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Naked Lunch: The Restored Text Naked Lunch: The Restored Text (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.46 — 98,207 ratings — published 1959
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Morning Star (Red Rising Saga, #3) Morning Star (Red Rising Saga, #3)
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avg rating 4.54 — 370,011 ratings — published 2016
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We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1) We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1)
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avg rating 4.27 — 120,886 ratings — published 2016
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Artemis Artemis (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.69 — 320,720 ratings — published 2017
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The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1) The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)
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avg rating 4.08 — 484,099 ratings — published 2006
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Project Hail Mary Project Hail Mary (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.50 — 1,042,346 ratings — published 2021
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The Martian The Martian (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.42 — 1,272,523 ratings — published 2011
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Altered Carbon (Takeshi Kovacs, #1) Altered Carbon (Takeshi Kovacs, #1)
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avg rating 4.04 — 114,382 ratings — published 2002
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Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1) Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)
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avg rating 4.31 — 314,829 ratings — published 2011
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The Windup Girl The Windup Girl (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.75 — 77,995 ratings — published 2009
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Abaddon’s Gate (The Expanse, #3) Abaddon’s Gate (The Expanse, #3)
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avg rating 4.28 — 152,600 ratings — published 2013
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Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1) Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1)
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avg rating 3.89 — 361,478 ratings — published 1984
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Blindsight (Firefall, #1) Blindsight (Firefall, #1)
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avg rating 4.01 — 53,245 ratings — published 2006
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Junky Junky (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.84 — 71,025 ratings — published 1953
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Death's End (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #3) Death's End (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #3)
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avg rating 4.41 — 168,499 ratings — published 2010
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Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.30 — 307,792 ratings — published 2018
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Children of Time (Children of Time, #1) Children of Time (Children of Time, #1)
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avg rating 4.30 — 170,244 ratings — published 2015
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Cibola Burn (The Expanse, #4) Cibola Burn (The Expanse, #4)
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avg rating 4.23 — 126,121 ratings — published 2014
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.06 — 376,350 ratings — published 1971
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Aurora Aurora (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.78 — 27,623 ratings — published 2015
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Foundation (Foundation, #1) Foundation (Foundation, #1)
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avg rating 4.17 — 591,853 ratings — published 1951
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Pandora's Star (Commonwealth Saga, #1) Pandora's Star (Commonwealth Saga, #1)
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avg rating 4.23 — 53,588 ratings — published 2004
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Diaspora Diaspora (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.10 — 11,056 ratings — published 1997
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Green Mars (Mars Trilogy, #2) Green Mars (Mars Trilogy, #2)
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avg rating 3.96 — 40,751 ratings — published 1993
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Children of Ruin (Children of Time, #2) Children of Ruin (Children of Time, #2)
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avg rating 4.05 — 60,059 ratings — published 2019
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For We Are Many (Bobiverse, #2) For We Are Many (Bobiverse, #2)
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avg rating 4.37 — 71,859 ratings — published 2017
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The Dark Forest (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #2) The Dark Forest (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #2)
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avg rating 4.40 — 215,612 ratings — published 2008
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The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2) The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
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avg rating 3.93 — 2,509,007 ratings — published 2003
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Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1) Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)
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avg rating 4.23 — 1,289,645 ratings — published 2011
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Anathem Anathem (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.17 — 75,310 ratings — published 2008
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Cryptonomicon Cryptonomicon (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.23 — 116,619 ratings — published 1999
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Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.00 — 12,259 ratings — published 2001
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Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1) Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1)
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avg rating 4.12 — 182,903 ratings — published 1973
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Mission of Gravity (Mesklin #1) Mission of Gravity (Mesklin #1)
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avg rating 3.90 — 7,597 ratings — published 1954
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Revelation Space (Revelation Space, #1) Revelation Space (Revelation Space, #1)
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avg rating 3.99 — 61,334 ratings — published 2000
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Ringworld's Children (Ringworld #4) Ringworld's Children (Ringworld #4)
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avg rating 3.77 — 9,562 ratings — published 2004
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Trainspotting Trainspotting (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.11 — 177,784 ratings — published 1993
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Lolita Lolita (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.87 — 937,736 ratings — published 1955
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Heaven's River (Bobiverse, #4) Heaven's River (Bobiverse, #4)
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avg rating 4.28 — 35,560 ratings — published 2020
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Man's Search for Meaning Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.37 — 863,034 ratings — published 1946
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Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5) Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)
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avg rating 4.46 — 123,302 ratings — published 2020
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Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries, #3) Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries, #3)
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avg rating 4.24 — 167,222 ratings — published 2018
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Artificial Condition (The Murderbot Diaries, #2) Artificial Condition (The Murderbot Diaries, #2)
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avg rating 4.25 — 208,658 ratings — published 2018
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All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1) All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
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avg rating 4.12 — 359,985 ratings — published 2017
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Exit Strategy (The Murderbot Diaries, #4) Exit Strategy (The Murderbot Diaries, #4)
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avg rating 4.37 — 147,487 ratings — published 2018
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The Road The Road (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.00 — 1,026,223 ratings — published 2006
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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (ebook)
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avg rating 4.09 — 508,206 ratings — published 1968
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Fate of Worlds (Fleet of Worlds #5; Ringworld #5) Fate of Worlds (Fleet of Worlds #5; Ringworld #5)
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avg rating 3.96 — 2,596 ratings — published 2018
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Being and Time Being and Time (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.05 — 27,618 ratings — published 1927
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Hard Times by Charles DickensA Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O'ConnorWhite Fragility by Robin DiAngeloThere Will Come Soft Rains by Ray BradburyMy Life and Hard Times by James Thurber
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Thomas  Harris
“In her way, she was a hard one. Faith in any sort of natural justice was nothing but a night light; she knew of that. Whatever she did, she would end the same way with everyone does: flat on her back with a tube in her nose, wondering, "Is this all?”
Thomas Harris, Red Dragon

Janet Fitch
“Always learn poems by heart. They have to become the marrow in your bones. Like fluoride in the water, they'll make your soul impervious to the world's soft decay.”
Janet Fitch, White Oleander

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