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Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.22 — 1,507,612 ratings — published 2017
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1) The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)
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avg rating 4.22 — 2,087,302 ratings — published 1979
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The Night Circus The Night Circus (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.99 — 1,145,270 ratings — published 2011
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Nothing to See Here Nothing to See Here (ebook)
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avg rating 3.95 — 252,492 ratings — published 2019
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My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.06 — 309,467 ratings — published 2013
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The Invoice The Invoice (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.63 — 3,938 ratings — published 2011
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Saga, Volume 1 Saga, Volume 1 (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.15 — 373,098 ratings — published 2012
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Survivor Survivor (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.92 — 126,261 ratings — published 1999
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Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.17 — 219,106 ratings — published 2013
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Catch-22 Catch-22 (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.99 — 908,065 ratings — published 1961
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Even Cowgirls Get the Blues Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.79 — 58,350 ratings — published 1976
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Skinny Legs and All Skinny Legs and All (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.07 — 44,307 ratings — published 1990
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Choke Choke (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.71 — 225,274 ratings — published 2001
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Breakfast of Champions Breakfast of Champions (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.06 — 287,381 ratings — published 1973
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Still Life with Woodpecker Still Life with Woodpecker (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.04 — 84,985 ratings — published 1980
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Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.04 — 29,616 ratings — published 2000
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Dungeon Crawler Carl (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #1) Dungeon Crawler Carl (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #1)
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avg rating 4.41 — 708,295 ratings — published 2020
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Julie Chan Is Dead Julie Chan Is Dead (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.43 — 72,364 ratings — published 2025
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Remarkably Bright Creatures Remarkably Bright Creatures (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.35 — 1,618,243 ratings — published 2022
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極主夫道 1 [Gokushufudō 1] 極主夫道 1 [Gokushufudō 1] (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.30 — 32,110 ratings — published 2018
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A Semi-Definitive List of Worst Nightmares A Semi-Definitive List of Worst Nightmares (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.00 — 8,960 ratings — published 2017
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The Gashlycrumb Tinies (The Vinegar Works, #1) The Gashlycrumb Tinies (The Vinegar Works, #1)
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avg rating 4.08 — 85,049 ratings — published 1963
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The Doubtful Guest The Doubtful Guest (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.41 — 4,623 ratings — published 1957
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Watch Over Me Watch Over Me (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.83 — 14,045 ratings — published 2020
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I Capture the Castle I Capture the Castle (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.98 — 119,482 ratings — published 1949
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The Graveyard Book The Graveyard Book (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.15 — 573,079 ratings — published 2008
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Dig. Dig. (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.14 — 9,686 ratings — published 2019
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My Year of Rest and Relaxation My Year of Rest and Relaxation (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.58 — 631,781 ratings — published 2018
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Convenience Store Woman Convenience Store Woman (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.66 — 416,127 ratings — published 2016
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Preach. (Church, #2) Preach. (Church, #2)
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avg rating 3.85 — 1,416 ratings — published 2018
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, #1) Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, #1)
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avg rating 3.99 — 456,208 ratings — published 1865
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Junky Junky (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.84 — 74,104 ratings — published 1953
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Big Mushy Happy Lump (Sarah's Scribbles, #2) Big Mushy Happy Lump (Sarah's Scribbles, #2)
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avg rating 4.22 — 29,275 ratings — published 2017
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Triangle (The Shapes Trilogy) Triangle (The Shapes Trilogy)
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avg rating 3.88 — 6,258 ratings — published 2017
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Adulthood Is a Myth (Sarah's Scribbles, #1) Adulthood Is a Myth (Sarah's Scribbles, #1)
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avg rating 4.12 — 131,503 ratings — published 2016
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A Wild Sheep Chase (The Rat, #3) A Wild Sheep Chase (The Rat, #3)
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avg rating 3.94 — 147,665 ratings — published 1982
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A Confederacy of Dunces A Confederacy of Dunces (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.89 — 310,378 ratings — published 1980
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Star Island (Skink, #6) Star Island (Skink, #6)
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avg rating 3.57 — 22,451 ratings — published 2010
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Carnivores Carnivores (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.09 — 2,414 ratings — published 2013
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The Rosie Project (Don Tillman, #1) The Rosie Project (Don Tillman, #1)
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avg rating 4.01 — 610,652 ratings — published 2013
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Fight Club Fight Club (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.18 — 667,296 ratings — published 1996
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Coraline Coraline (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.13 — 811,341 ratings — published 2002
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The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1-5) The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1-5)
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avg rating 4.38 — 344,942 ratings — published 1996
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Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore (Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore, #1) Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore (Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore, #1)
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avg rating 3.72 — 219,536 ratings — published 2012
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy in Four Parts The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy in Four Parts (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.49 — 36,908 ratings — published 1986
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Jitterbug Perfume Jitterbug Perfume (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.23 — 82,617 ratings — published 1984
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I Want My Hat Back I Want My Hat Back (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.35 — 37,133 ratings — published 2011
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Matilda Matilda (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.34 — 1,158,213 ratings — published 1988
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Cannery Row (Cannery Row, #1) Cannery Row (Cannery Row, #1)
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avg rating 4.06 — 163,532 ratings — published 1943
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Yol Yol (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.00 — 1,098,306 ratings — published 2006
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Michael Ben Zehabe
“I'm sure love has its own means of survival, its preferred host, its ideal temperature, its own law of thermodynamics. Why else would women crave hot baths?”
― Michael Benzehabe, Persianality

Michael Ben Zehabe
“Iran. Hot for certainties, but all us women get are rhymes. Always a metaphor; always a clever turn of phrase; always quoting poets without giving a direct answer. Give us definitive wedding dates. That's certainty! Those are the certainties we ache for--as certain as the sunlight that our sun-loving botany aches for.”
― Michael Benzehabe, Persianality

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