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My Dark Vanessa My Dark Vanessa (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.10 — 432,305 ratings — published 2020
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Lolita Lolita (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.87 — 953,577 ratings — published 1955
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Room Room (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.08 — 838,959 ratings — published 2010
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The Lovely Bones The Lovely Bones (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 3.86 — 2,468,597 ratings — published 2002
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I'm Glad My Mom Died I'm Glad My Mom Died (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.43 — 1,507,028 ratings — published 2022
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The Color Purple The Color Purple (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.28 — 757,425 ratings — published 1982
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Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3) Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
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avg rating 4.12 — 3,756,637 ratings — published 2010
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Thirteen Reasons Why Thirteen Reasons Why (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.84 — 1,027,701 ratings — published 2007
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Night Night (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.38 — 1,373,698 ratings — published 1956
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The Road The Road (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.00 — 1,048,577 ratings — published 2006
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Wuthering Heights Wuthering Heights (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.90 — 2,165,267 ratings — published 1847
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The Stranger The Stranger (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.03 — 1,427,963 ratings — published 1942
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Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.14 — 452,172 ratings — published 2017
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Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 2.93 — 57,833 ratings — published 2021
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The First Day of Spring The First Day of Spring (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.90 — 29,002 ratings — published 2021
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American Dirt American Dirt (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.37 — 696,009 ratings — published 2020
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Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.52 — 163,275 ratings — published 2020
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They Both Die at the End (They Both Die at the End, #1) They Both Die at the End (They Both Die at the End, #1)
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avg rating 3.75 — 879,096 ratings — published 2017
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The Things They Carried The Things They Carried (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.15 — 347,675 ratings — published 1990
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American Psycho American Psycho (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.80 — 366,657 ratings — published 1991
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The Bell Jar The Bell Jar (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.05 — 1,242,530 ratings — published 1963
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The Fault in Our Stars The Fault in Our Stars (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.12 — 5,761,392 ratings — published 2012
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Still Missing Still Missing (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.00 — 106,213 ratings — published 2010
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The Book Thief The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.39 — 2,902,752 ratings — published 2005
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Never Let Me Go Never Let Me Go (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.85 — 867,401 ratings — published 2005
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Coraline Coraline (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.13 — 787,328 ratings — published 2002
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Sarah's Key Sarah's Key (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.18 — 496,834 ratings — published 2006
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Closer: A Play Closer: A Play (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.97 — 5,299 ratings — published 1997
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August: Osage County August: Osage County (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.15 — 19,488 ratings — published 2008
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.20 — 783,794 ratings — published 1962
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Perfume: The Story of a Murderer Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.04 — 561,137 ratings — published 1985
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1984 1984 (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.20 — 5,534,254 ratings — published 1948
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The Diary of a Young Girl The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.20 — 4,223,657 ratings — published 1947
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Columbine Columbine (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.29 — 103,189 ratings — published 2009
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Speak Speak (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.05 — 634,304 ratings — published 1999
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Blindness Blindness (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.18 — 342,984 ratings — published 1995
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Girl, Interrupted Girl, Interrupted (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.95 — 281,785 ratings — published 1993
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Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1) Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)
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avg rating 4.19 — 271,082 ratings — published 1993
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Acceptance (Southern Reach, #3) Acceptance (Southern Reach, #3)
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avg rating 3.67 — 81,710 ratings — published 2014
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The Double Tax: How Women of Color Are Overcharged and Underpaid The Double Tax: How Women of Color Are Overcharged and Underpaid (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.36 — 137 ratings — published
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When We Flew Away: A Novel of Anne Frank Before the Diary When We Flew Away: A Novel of Anne Frank Before the Diary (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.04 — 7,858 ratings — published 2024
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The Phantom of the Opera The Phantom of the Opera (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.69 — 13 ratings — published
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The Peace: A Warrior's Journey The Peace: A Warrior's Journey (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.93 — 314 ratings — published 2024
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Lovesickness Lovesickness (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.04 — 13,181 ratings — published 2011
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Beautiful World, Where Are You Beautiful World, Where Are You (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.52 — 500,585 ratings — published 2021
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Fates and Furies Fates and Furies (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.59 — 148,896 ratings — published 2015
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A Little Life A Little Life (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.28 — 946,672 ratings — published 2015
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Out of Darkness: Rumana Monzur's Journey through Betrayal, Tyranny and Abuse Out of Darkness: Rumana Monzur's Journey through Betrayal, Tyranny and Abuse (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.16 — 49 ratings — published
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Miss Morgan's Book Brigade Miss Morgan's Book Brigade (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.98 — 18,076 ratings — published 2024
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You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.52 — 58,187 ratings — published 2022
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