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The Great Believers The Great Believers (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.29 — 167,655 ratings — published 2018
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The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.17 — 1,457,883 ratings — published 2020
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The Overstory The Overstory (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.11 — 192,372 ratings — published 2018
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Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead (Audible Audio)
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avg rating 3.94 — 147,529 ratings — published 2009
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The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.26 — 147,885 ratings — published 1974
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The Bombshell The Bombshell (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.67 — 9,426 ratings — published 2025
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A Drop of Corruption (Shadow of the Leviathan, #2) A Drop of Corruption (Shadow of the Leviathan, #2)
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avg rating 4.49 — 29,257 ratings — published 2025
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A Disaffection A Disaffection (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.81 — 747 ratings — published 1989
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King of Ashes King of Ashes (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.06 — 38,778 ratings — published 2025
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Don't Sleep with the Dead Don't Sleep with the Dead (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.34 — 1,705 ratings — published 2025
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Piranesi Piranesi (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.22 — 442,163 ratings — published 2020
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I Who Have Never Known Men I Who Have Never Known Men (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.12 — 398,844 ratings — published 1995
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Oathbound (The Legendborn Cycle, #3) Oathbound (The Legendborn Cycle, #3)
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avg rating 4.25 — 24,179 ratings — published 2025
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Wild Dark Shore Wild Dark Shore (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.13 — 210,023 ratings — published 2025
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Water Moon Water Moon (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.77 — 37,991 ratings — published 2025
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Private Rites Private Rites (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.61 — 12,595 ratings — published 2024
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The Will of the Many (Hierarchy, #1) The Will of the Many (Hierarchy, #1)
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avg rating 4.60 — 166,580 ratings — published 2023
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Creation Lake Creation Lake (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.36 — 32,883 ratings — published 2024
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The Familiar The Familiar (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.75 — 129,469 ratings — published 2024
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What Feasts at Night (Sworn Soldier, #2) What Feasts at Night (Sworn Soldier, #2)
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avg rating 3.80 — 39,327 ratings — published 2024
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What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1) What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)
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avg rating 3.85 — 131,666 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 4.20 — 253,711 ratings — published 1993
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The Sorrow of War The Sorrow of War (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.09 — 11,110 ratings — published 1991
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The Jewel (The Lone City, #1) The Jewel (The Lone City, #1)
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avg rating 3.86 — 48,562 ratings — published 2014
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Clytemnestra Clytemnestra (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.22 — 54,974 ratings — published 2023
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Our Wives Under the Sea Our Wives Under the Sea (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.71 — 123,210 ratings — published 2022
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Babel Babel (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.15 — 442,938 ratings — published 2022
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The Frozen River The Frozen River (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.38 — 482,475 ratings — published 2023
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Butter Butter (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.46 — 101,898 ratings — published 2017
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Shuggie Bain Shuggie Bain (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.30 — 187,368 ratings — published 2020
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At Night All Blood is Black At Night All Blood is Black (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.80 — 27,924 ratings — published 2018
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Beautyland Beautyland (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.07 — 34,070 ratings — published 2024
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The Tainted Cup (Shadow of the Leviathan, #1) The Tainted Cup (Shadow of the Leviathan, #1)
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avg rating 4.30 — 66,554 ratings — published 2024
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The Secret History The Secret History (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.16 — 996,294 ratings — published 1992
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The Stone Sky (The Broken Earth, #3) The Stone Sky (The Broken Earth, #3)
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avg rating 4.33 — 164,068 ratings — published 2017
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Pachinko Pachinko (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.34 — 607,364 ratings — published 2017
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A Curse for True Love (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #3) A Curse for True Love (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #3)
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avg rating 4.16 — 388,757 ratings — published 2023
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Chain-Gang All-Stars Chain-Gang All-Stars (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.12 — 87,943 ratings — published 2023
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The Obelisk Gate (The Broken Earth, #2) The Obelisk Gate (The Broken Earth, #2)
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avg rating 4.29 — 192,966 ratings — published 2016
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The Lord of the Rings The Lord of the Rings (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.54 — 724,782 ratings — published 1954
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The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3) The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3)
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avg rating 4.58 — 1,025,227 ratings — published 1955
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The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2) The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2)
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avg rating 4.50 — 1,107,468 ratings — published 1954
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The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1) The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
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avg rating 4.40 — 3,105,921 ratings — published 1954
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A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1) A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
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avg rating 4.45 — 2,707,798 ratings — published 1996
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The Kite Runner The Kite Runner (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.35 — 3,452,257 ratings — published 2003
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The Hobbit, or There and Back Again The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.30 — 4,407,638 ratings — published 1937
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A Thousand Splendid Suns A Thousand Splendid Suns (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.45 — 1,713,112 ratings — published 2007
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Once & Then Once & Then (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.43 — 1,185 ratings — published 2009
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10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.09 — 81,194 ratings — published 2019
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The Forty Rules of Love The Forty Rules of Love (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.11 — 201,425 ratings — published 2009
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