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Educated Educated (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.46 — 1,889,104 ratings — published 2018
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There There There There (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.97 — 228,536 ratings — published 2018
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Mexican Gothic Mexican Gothic (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.66 — 448,267 ratings — published 2020
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The Space Between Worlds (The Space Between Worlds, #1) The Space Between Worlds (The Space Between Worlds, #1)
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avg rating 3.93 — 45,728 ratings — published 2020
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Piranesi Piranesi (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.21 — 495,009 ratings — published 2020
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Why Fish Don’t Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life Why Fish Don’t Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.13 — 57,939 ratings — published 2020
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Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.14 — 452,796 ratings — published 2017
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Circe Circe (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.22 — 1,376,846 ratings — published 2018
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James James (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.43 — 531,645 ratings — published 2024
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Sing, Unburied, Sing Sing, Unburied, Sing (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.00 — 149,598 ratings — published 2017
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Crying in H Mart Crying in H Mart (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.23 — 611,463 ratings — published 2021
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The Vanishing Half The Vanishing Half (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.12 — 864,235 ratings — published 2020
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This Is How You Lose the Time War This Is How You Lose the Time War (ebook)
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avg rating 3.83 — 347,130 ratings — published 2019
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Between the World and Me Between the World and Me (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.40 — 369,627 ratings — published 2015
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Life After Life (Todd Family, #1) Life After Life (Todd Family, #1)
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avg rating 3.79 — 242,986 ratings — published 2013
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.13 — 810,781 ratings — published 2010
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The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.91 — 327,947 ratings — published 2023
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Tom Lake Tom Lake (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.93 — 508,157 ratings — published 2023
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Klara and the Sun Klara and the Sun (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.74 — 442,052 ratings — published 2021
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The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.16 — 1,541,204 ratings — published 2020
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Black Sun (Between Earth and Sky, #1) Black Sun (Between Earth and Sky, #1)
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avg rating 4.17 — 55,235 ratings — published 2020
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Hamnet Hamnet (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.21 — 428,834 ratings — published 2020
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The Dutch House The Dutch House (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.10 — 569,053 ratings — published 2019
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All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1) All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
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avg rating 4.11 — 379,565 ratings — published 2017
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Washington Black Washington Black (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.95 — 73,038 ratings — published 2018
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Exit West Exit West (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.74 — 152,398 ratings — published 2017
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Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.49 — 816,524 ratings — published 2016
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Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.16 — 63,646 ratings — published 2016
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The Emperor of Gladness The Emperor of Gladness (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.89 — 66,118 ratings — published 2025
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The Frozen River The Frozen River (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.38 — 596,953 ratings — published 2023
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Black Cake Black Cake (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.08 — 230,901 ratings — published 2022
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Young Mungo Young Mungo (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.37 — 90,631 ratings — published 2022
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Beach Read Beach Read (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.97 — 1,668,548 ratings — published 2020
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Red at the Bone Red at the Bone (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.96 — 84,176 ratings — published 2019
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The Lager Queen of Minnesota The Lager Queen of Minnesota (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.01 — 47,766 ratings — published 2019
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The Nickel Boys The Nickel Boys (ebook)
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avg rating 4.25 — 312,702 ratings — published 2019
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Disappearing Earth Disappearing Earth (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.83 — 57,443 ratings — published 2019
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The Bird King The Bird King (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.73 — 10,161 ratings — published 2019
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Evvie Drake Starts Over Evvie Drake Starts Over (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.82 — 157,813 ratings — published 2019
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Severance Severance (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.88 — 133,454 ratings — published 2018
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The Friend The Friend (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.72 — 60,573 ratings — published 2018
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Americanah Americanah (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.31 — 416,362 ratings — published 2013
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Code Name Verity (Code Name Verity, #1) Code Name Verity (Code Name Verity, #1)
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avg rating 4.00 — 129,032 ratings — published 2012
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Dune (Dune, #1) Dune (Dune, #1)
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avg rating 4.29 — 1,645,573 ratings — published 1965
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Fair Play Fair Play (Hardcover)
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avg rating 2.77 — 5,659 ratings — published 2025
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North Woods North Woods (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.10 — 116,709 ratings — published 2023
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All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me (ebook)
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avg rating 4.01 — 27,349 ratings — published 2023
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Demon Copperhead Demon Copperhead (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.46 — 822,427 ratings — published 2022
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If I Survive You If I Survive You (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.67 — 13,500 ratings — published 2022
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Lessons in Chemistry Lessons in Chemistry (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.28 — 1,814,590 ratings — published 2022
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Werner Herzog
“If you’re purely after facts, please buy yourself the phone directory of Manhattan. It has four million times correct facts. But it doesn’t illuminate.”
Werner Herzog

“It turns out that we’re not the only ones who go out on a scientific limb as we discuss or attempt to discuss cars, car repairs and scientific education in America today.”
Tom Magliozzi, Car Talk Science: MIT Wants Its Diplomas Back

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