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The Secret History The Secret History (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.16 — 987,003 ratings — published 1992
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The Song of Achilles The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.31 — 1,921,524 ratings — published 2011
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Lizard Lizard (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.74 — 10,343 ratings — published 1993
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The Heart's Invisible Furies The Heart's Invisible Furies (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.51 — 204,290 ratings — published 2017
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Pnin Pnin (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.88 — 28,728 ratings — published 1957
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Die Mitte der Welt Die Mitte der Welt (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.15 — 5,618 ratings — published 1998
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All My Puny Sorrows All My Puny Sorrows (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.01 — 31,997 ratings — published 2014
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The History of Love The History of Love (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.92 — 140,033 ratings — published 2005
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All the Young Dudes All the Young Dudes (ebook)
by (shelved 1 time as raison-d-être)
avg rating 4.77 — 38,534 ratings — published 2018
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The Chronology of Water The Chronology of Water (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.20 — 16,196 ratings — published 2011
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Just Kids Just Kids (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.21 — 343,209 ratings — published 2010
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Figuring Figuring (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.34 — 3,977 ratings — published 2019
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The Book of Disquiet The Book of Disquiet (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.40 — 36,740 ratings — published 1982
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The Ballad of the Sad Café and Other Stories The Ballad of the Sad Café and Other Stories (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.78 — 25,926 ratings — published 1951
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The Golden Yarn (MirrorWorld, #3) The Golden Yarn (MirrorWorld, #3)
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avg rating 4.04 — 4,511 ratings — published 2015
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Auf silberner Fährte (Reckless, #4) Auf silberner Fährte (Reckless, #4)
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avg rating 4.14 — 1,786 ratings — published 2020
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Fearless (Mirrorworld, #2) Fearless (Mirrorworld, #2)
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avg rating 4.19 — 8,408 ratings — published 2012
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Reckless (Mirrorworld, #1) Reckless (Mirrorworld, #1)
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avg rating 3.75 — 22,694 ratings — published 2010
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The Thief Lord The Thief Lord (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.99 — 101,986 ratings — published 2000
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It It (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.24 — 1,244,895 ratings — published 1986
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If We Were Villains If We Were Villains (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.10 — 393,017 ratings — published 2017
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Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows, #2) Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows, #2)
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avg rating 4.57 — 753,919 ratings — published 2016
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Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1) Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)
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avg rating 4.46 — 1,127,141 ratings — published 2015
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Dead Poets Society Dead Poets Society (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.17 — 149,168 ratings — published 1988
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The Book Thief The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.39 — 2,836,204 ratings — published 2005
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The Kite Runner The Kite Runner (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.35 — 3,443,828 ratings — published 2003
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A Little Life A Little Life (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.28 — 893,637 ratings — published 2015
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The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.14 — 310,826 ratings — published 1994
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Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.95 — 124,581 ratings — published 2009
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Emily Dickinson
“I had no time to Hate—
Because
The Grave would hinder Me—
And Life was not so
Ample I
Could finish—Enmity—

Nor had I time to Love—
But since
Some Industry must be—
The little Toil of Love—
I thought
Be large enough for Me—”
Emily Dickinson

Arthur Conan Doyle
“Because it is my desire. Is that not enough?"

[Sherlock Holmes on his raison d'être.]”
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Dying Detective - a Sherlock Holmes Short Story

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