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Type: Preset list created by sturlington

Members: 4 participating members (show all)

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1
Educated: A Memoir
by Tara Westover
7,272 members, 421 reviews
4.3 stars (4.3 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (1), kara.shamy (3), ManWithAnAgenda (6), sturlington (20)

2
The Passage
by Justin Cronin
8,508 members, 603 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (4), sturlington (4), ManWithAnAgenda (9), kara.shamy (21)

3
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
by Mary Ann Shaffer
17,748 members, 1,193 reviews
4.15 stars (4.15 stars)

Lists: sturlington (1), ahef1963 (2)

4
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
by Neil Gaiman
12,653 members, 883 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (7), ManWithAnAgenda (8), sturlington (8)

5
Burial Rites
by Hannah Kent
3,200 members, 256 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (8), sturlington (9), kara.shamy (22)

6
The Nightingale
by Kristin Hannah
7,358 members, 410 reviews
4.33 stars (4.33 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (9), sturlington (12), kara.shamy (23)

7
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
by Ocean Vuong
2,290 members, 95 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (1), kara.shamy (13)

8
My Year of Rest and Relaxation
by Ottessa Moshfegh
1,831 members, 98 reviews
3.59 stars (3.59 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (1), sturlington (22)

9
The Night Circus
by Erin Morgenstern
15,457 members, 1,178 reviews
4.06 stars (4.06 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (5), sturlington (5)

10
The Prophets
by Robert Jones Jr.
515 members, 18 reviews
4.12 stars (4.12 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (2), kara.shamy (19)

11
Tangerine
by Christine Mangan
738 members, 48 reviews
3.3 stars (3.3 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (2), sturlington (21)

12
All Our Wrong Todays
by Elan Mastai
964 members, 84 reviews
3.67 stars (3.67 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (3), sturlington (16)

13
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
by Cheryl Strayed
7,597 members, 487 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (6), sturlington (7)

14
Such a Fun Age
by Kiley Reid
2,208 members, 145 reviews
3.83 stars (3.83 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (3), kara.shamy (17)

15
History of Wolves
by Emily Fridlund
1,087 members, 71 reviews
3.54 stars (3.54 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (4), sturlington (15)

16
Magpie Murders
by Anthony Horowitz
2,878 members, 195 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (10), sturlington (17)

17
The Bone Clocks
by David Mitchell
4,397 members, 272 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

Lists: sturlington (11), kara.shamy (24)

18
My Sister, the Serial Killer
by Oyinkan Braithwaite
2,498 members, 205 reviews
3.83 stars (3.83 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (11), sturlington (24)

19
The Nickel Boys
by Colson Whitehead
3,057 members, 177 reviews
4.25 stars (4.25 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (11), sturlington (25)

20
The Tiger's Wife
by Téa Obreht
4,924 members, 320 reviews
3.52 stars (3.52 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (13), kara.shamy (25)

21
The Girls
by Emma Cline
2,902 members, 235 reviews
3.56 stars (3.56 stars)

Lists: sturlington (13), kara.shamy (26)

22
The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry
by Gabrielle Zevin
5,148 members, 524 reviews
3.98 stars (3.98 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (15), kara.shamy (27)

23
The Paris Library
by Janet Skeslien Charles
1,164 members, 75 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (17), kara.shamy (28)

24
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
by Alan Bradley
7,222 members, 631 reviews
3.83 stars (3.83 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (18), kara.shamy (29)

25
Wake, Siren: Ovid Resung
by Nina MacLaughlin
133 members, 5 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (20), sturlington (27)

26
Room
by Emma Donoghue
13,025 members, 951 reviews
4.03 stars (4.03 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (20), kara.shamy (30)

27
Leaving Time
by Jodi Picoult
1,390 members, 118 reviews
3.86 stars (3.86 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (21), kara.shamy (31)

28
Chronic City
by Jonathan Lethem
1,360 members, 56 reviews
3.52 stars (3.52 stars)

Lists: sturlington (2)

29
Exit West
by Mohsin Hamid
3,035 members, 199 reviews
3.83 stars (3.83 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (4)

30
The Women in the Castle
by Jessica Shattuck
1,634 members, 116 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (5)

31
When She Woke
by Hillary Jordan
1,536 members, 165 reviews
3.7 stars (3.7 stars)

Lists: sturlington (6)

32
Virgil Wander
by Leif Enger
575 members, 39 reviews
4.01 stars (4.01 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (6)

33
The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O.
by Neal Stephenson
1,633 members, 88 reviews
3.71 stars (3.71 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (7)

34
She Would Be King
by Wayétu Moore
430 members, 10 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (7)

35
There There
by Tommy Orange
3,165 members, 158 reviews
4.01 stars (4.01 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (8)

36
Moonglow
by Michael Chabon
1,851 members, 77 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (9)

38
The Mothers
by Brit Bennett
1,631 members, 85 reviews
3.77 stars (3.77 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (10)

39
Left Neglected
by Lisa Genova
1,700 members, 129 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (12)

40
Faithful
by Alice Hoffman
842 members, 68 reviews
4.01 stars (4.01 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (12)

41
The Light Between Oceans
by M. L. Stedman
6,486 members, 488 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (14)

42
Underground Airlines
by Ben H. Winters
1,155 members, 71 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: sturlington (14)

43
The Guest Book
by Sarah Blake
652 members, 40 reviews
3.4 stars (3.4 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (14)

44
A Lucky Man: Stories
by Jamel Brinkley
125 members, 11 reviews
3.78 stars (3.78 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (15)

45
Anxious People
by Fredrik Backman
2,544 members, 146 reviews
4.04 stars (4.04 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (16)

46
Her Body and Other Parties: Stories
by Carmen Maria Machado
1,951 members, 92 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: sturlington (18)

47
My Dark Vanessa
by Kate Elizabeth Russell
1,506 members, 106 reviews
4.06 stars (4.06 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (18)

48
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
by Helen Simonson
5,525 members, 435 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (19)

49
The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend
by Katarina Bivald
1,779 members, 150 reviews
3.54 stars (3.54 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (22)

50
Daisy Jones and The Six
by Taylor Jenkins Reid
3,074 members, 239 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (23)

51
Scribe
by Alyson Hagy
109 members, 4 reviews
3.42 stars (3.42 stars)

Lists: sturlington (23)

52
American Dirt
by Jeanine Cummins
2,495 members, 146 reviews
4.13 stars (4.13 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (16), ahef1963 (24)

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sturlington (0): Such bad press

53
In the Dream House: A Memoir
by Carmen Maria Machado
987 members, 38 reviews
4.48 stars (4.48 stars)

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54
The Glass Hotel
by Emily St. John Mandel
2,074 members, 139 reviews
3.84 stars (3.84 stars)

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55
Death in Her Hands
by Ottessa Moshfegh
570 members, 33 reviews
3.33 stars (3.33 stars)

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56
Mexican Gothic
by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
2,790 members, 158 reviews
3.74 stars (3.74 stars)

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57
Sea of Tranquility
by Emily St. John Mandel
966 members, 65 reviews
4.14 stars (4.14 stars)

Lists: sturlington (31)

58
Orhan's Inheritance
by Aline Ohanesian
423 members, 26 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (32)

59
Our Souls at Night
by Kent Haruf
2,067 members, 203 reviews
4.01 stars (4.01 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (33)

60
Did You Ever Have a Family
by Bill Clegg
1,161 members, 97 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (34)

61
Commonwealth
by Ann Patchett
3,091 members, 178 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (35)

62
Libertie
by Kaitlyn Greenidge
423 members, 31 reviews
3.53 stars (3.53 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (36)

63
Matrix
by Lauren Groff
891 members, 59 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (37)

64
The Angel's Game
by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
8,057 members, 402 reviews
3.69 stars (3.69 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (38)

65
Canada
by Richard Ford
2,141 members, 129 reviews
3.64 stars (3.64 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (39)

66
The House Girl
by Tara Conklin
1,350 members, 87 reviews
3.66 stars (3.66 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (40)

68
The Invention of Wings
by Sue Monk Kidd
4,683 members, 305 reviews
4.15 stars (4.15 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (42)

69
All the Light We Cannot See
by Anthony Doerr
14,946 members, 778 reviews
4.29 stars (4.29 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (43)

70
The Queen of the Tearling
by Erika Johansen
2,431 members, 160 reviews
3.84 stars (3.84 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (44)

71
Painted Horses
by Malcolm Brooks
188 members, 13 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (45)

72
Us
by David Nicholls
1,289 members, 77 reviews
3.76 stars (3.76 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (46)

73
Fates and Furies
by Lauren Groff
3,165 members, 195 reviews
3.58 stars (3.58 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (47)

74
Great Circle
by Maggie Shipstead
821 members, 38 reviews
4.15 stars (4.15 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (48)

75
To Paradise
by Hanya Yanagihara
404 members, 6 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (49)

76
Three Women
by Lisa Taddeo
1,126 members, 45 reviews
3.57 stars (3.57 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (50)

77
Under the Dome
by Stephen King
10,459 members, 429 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

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Thumbs down: ManWithAnAgenda

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The incendiaries
by R. O. Kwon
623 members, 37 reviews
3.41 stars (3.41 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (5)

Thumbs down: sturlington

Explanations:

sturlington (0): DNF

80
Cutting for Stone
by Abraham Verghese
8,705 members, 510 reviews
4.26 stars (4.26 stars)
81
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
by David Wroblewski
8,029 members, 397 reviews
3.73 stars (3.73 stars)
82
A Reliable Wife
by Robert Goolrick
4,418 members, 341 reviews
3.3 stars (3.3 stars)
83
The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane
by Katherine Howe
4,264 members, 336 reviews
3.67 stars (3.67 stars)
84
Half Broke Horses
by Jeannette Walls
4,253 members, 225 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)
85
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
by V. E. Schwab
4,241 members, 163 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)
86
Faithful Place
by Tana French
3,941 members, 265 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)
87
The Hour I First Believed
by Wally Lamb
3,582 members, 169 reviews
3.78 stars (3.78 stars)
88
Fool
by Christopher Moore
3,171 members, 176 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)
89
The Given Day
by Dennis Lehane
2,757 members, 132 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)
90
The Nest
by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney
2,740 members, 144 reviews
3.46 stars (3.46 stars)
91
Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter
by Tom Franklin
2,307 members, 250 reviews
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)
92
A Constellation of Vital Phenomena
by Anthony Marra
2,139 members, 164 reviews
4.25 stars (4.25 stars)
93
The End of Your Life Book Club
by Will Schwalbe
2,117 members, 181 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)
94
Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power
by Jon Meacham
2,085 members, 69 reviews
4.01 stars (4.01 stars)
95
The Art Forger
by B. A. Shapiro
1,892 members, 187 reviews
3.7 stars (3.7 stars)
96
Beat the Reaper
by Josh Bazell
1,852 members, 192 reviews
3.8 stars (3.8 stars)
97
Moonlight Mile
by Dennis Lehane
1,796 members, 104 reviews
3.59 stars (3.59 stars)
98
Circling the Sun
by Paula McLain
1,771 members, 176 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)
99
The Son
by Philipp Meyer
1,763 members, 95 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)
100
Cloud Cuckoo Land
by Anthony Doerr
1,708 members, 93 reviews
4.22 stars (4.22 stars)
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