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Burial Rites (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.04 — 122,562 ratings — published 2013
Open Water (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.00 — 85,549 ratings — published 2021
Prayers to Broken Stones (Hyperion Cantos, #0.5)
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avg rating 3.83 — 1,436 ratings — published 1990
The Scarlet Pimpernel (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.07 — 140,833 ratings — published 1905
Assassin's Apprentice (Farseer Trilogy, #1)
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avg rating 4.19 — 388,617 ratings — published 1995
Sword of Ice and Other Tales of Valdemar (Tales of Valdemar #1)
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avg rating 3.90 — 4,520 ratings — published 1997
Twilight (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.95 — 3,042 ratings — published 2006
The Long Home (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.03 — 2,770 ratings — published 1999
Provinces of Night (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.20 — 2,902 ratings — published 2000
The Woman in White (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.01 — 164,235 ratings — published 1859
The Legacy of Cain (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.77 — 271 ratings — published 1888
Snow Falling on Cedars (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.86 — 193,297 ratings — published 1994
The Hunters (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.10 — 2,473 ratings — published 1956
The Dog Stars (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.95 — 70,883 ratings — published 2012
Infinite Jest (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.25 — 99,993 ratings — published 1996
Underworld (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.95 — 33,450 ratings — published 1997
Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior (A Harvest Book)
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avg rating 4.15 — 9,896 ratings — published 2004
Serious Sweet (Hardcover)
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avg rating 2.94 — 660 ratings — published 2016
Barkskins (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.83 — 20,256 ratings — published 2016
The Gone-Away World (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.10 — 14,177 ratings — published 2008
Demons (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.30 — 61,177 ratings — published 1872
Germinal (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.20 — 42,305 ratings — published 1885
How Green Was My Valley (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.21 — 18,651 ratings — published 1939
MaddAddam (MaddAddam, #3)
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avg rating 4.02 — 81,833 ratings — published 2013
David Copperfield (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.04 — 255,785 ratings — published 1850
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.75 — 34,162 ratings — published 1749
Burning in Water, Drowning in Flame (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.04 — 9,409 ratings — published 1974
Rabbit Redux (Rabbit Angstrom, #2)
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avg rating 3.81 — 16,376 ratings — published 1971
The Confidence-Man (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.62 — 3,520 ratings — published 1857
A Fraction of the Whole (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.14 — 24,211 ratings — published 2008
Frankenstein in Baghdad (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.59 — 19,148 ratings — published 2013
Nostromo (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.81 — 17,776 ratings — published 1904
The Bell Jar (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.05 — 1,185,290 ratings — published 1963
A Canticle for Leibowitz (St. Leibowitz, #1)
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avg rating 3.99 — 117,924 ratings — published 1959
Alien vs. Predator (Penguin Poets)
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avg rating 3.51 — 1,303 ratings — published 2012
This Storm (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.55 — 2,187 ratings — published 2019
The Daughters of Mars (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.68 — 4,632 ratings — published 2012
The Dwarf (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.69 — 7,794 ratings — published 1944
Riddley Walker (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.02 — 8,622 ratings — published 1980
Permafrost (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.85 — 10,467 ratings — published 2018
My Heart Is a Chainsaw (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #1)
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avg rating 3.52 — 50,757 ratings — published 2021
Tropic of Cancer (Tropic, #1)
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avg rating 3.66 — 77,305 ratings — published 1934
El Paso (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.87 — 1,842 ratings — published 2016
Warlight (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.60 — 46,515 ratings — published 2018
The Yiddish Policemen's Union (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.72 — 79,763 ratings — published 2007
In the Skin of a Lion (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.84 — 19,125 ratings — published 1987
The Man Who Loved Children (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.57 — 4,634 ratings — published 1940
Independent People (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.12 — 14,083 ratings — published 1934
Anil's Ghost (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.58 — 18,749 ratings — published 2000
Mrs. Bridge (Mrs and Mr Bridge, #1)
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avg rating 4.06 — 7,726 ratings — published 1959
“You said they were a…religious…?”
“Oligarchy,” he finishes. “Ruled by five high priests, who are in turn elected by smaller delegations of regular priests, one for each sub-country. Though the common belief is that each high priest is chosen by God himself.”
“God?” Artemisia asks.
“They’re monotheistic, yes,” he says.
She rolls her eyes. “Just say there’s only one. You aren’t in court, your fancy words don’t impress anyone.”
― Lady Smoke
“Oligarchy,” he finishes. “Ruled by five high priests, who are in turn elected by smaller delegations of regular priests, one for each sub-country. Though the common belief is that each high priest is chosen by God himself.”
“God?” Artemisia asks.
“They’re monotheistic, yes,” he says.
She rolls her eyes. “Just say there’s only one. You aren’t in court, your fancy words don’t impress anyone.”
― Lady Smoke
“Busting out the fancy words now?” Jer continued with an amused grin. “Don’t tease. You know how a big vocabulary turns me on.”
Raven pursed her lips to hide her smile as she handed him a bowl and fork. “Yeah, okay. Keep your big vocabulary in your pants,” she responded.”
― Forged Contracts
Raven pursed her lips to hide her smile as she handed him a bowl and fork. “Yeah, okay. Keep your big vocabulary in your pants,” she responded.”
― Forged Contracts
