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The Historian The Historian (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.80 — 276,885 ratings — published 2005
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A Simple Plan A Simple Plan (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.92 — 35,047 ratings — published 1993
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Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10) Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10)
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avg rating 4.20 — 734,517 ratings — published 1934
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Bridget Jones’s Diary (Bridget Jones, #1) Bridget Jones’s Diary (Bridget Jones, #1)
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avg rating 3.81 — 1,024,273 ratings — published 1996
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The Crimson Petal and the White The Crimson Petal and the White (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.89 — 45,142 ratings — published 2002
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Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1) Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1)
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avg rating 3.95 — 3,402,134 ratings — published 2000
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The Ruins The Ruins (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.69 — 67,095 ratings — published 2006
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City of Golden Shadow (Otherland, #1) City of Golden Shadow (Otherland, #1)
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avg rating 3.93 — 28,810 ratings — published 1996
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Marathon Man Marathon Man (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.11 — 21,722 ratings — published 1974
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The Golden Gate The Golden Gate (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.69 — 4,005 ratings — published 1976
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The Big Picture The Big Picture (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 3.93 — 4,720 ratings — published 1997
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The Chain The Chain (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.78 — 160,233 ratings — published 2019
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A Week to be Wicked (Spindle Cove, #2) A Week to be Wicked (Spindle Cove, #2)
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avg rating 4.08 — 39,593 ratings — published 2012
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Billy Summers Billy Summers (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.18 — 193,000 ratings — published 2021
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The Book of Life (All Souls, #3) The Book of Life (All Souls, #3)
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avg rating 4.21 — 219,605 ratings — published 2014
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The Fisherman The Fisherman (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.84 — 45,451 ratings — published 2016
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The Foundling The Foundling (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 3.99 — 7,739 ratings — published 1948
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The Foreign Correspondent (Night Soldiers, #9) The Foreign Correspondent (Night Soldiers, #9)
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avg rating 3.88 — 5,175 ratings — published 2006
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’Salem’s Lot ’Salem’s Lot (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.10 — 662,117 ratings — published 1975
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The Nightingale The Nightingale (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.65 — 2,125,902 ratings — published 2015
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The Man with the Getaway Face (Parker, #2) The Man with the Getaway Face (Parker, #2)
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avg rating 3.99 — 6,568 ratings — published 1963
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What the Dead Know What the Dead Know (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.57 — 24,956 ratings — published 2007
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The Hot Kid (Carl Webster, #1) The Hot Kid (Carl Webster, #1)
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avg rating 3.80 — 5,640 ratings — published 2005
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The Black Gang (Bulldog Drummond, #2) The Black Gang (Bulldog Drummond, #2)
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avg rating 3.80 — 189 ratings — published 1922
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The Boy on the Bridge (The Girl With All the Gifts, #2) The Boy on the Bridge (The Girl With All the Gifts, #2)
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avg rating 3.96 — 30,234 ratings — published 2017
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The Midnight Line (Jack Reacher, #22) The Midnight Line (Jack Reacher, #22)
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avg rating 4.10 — 89,897 ratings — published 2017
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The Quick Red Fox (Travis McGee #4) The Quick Red Fox (Travis McGee #4)
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avg rating 3.95 — 6,625 ratings — published 1964
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The Alienist (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, #1) The Alienist (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, #1)
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avg rating 4.06 — 181,615 ratings — published 1994
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The Jugger (Parker, #6) The Jugger (Parker, #6)
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avg rating 4.00 — 2,940 ratings — published 1965
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The Sun Is God The Sun Is God (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.34 — 845 ratings — published 2014
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The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot, #4) The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot, #4)
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avg rating 4.26 — 348,161 ratings — published 1926
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Death and the Dancing Footman (Roderick Alleyn, #11) Death and the Dancing Footman (Roderick Alleyn, #11)
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avg rating 3.97 — 4,388 ratings — published 1941
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The Prone Gunman The Prone Gunman (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.61 — 2,021 ratings — published 1981
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The Girl with All the Gifts (The Girl With All the Gifts, #1) The Girl with All the Gifts (The Girl With All the Gifts, #1)
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avg rating 3.95 — 245,360 ratings — published 2014
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Gone Too Long Gone Too Long (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.70 — 1,509 ratings — published 2019
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The Empty Copper Sea (Travis McGee #17) The Empty Copper Sea (Travis McGee #17)
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avg rating 4.19 — 4,902 ratings — published 1978
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Demon Seed Demon Seed (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.49 — 17,806 ratings — published 1973
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The Tin Roof Blowdown (Dave Robicheaux, #16) The Tin Roof Blowdown (Dave Robicheaux, #16)
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avg rating 4.19 — 15,284 ratings — published 2007
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The Steam Pig (Kramer and Zondi Mystery #1) The Steam Pig (Kramer and Zondi Mystery #1)
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avg rating 3.51 — 437 ratings — published 1971
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Ten Plus One (87th Precinct, #17) Ten Plus One (87th Precinct, #17)
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avg rating 3.99 — 1,716 ratings — published 1963
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The Four Just Men The Four Just Men (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.55 — 1,511 ratings — published 1905
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Maigret and the Man on the Bench (Maigret #41) Maigret and the Man on the Bench (Maigret #41)
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avg rating 3.79 — 2,029 ratings — published 1953
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All Creatures Great and Small (All Creatures Great and Small, #1-2) All Creatures Great and Small (All Creatures Great and Small, #1-2)
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avg rating 4.36 — 158,721 ratings — published 1972
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She (She, #1) She (She, #1)
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avg rating 3.56 — 14,180 ratings — published 1887
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The Poison Belt (Professor Challenger, #2) The Poison Belt (Professor Challenger, #2)
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avg rating 3.49 — 3,691 ratings — published 1913
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I Hear the Sirens in the Street (Detective Sean Duffy, #2) I Hear the Sirens in the Street (Detective Sean Duffy, #2)
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avg rating 4.07 — 10,032 ratings — published 2013
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Carrie Carrie (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 3.99 — 848,947 ratings — published 1974
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The Electric Church (Avery Cates, #1) The Electric Church (Avery Cates, #1)
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avg rating 3.75 — 3,248 ratings — published 2007
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The Naming of the Dead (Inspector Rebus, #16) The Naming of the Dead (Inspector Rebus, #16)
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avg rating 4.03 — 12,981 ratings — published 2006
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11/22/63 11/22/63 (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.35 — 656,361 ratings — published 2011
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Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“An angry artist tells people what (he thinks) they need to hear. A hungry artist tells people what (he thinks) they want to hear.”
Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Lillian Hellman
“Hammett used to be irritated by that and would answer that nobody ever deliberately wrote a potboiler, you just did the best you could and woke up to find it good or no good.”
Lillian Hellman, An Unfinished Woman: A Memoir

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