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Memoirs of a Geisha Memoirs of a Geisha (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.16 — 2,145,882 ratings — published 1997
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Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1) Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as tradition)
avg rating 3.75 — 426,492 ratings — published 1958
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The Keeping Quilt The Keeping Quilt (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.40 — 9,287 ratings — published 1988
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The Crisis of the Modern World The Crisis of the Modern World (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as tradition)
avg rating 4.08 — 2,494 ratings — published 1927
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Friends Are Friends, Forever Friends Are Friends, Forever (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as tradition)
avg rating 4.30 — 726 ratings — published
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Pachinko Pachinko (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as tradition)
avg rating 4.34 — 693,173 ratings — published 2017
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Man and His Becoming According to the Vedanta Man and His Becoming According to the Vedanta (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.22 — 249 ratings — published 1925
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The Reign of Quantity & the Signs of the Times The Reign of Quantity & the Signs of the Times (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.33 — 772 ratings — published 1945
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Revolt Against the Modern World Revolt Against the Modern World (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.97 — 2,479 ratings — published 1934
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Bringing In the New Year Bringing In the New Year (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.94 — 1,045 ratings — published 2008
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A Suitable Boy (A Bridge of Leaves, #1) A Suitable Boy (A Bridge of Leaves, #1)
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avg rating 4.11 — 50,995 ratings — published 1993
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The Ramayana: A Shortened Modern Prose Version of the Indian Epic The Ramayana: A Shortened Modern Prose Version of the Indian Epic (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as tradition)
avg rating 4.08 — 12,824 ratings — published 1957
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Soul Food Sunday Soul Food Sunday (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as tradition)
avg rating 4.38 — 957 ratings — published 2021
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The Namesake The Namesake (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.02 — 289,429 ratings — published 2003
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Watercress Watercress (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.51 — 6,036 ratings — published 2021
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Thanking the Moon: Celebrating the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival Thanking the Moon: Celebrating the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.85 — 647 ratings — published 2010
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The Lottery The Lottery (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as tradition)
avg rating 4.03 — 119,663 ratings — published 1948
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Going Down Home with Daddy Going Down Home with Daddy (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.22 — 1,757 ratings — published 2019
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We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.32 — 2,748 ratings — published 2018
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Introduction to the Study of the Hindu Doctrines Introduction to the Study of the Hindu Doctrines (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.13 — 443 ratings — published 1921
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Spiritual Authority & Temporal Power Spiritual Authority & Temporal Power (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as tradition)
avg rating 4.20 — 231 ratings — published 1929
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East and West East and West (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as tradition)
avg rating 3.88 — 412 ratings — published 1924
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The Essential Ananda K. Coomaraswamy The Essential Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as tradition)
avg rating 4.66 — 70 ratings — published 2004
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The Invention of Tradition The Invention of Tradition (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.95 — 1,628 ratings — published 1983
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The Makioka Sisters The Makioka Sisters (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.02 — 12,571 ratings — published 1948
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Sam and the Lucky Money Sam and the Lucky Money (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.09 — 422 ratings — published 1995
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All the Places to Love All the Places to Love (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.41 — 2,290 ratings — published 1994
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She Who Remains She Who Remains (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as tradition)
avg rating 4.03 — 13,741 ratings — published 2018
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Archeofuturism Archeofuturism (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.66 — 370 ratings — published 1998
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The Republic The Republic (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.97 — 233,166 ratings — published -400
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The Divine Liturgy: Insights Into Its Mystery The Divine Liturgy: Insights Into Its Mystery (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as tradition)
avg rating 4.38 — 13 ratings — published 2008
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Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as tradition)
avg rating 4.00 — 131,764 ratings — published 1945
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Woman, Life, Freedom Woman, Life, Freedom (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as tradition)
avg rating 4.45 — 4,541 ratings — published 2023
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Black Cake Black Cake (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.08 — 239,809 ratings — published 2022
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Perempuan yang Menangis kepada Bulan Hitam Perempuan yang Menangis kepada Bulan Hitam (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.59 — 4,188 ratings — published 2020
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The Old Magic of Christmas: Yuletide Traditions for the Darkest Days of the Year The Old Magic of Christmas: Yuletide Traditions for the Darkest Days of the Year (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as tradition)
avg rating 3.78 — 1,329 ratings — published 2013
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Fathers and Sons Fathers and Sons (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as tradition)
avg rating 4.01 — 106,263 ratings — published 1862
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How It Happened How It Happened (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.82 — 1,083 ratings — published 2012
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Shabanu: Daughter of the Wind (Shabanu, #1) Shabanu: Daughter of the Wind (Shabanu, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as tradition)
avg rating 3.78 — 7,337 ratings — published 1989
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The Age of Innocence The Age of Innocence (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.98 — 204,373 ratings — published 1920
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What Your Ribbon Skirt Means to Me: Deb Haaland's Historic Inauguration What Your Ribbon Skirt Means to Me: Deb Haaland's Historic Inauguration (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.27 — 188 ratings — published
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The Underlying Religion: An Introduction to the Perennial Philosophy The Underlying Religion: An Introduction to the Perennial Philosophy (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.36 — 47 ratings — published 2007
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From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as tradition)
avg rating 3.96 — 50,729 ratings — published 2019
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Fifty Words for Rain Fifty Words for Rain (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as tradition)
avg rating 3.87 — 48,683 ratings — published 2020
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Honor Honor (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as tradition)
avg rating 4.35 — 78,815 ratings — published 2022
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G.K. Chesterton
“Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to the small and arrogant oligarchy of those who merely happen to be walking about.”
G.K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy

Jaroslav Pelikan
“Tradition is the living faith of the dead, traditionalism is the dead faith of the living. And, I suppose I should add, it is traditionalism that gives tradition such a bad name.”
Jaroslav Pelikan, The Vindication of Tradition: The 1983 Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities

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