published
Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.07 — 50,747 ratings — published 2025
The Marriage Portrait (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.01 — 212,452 ratings — published 2022
Legends & Lattes (Legends & Lattes, #1)
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avg rating 4.03 — 347,418 ratings — published 2022
The Serpent and the Wings of Night (Crowns of Nyaxia, #1)
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avg rating 4.26 — 791,122 ratings — published 2022
Annihilation (Southern Reach, #1)
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avg rating 3.80 — 320,522 ratings — published 2014
“Apollo, your voice hymned a justice I could not see clear, but all too clear the anguish you caused, the bloodhaunted, homeless future you've doled out.”
― Electra
― Electra
“In my mind, President Snow should be viewed in front of marble pillars hung with oversized flags. It's jarring to see him surrounded by the ordinary objects in the room. Like taking the lid off a pot and finding a fanged viper instead of stew.”
― Catching Fire
― Catching Fire
