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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 — 9,968,693 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 4.36 — 4,182,898 ratings — published 2009
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Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3) Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
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avg rating 4.12 — 3,743,917 ratings — published 2010
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The Hate U Give The Hate U Give (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.45 — 1,016,658 ratings — published 2017
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Divergent (Divergent, #1) Divergent (Divergent, #1)
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avg rating 4.13 — 4,396,664 ratings — published 2011
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The Night Circus The Night Circus (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.00 — 1,104,040 ratings — published 2011
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Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1) Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)
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avg rating 4.57 — 3,598,129 ratings — published 2023
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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 — 1,525,471 ratings — published 2020
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Red, White & Royal Blue Red, White & Royal Blue (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.05 — 1,235,452 ratings — published 2019
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The Girl on the Train The Girl on the Train (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.96 — 3,305,276 ratings — published 2015
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Room Room (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.08 — 837,512 ratings — published 2010
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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 — 203,583 ratings — published 2021
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Project Hail Mary Project Hail Mary (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.50 — 1,190,186 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 — 1,156,081 ratings — published 2021
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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 — 1,990,200 ratings — published 2014
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City of the Lost (Rockton, #1) City of the Lost (Rockton, #1)
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avg rating 4.05 — 24,246 ratings — published 2016
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Everything, Everything Everything, Everything (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.96 — 680,423 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 — 1,750,857 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 — 334,694 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 — 2,636,866 ratings — published 2023
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None of This Is True None of This Is True (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.07 — 1,114,915 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 — 486,106 ratings — published 2018
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Iron Widow (Iron Widow, #1) Iron Widow (Iron Widow, #1)
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avg rating 4.02 — 110,328 ratings — published 2021
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Legendborn (The Legendborn Cycle, #1) Legendborn (The Legendborn Cycle, #1)
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avg rating 4.30 — 191,790 ratings — published 2020
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Normal People Normal People (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.81 — 1,886,414 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 4.39 — 4,145,791 ratings — published 2017
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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 — 121,498 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 — 1,178,016 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 — 146,017 ratings — published 2017
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A Man Called Ove A Man Called Ove (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.38 — 1,223,148 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 — 198,971 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 — 349,822 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 4.50 — 493,248 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 — 802,250 ratings — published 2014
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You (You, #1) You (You, #1)
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avg rating 3.96 — 293,771 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 — 63,693 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 — 480,649 ratings — published 2013
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The Handmaid's Tale The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.15 — 2,444,749 ratings — published 1985
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Defiance (Defiance, #1) Defiance (Defiance, #1)
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avg rating 3.67 — 29,102 ratings — published 2012
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Legend (Legend, #1) Legend (Legend, #1)
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avg rating 4.15 — 565,344 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 — 136,506 ratings — published 1999
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Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games, #0.5) Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games, #0.5)
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avg rating 4.50 — 1,093,899 ratings — published 2025
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Remarkably Bright Creatures Remarkably Bright Creatures (ebook)
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avg rating 4.36 — 1,271,209 ratings — published 2022
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Funny Story Funny Story (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.19 — 1,302,390 ratings — published 2024
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The Guest List The Guest List (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.79 — 1,295,101 ratings — published 2020
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Wrong Place Wrong Time Wrong Place Wrong Time (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.96 — 468,761 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 — 17,158 ratings — published 1993
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The No-Show The No-Show (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.78 — 116,428 ratings — published 2022
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The Patient's Secret The Patient's Secret (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.24 — 68,599 ratings — published 2022
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The Roughest Draft The Roughest Draft (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.56 — 58,938 ratings — published 2022
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Patton Oswalt
“I'm sitting at the bar, rearranging the order of my jokes. I'm under the delusion that I'm having bad shows because of some cosmic misalignment of words, phrases, and ideas. I may as well have cast runes into a spirit bowl, hoping that the collective heart of the audience would open to my necromantic call. Maybe that's how jugglers do it. Those guys never have shitty sets.”
Patton Oswalt, Zombie Spaceship Wasteland

Adrienne Rich
“In America we have only the present tense. I am in danger. You are in danger.”
Adrienne Rich

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