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The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
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avg rating 4.35 — 9,687,978 ratings — published 2008
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Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2) Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
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avg rating 4.35 — 4,058,565 ratings — published 2009
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Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3) Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
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avg rating 4.11 — 3,635,366 ratings — published 2010
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The Hate U Give The Hate U Give (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.45 — 994,129 ratings — published 2017
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Divergent (Divergent, #1) Divergent (Divergent, #1)
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avg rating 4.13 — 4,315,046 ratings — published 2011
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The Night Circus The Night Circus (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.00 — 1,077,454 ratings — published 2011
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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 — 1,427,207 ratings — published 2020
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The Girl on the Train The Girl on the Train (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.96 — 3,229,796 ratings — published 2015
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Room Room (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.08 — 828,458 ratings — published 2010
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Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1) Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)
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avg rating 4.57 — 3,261,768 ratings — published 2023
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Firekeeper’s Daughter (Firekeeper's Daughter, #1) Firekeeper’s Daughter (Firekeeper's Daughter, #1)
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avg rating 4.31 — 191,883 ratings — published 2021
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Project Hail Mary Project Hail Mary (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.50 — 950,313 ratings — published 2021
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The Last Thing He Told Me (Hannah Hall, #1) The Last Thing He Told Me (Hannah Hall, #1)
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avg rating 3.83 — 1,116,490 ratings — published 2021
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Red, White & Royal Blue Red, White & Royal Blue (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.05 — 1,192,231 ratings — published 2019
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All the Light We Cannot See All the Light We Cannot See (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.31 — 1,925,941 ratings — published 2014
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Everything, Everything Everything, Everything (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.96 — 671,531 ratings — published 2015
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The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air, #1) The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air, #1)
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avg rating 4.01 — 1,657,746 ratings — published 2018
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Carry On (Simon Snow, #1) Carry On (Simon Snow, #1)
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avg rating 4.16 — 331,040 ratings — published 2015
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Iron Flame (The Empyrean, #2) Iron Flame (The Empyrean, #2)
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avg rating 4.36 — 2,390,953 ratings — published 2023
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None of This Is True None of This Is True (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.08 — 1,026,051 ratings — published 2023
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The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.78 — 465,134 ratings — published 2018
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Iron Widow (Iron Widow #1) Iron Widow (Iron Widow #1)
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avg rating 4.03 — 106,151 ratings — published 2021
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Legendborn (The Legendborn Cycle, #1) Legendborn (The Legendborn Cycle, #1)
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avg rating 4.31 — 180,179 ratings — published 2020
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Normal People Normal People (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.81 — 1,794,890 ratings — published 2018
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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.40 — 3,918,500 ratings — published 2017
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City of the Lost (Rockton, #1) City of the Lost (Rockton, #1)
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avg rating 4.05 — 23,594 ratings — published 2016
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A Reaper at the Gates (An Ember in the Ashes, #3) A Reaper at the Gates (An Ember in the Ashes, #3)
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avg rating 4.13 — 115,861 ratings — published 2018
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Red Queen (Red Queen, #1) Red Queen (Red Queen, #1)
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avg rating 3.98 — 1,143,138 ratings — published 2015
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The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue (Montague Siblings, #1) The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue (Montague Siblings, #1)
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avg rating 4.02 — 144,706 ratings — published 2017
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A Man Called Ove A Man Called Ove (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.38 — 1,179,831 ratings — published 2012
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A Torch Against the Night (An Ember in the Ashes, #2) A Torch Against the Night (An Ember in the Ashes, #2)
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avg rating 4.22 — 191,617 ratings — published 2016
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An Ember in the Ashes (An Ember in the Ashes, #1) An Ember in the Ashes (An Ember in the Ashes, #1)
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avg rating 4.24 — 338,691 ratings — published 2015
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Golden Son (Red Rising Saga, #2) Golden Son (Red Rising Saga, #2)
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avg rating 4.49 — 423,014 ratings — published 2015
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Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1) Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)
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avg rating 4.27 — 691,857 ratings — published 2014
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You (You, #1) You (You, #1)
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avg rating 3.96 — 286,468 ratings — published 2014
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Rabbit, Run (Rabbit Angstrom, #1) Rabbit, Run (Rabbit Angstrom, #1)
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avg rating 3.59 — 62,860 ratings — published 1960
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The 5th Wave (The 5th Wave, #1) The 5th Wave (The 5th Wave, #1)
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avg rating 4.00 — 476,432 ratings — published 2013
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The Handmaid's Tale The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.15 — 2,354,185 ratings — published 1985
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Defiance (Defiance, #1) Defiance (Defiance, #1)
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avg rating 3.67 — 29,044 ratings — published 2012
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Legend (Legend, #1) Legend (Legend, #1)
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avg rating 4.15 — 558,547 ratings — published 2011
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House of Sand and Fog House of Sand and Fog (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.86 — 135,764 ratings — published 1999
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Remarkably Bright Creatures Remarkably Bright Creatures (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.36 — 1,113,895 ratings — published 2022
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Funny Story Funny Story (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.20 — 1,180,277 ratings — published 2024
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The Guest List The Guest List (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.80 — 1,236,771 ratings — published 2020
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Wrong Place Wrong Time Wrong Place Wrong Time (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.97 — 441,388 ratings — published 2022
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Everywhere That Mary Went (Rosato & Associates, #1) Everywhere That Mary Went (Rosato & Associates, #1)
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avg rating 3.80 — 16,844 ratings — published 1993
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The No-Show The No-Show (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.78 — 112,812 ratings — published 2022
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The Patient's Secret The Patient's Secret (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.26 — 61,792 ratings — published 2022
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The Roughest Draft The Roughest Draft (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.57 — 58,090 ratings — published 2022
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The Heart Principle (The Kiss Quotient, #3) The Heart Principle (The Kiss Quotient, #3)
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avg rating 3.92 — 127,527 ratings — published 2021
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Jill Alexander Essbaum
“Only in the present tense is the subject married to its verb. The action—all action, past and future—comes at the end. At the very end, when there is nothing left to do but act.”
Jill Alexander Essbaum, Hausfrau

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
“Wisely the Hebrews admit no Present tense in their language;
While we are speaking the word, it is is already the Past.”
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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