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Great Characterization Books
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A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
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avg rating 4.45 — 2,797,288 ratings — published 1996
The Frozen River (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.37 — 676,056 ratings — published 2023
The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.93 — 6,093,147 ratings — published 1925
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.39 — 4,354,997 ratings — published 2017
A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3)
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avg rating 4.55 — 863,646 ratings — published 2000
Sharp Objects (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.00 — 1,268,691 ratings — published 2006
Howl's Moving Castle (Howl's Moving Castle, #1)
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avg rating 4.28 — 467,227 ratings — published 1986
A Dance with Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire, #5)
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avg rating 4.34 — 752,002 ratings — published 2011
Blue Lily, Lily Blue (The Raven Cycle, #3)
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avg rating 4.25 — 184,632 ratings — published 2014
The Raven Boys (The Raven Cycle, #1)
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avg rating 4.05 — 409,244 ratings — published 2012
Wayward Girls (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.18 — 24,172 ratings — published 2025
King Sorrow (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.35 — 32,289 ratings — published 2025
The Echo of Old Books (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.25 — 132,529 ratings — published 2023
Finvarra's Circus (ebook)
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avg rating 4.50 — 511 ratings — published
Crossed (Soul Eaters, #3)
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avg rating 3.99 — 2,157 ratings — published 2015
On the Day I Died: Stories from the Grave (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.67 — 1,944 ratings — published 2012
Alchemised (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.31 — 332,650 ratings — published 2025
Book of Nightmares (Diadem, Worlds of Magic, #6)
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avg rating 4.10 — 413 ratings — published 1998
Blood of Requiem (Song of Dragons, #1)
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avg rating 3.62 — 4,223 ratings — published 2011
Dirty Lyrics (Rockstar Rebels, #1)
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avg rating 3.73 — 196 ratings — published 2015
The Dark Realm (Feyland, #1)
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avg rating 3.78 — 2,176 ratings — published 2011
Paladin (Paladin, #1)
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avg rating 4.03 — 7,624 ratings — published 2015
The Descendants (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.84 — 23,504 ratings — published 2007
Resurrection (Wicked, #5)
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avg rating 3.95 — 10,671 ratings — published 2009
Titus Groan (Gormenghast, #1)
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avg rating 3.92 — 24,561 ratings — published 1946
The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street (The Vanderbeekers, #1)
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avg rating 4.11 — 29,225 ratings — published 2017
Advice for Leos (ebook)
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avg rating 4.00 — 1 rating — published
Twisted Knight (Tangled Hearts, #1)
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avg rating 4.17 — 1,959 ratings — published 2024
Slammed (ebook)
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avg rating 3.85 — 27 ratings — published
Post-war Reconciliations (ebook)
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avg rating 4.33 — 3 ratings — published
Finding the Words (ebook)
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avg rating 5.00 — 1 rating — published
Loser's Lurgy (ebook)
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avg rating 5.00 — 1 rating — published
The Prize (ebook)
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avg rating 4.50 — 2 ratings — published
Black Iris (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.71 — 5,822 ratings — published 2015
On My Fingertips (ebook)
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avg rating 5.00 — 1 rating — published
Sometimes a Man Needs (ebook)
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avg rating 5.00 — 1 rating — published
Detransition, Baby (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.91 — 95,449 ratings — published 2021
This Is How You Lose the Time War (ebook)
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avg rating 3.82 — 367,032 ratings — published 2019
The Spear Cuts Through Water (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.12 — 28,787 ratings — published 2022
Mirrored Heavens (Between Earth and Sky, #3)
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avg rating 4.21 — 10,866 ratings — published 2024
The Potato Factory (The Potato Factory, #1)
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avg rating 4.16 — 11,514 ratings — published 1995
Just Like Heaven (ebook)
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avg rating 3.77 — 278 ratings — published 2015
In the Shadow of Blackbirds (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.85 — 13,529 ratings — published 2013
System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)
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avg rating 4.25 — 82,853 ratings — published 2023
100 Days in Deadland (Deadland Saga, #1)
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avg rating 4.09 — 2,033 ratings — published 2013
Waiting For You (online fiction)
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avg rating 4.44 — 9 ratings — published 2014
Star Wars: Heir to the Empire (Thrawn Trilogy, #1)
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avg rating 4.18 — 106,244 ratings — published 1991
Star Wars: Dark Force Rising (Thrawn Trilogy, #2)
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avg rating 4.19 — 75,576 ratings — published 1992
A Gentleman in Moscow (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.31 — 697,447 ratings — published 2016
Vanquish (Deliver, #2)
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avg rating 4.10 — 5,550 ratings — published 2014