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1

My Sister, the Serial Killer

by Oyinkan Braithwaite

2,918 members

230 reviews

3.8

13 Members: bookwoman84, jseeley, FAMeulstee, mary.mchale, blackdove07, peterveen, Perky09, lkemeny1, kelsvera, BrookeLouk, jennyfromthelibrary, britchesh, Tosta

2

by Jeanine Cummins

3,023 members

165 reviews

4.1

11 Members: booksinbed, alphaorder, lbern444, peterveen, ahef1963, Mis1, suebee520, kelsvera, magentanya, dwaagon, mazzzie

3

The Underground Railroad

by Colson Whitehead

8,023 members

429 reviews

4

10 Members: mahsdad, AnotherAge, LaneZajac, acousticmoose, SamsonPeace, lkemeny1, kelsvera, RODNEYP, britchesh, Courtneyreads21

4

Where the Crawdads Sing

11,374 members

561 reviews

4.1

9 Members: rmckeown, lavergne_rsl, lbern444, FAMeulstee, MissYvonnee, peterveen, pleckey, bck0825, CrostonA

5

Nine Perfect Strangers

by Liane Moriarty

2,971 members

161 reviews

½ 3.4

9 Members: MissYvonnee, ahef1963, Mis1, lkemeny1, kelsvera, magentanya, dwaagon, hamrc, AmbientSpiritLamb

6

The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

by Stuart Turton

4,382 members

264 reviews

3.8

8 Members: bookwoman84, Porua, MissYvonnee, jmiserak, hamrc, britchesh, Courtneyreads21, AmbientSpiritLamb

7

The Memory Police

1,708 members

81 reviews

½ 3.7

9 Members: claytonhowl, Parker51, anju04, peterveen, jmiserak, kelsvera, dwaagon, jennyfromthelibrary, hamrc

8

Girl, Woman, Other

by Bernardine Evaristo

2,581 members

120 reviews

½ 4.3

8 Members: booksinbed, elkiedee, anju04, Peace2, Rchlwtsn, kelsvera, magentanya, belljalysa

9

by Madeline Miller

9,646 members

414 reviews

½ 4.3

8 Members: rmckeown, sturlington, MissYvonnee, Peace2, Laura1124, hamrc, britchesh, AmbientSpiritLamb

10

by Susanna Clarke

4,346 members

214 reviews

4.2

9 Members: claytonhowl, trantor, jsburbidge, peterveen, Michael.Rimmer, mazzzie, britchesh, Courtneyreads21, AmbientSpiritLamb

11

Fantastic Mr. Fox

8,602 members

131 reviews

3.9

7 Members: Only2rs, briarhills, MissYvonnee, Peace2, BrookeLouk, Sakunade, AmbientSpiritLamb

12

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

by Rebecca Skloot

13,649 members

736 reviews

4.2

6 Members: Only2rs, lbern444, AnotherAge, davidized, mazzzie, emontanaro

13

2,683 members

157 reviews

3.8

7 Members: aprille, claytonhowl, librookian, booksinbed, alphaorder, anju04, Courtneyreads21

14

by Terry Pratchett

10,779 members

167 reviews

½ 4.4

7 Members: Only2rs, amberwitch, merrystar, briarhills, jmiserak, kelsvera, dwaagon

15

by Jenny Offill

1,053 members

65 reviews

½ 3.6

6 Members: Parker51, revbean, alphaorder, anju04, acousticmoose, dwaagon

16

The Nickel Boys

by Colson Whitehead

3,532 members

199 reviews

4.2

7 Members: rmckeown, aprille, booksinbed, FAMeulstee, anju04, RODNEYP, Courtneyreads21

17

by Margaret Atwood

5,209 members

207 reviews

4.1

7 Members: Edward, bookwoman84, jseeley, sturlington, elkiedee, peterveen, ahef1963

18

The Time Machine

16,681 members

327 reviews

½ 3.7

8 Members: Only2rs, aprille, DeboraNunes, m_k_m, Peace2, shemthepenman, Sakunade, Onj

19

by Leigh Bardugo

4,029 members

145 reviews

4.1

6 Members: peterveen, jmiserak, chwiggy, hamrc, Courtneyreads21, AmbientSpiritLamb

20

The Mirror and the Light

by Hilary Mantel

2,409 members

95 reviews

½ 4.3

7 Members: aprille, librookian, dhm, anju04, peterveen, m_k_m, VW_Williams

21

David Copperfield

by Charles Dickens

19,520 members

252 reviews

4.1

5 Members: Only2rs, Peace2, Rchlwtsn, dkarenart, Sakunade

22

by Harlan Coben

1,160 members

42 reviews

3.9

5 Members: peterveen, OphelieDepoortere, kelsvera, BrookeLouk, RODNEYP

23

Nothing to See Here

by Kevin Wilson

1,781 members

116 reviews

4

6 Members: aprille, librookian, dhm, edparks, mazzzie, britchesh

24

Gideon the Ninth

3,418 members

153 reviews

4.1

6 Members: bookwoman84, Rtrace, trantor, m_island, souloftherose, Yeti21

25

by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

3,709 members

199 reviews

½ 3.7

6 Members: librookian, jseeley, Yeti21, Courtneyreads21, Tosta, AmbientSpiritLamb

26

Howl's Moving Castle

by Diana Wynne Jones

11,102 members

424 reviews

½ 4.3

6 Members: souloftherose, briarhills, aspirit, davidized, Courtneyreads21, AmbientSpiritLamb

27

Guards! Guards!

by Terry Pratchett

13,294 members

215 reviews

4.2

6 Members: Only2rs, amberwitch, souloftherose, ahef1963, jmiserak, dwaagon

28

Nineteen Eighty-Four

by George Orwell

77,355 members

1,224 reviews

4.2

6 Members: Only2rs, Rtrace, MelanieTid, zottel, Sakunade, cmccollam

29

The Wind in the Willows

by Kenneth Grahame

22,117 members

323 reviews

4.1

7 Members: Only2rs, Rtrace, trantor, FAMeulstee, briarhills, Peace2, BrookeLouk

30

Daisy Jones and The Six

by Taylor Jenkins Reid

4,477 members

292 reviews

4.1

6 Members: librookian, AnotherAge, anju04, ahef1963, Courtneyreads21, Tosta

31

Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

4,514 members

247 reviews

4.1

6 Members: booksinbed, AnotherAge, ahef1963, VW_Williams, RODNEYP, britchesh

32

A Very Stable Genius: Donald J. Trump's Testing of America

by Philip Rucker

546 members

24 reviews

4

5 Members: Parker51, greeneyed_ives, peterveen, kelsvera, dwaagon

33

by Jenny Erpenbeck

643 members

42 reviews

3.9

6 Members: FAMeulstee, SirThomas, Dilara86, zottel, lkemeny1, BrookeLouk

34

Diplomat of Uram

by Richard R. Matthews

12 members

2 reviews

4.9

3 Members: Diana-Book-Fan, Readatron, AlejandroSalas

35

To Kill a Mockingbird

74,520 members

1,409 reviews

½ 4.4

5 Members: Only2rs, FAMeulstee, Peace2, Rchlwtsn, Sakunade

36

1,572 members

102 reviews

4.1

4 Members: DeboraNunes, peterveen, BrookeLouk, mazzzie

37

by Seanan McGuire

1,293 members

65 reviews

4.1

6 Members: Rtrace, trantor, m_island, peterveen, kelsvera, Courtneyreads21

38

by George Eliot

16,802 members

317 reviews

4.2

5 Members: Only2rs, booksinbed, VW_Williams, Rchlwtsn, RODNEYP

39

Gods of Jade and Shadow

by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

1,834 members

74 reviews

3.8

5 Members: Only2rs, revbean, souloftherose, JqnOC, britchesh

40

by Terry Pratchett

10,802 members

150 reviews

4.1

5 Members: Only2rs, Rtrace, merrystar, davidized, AmbientSpiritLamb

41

Exhalation: Stories

2,485 members

107 reviews

4.2

5 Members: Edward, Rtrace, trantor, acousticmoose, mazzzie

42

Little Fires Everywhere

7,775 members

352 reviews

4

5 Members: FAMeulstee, Dilara86, anju04, Tosta, AmbientSpiritLamb

43

Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead

by Olga Tokarczuk

2,281 members

111 reviews

4

5 Members: Parker51, FAMeulstee, peterveen, acousticmoose, hamrc

44

by Maggie O'Farrell

3,472 members

193 reviews

4.2

5 Members: booksinbed, elkiedee, anju04, ahef1963, britchesh

45

Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness

by Peter Godfrey-Smith

1,579 members

54 reviews

3.8

5 Members: freelunch, pitjrw, briarhills, peterveen, BrookeLouk

46

Pride and Prejudice

75,755 members

1,316 reviews

½ 4.4

5 Members: Only2rs, merrystar, rretzler, Rchlwtsn, Sakunade

47

Lovecraft Country

1,737 members

79 reviews

4

5 Members: Rtrace, trantor, DeboraNunes, acousticmoose, emontanaro

48

The City of Brass

by S. A. Chakraborty

3,026 members

112 reviews

4

5 Members: Only2rs, souloftherose, peterveen, Peace2, Courtneyreads21

49

by Stephen King

3,842 members

134 reviews

4.1

4 Members: anju04, peterveen, jmiserak, hamrc

50

The Starless Sea

by Erin Morgenstern

4,326 members

181 reviews

3.9

4 Members: revbean, sturlington, Courtneyreads21, AmbientSpiritLamb

51

13,941 members

188 reviews

4.1

4 Members: briarhills, SirThomas, AlejandroSalas, Sakunade

52

by Sally Rooney

5,564 members

244 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: bookwoman84, aprille, MissYvonnee, anju04

53

All Systems Red

by Martha Wells

4,431 members

295 reviews

4.1

5 Members: m_island, sturlington, souloftherose, ManWithAnAgenda, Courtneyreads21

54

Penric's Progress (Penric's Demon / Penric and the Shaman / Penric's Fox)

by Lois McMaster Bujold

161 members

5 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: shadrach_anki, jsburbidge, briarhills, 4.Way.Technologies

55

The Handmaid's Tale

by Margaret Atwood

39,709 members

1,091 reviews

4.1

5 Members: jseeley, aethercowboy, souloftherose, ahef1963, AmbientSpiritLamb

56

The Thirteen Problems

by Agatha Christie

3,205 members

65 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: m_k_m, kelsvera, magentanya

57

The City We Became

by N. K. Jemisin

2,577 members

99 reviews

4

5 Members: Rtrace, m_island, acousticmoose, Yeti21, Courtneyreads21

58

by Emily St. John Mandel

10,351 members

744 reviews

4.1

4 Members: dhm, FAMeulstee, zottel, magentanya

59

by Louisa May Alcott

7,078 members

131 reviews

3.9

5 Members: Only2rs, FAMeulstee, ahef1963, BrookeLouk, Sakunade

60

Don't Breathe a Word

by Jennifer McMahon

706 members

73 reviews

½ 3.5

3 Members: Bookmarque, kelsvera, BrookeLouk

61

The Raven Tower

1,282 members

74 reviews

4

3 Members: jsburbidge, chwiggy, SamsonPeace

62

by Terry Pratchett

9,979 members

115 reviews

4.2

4 Members: Only2rs, amberwitch, souloftherose, jmiserak

63

Lincoln in the Bardo

by George Saunders

5,258 members

309 reviews

4

3 Members: claytonhowl, mahsdad, VW_Williams

64

Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators

by Ronan Farrow

1,239 members

60 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: aprille, dhm, ahef1963, Courtneyreads21
Explanations: dhm: "Score" is displaying as 6.29: something amiss here...

65

by J. R. R. Tolkien

88,712 members

1,155 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: Edward, DeboraNunes, Sakunade, AmbientSpiritLamb

66

by Octavia E. Butler

7,525 members

316 reviews

4.2

4 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, Courtneyreads21, AmbientSpiritLamb

67

Parable of the Sower

by Octavia E. Butler

7,100 members

214 reviews

4.1

4 Members: mahsdad, ManWithAnAgenda, Courtneyreads21, AmbientSpiritLamb

68

by Terry Pratchett

9,635 members

117 reviews

4.1

4 Members: Only2rs, amberwitch, Rtrace, souloftherose

69

by Dorothy L. Sayers

5,212 members

142 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: Only2rs, merrystar, blackdove07

70

23,944 members

559 reviews

4.1

4 Members: Only2rs, anju04, Sakunade, AmbientSpiritLamb

71

Rivers of London

by Ben Aaronovitch

5,514 members

350 reviews

3.9

3 Members: bookwoman84, ahef1963, Onj

72

A Rare Book of Cunning Device

by Ben Aaronovitch

158 members

11 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: m_island, souloftherose, rretzler

73

The City Born Great {short story}

by N. K. Jemisin

127 members

20 reviews

4

4 Members: DeusXMachina, m_island, briarhills, BrookeLouk

74

Catherine House: A Novel

by Elisabeth Thomas

741 members

52 reviews

½ 3.3

4 Members: bookwoman84, librookian, ManWithAnAgenda, Courtneyreads21

75

The Five Red Herrings

by Dorothy L. Sayers

2,725 members

68 reviews

½ 3.6

4 Members: Only2rs, DisassemblyOfReason, aethercowboy, Porua

76

Fleishman Is in Trouble

by Taffy Brodesser-Akner

1,106 members

67 reviews

½ 3.5

3 Members: AnotherAge, edparks, Courtneyreads21

77

A Man Called Ove

by Fredrik Backman

9,707 members

627 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: dara85, elkiedee, SirThomas, pleckey

78

The Three Musketeers

by Alexandre Dumas

20,335 members

243 reviews

4.1

4 Members: Only2rs, m_k_m, Peace2, Sakunade

79

A Deadly Education

2,844 members

111 reviews

4.2

5 Members: librookian, trantor, souloftherose, Courtneyreads21, AmbientSpiritLamb

80

18,441 members

478 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: dhm, greeneyed_ives, AmbientSpiritLamb

81

Brave New World

by Aldous Huxley

51,219 members

742 reviews

3.9

4 Members: Only2rs, Peace2, Rchlwtsn, AmbientSpiritLamb

82

This Is How You Lose the Time War

by Amal El-Mohtar

2,851 members

173 reviews

3.9

4 Members: Rtrace, trantor, revbean, acousticmoose

83

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

by Maya Angelou

13,838 members

212 reviews

4

4 Members: Only2rs, aprille, jseeley, Peace2

84

My Year of Rest and Relaxation

by Ottessa Moshfegh

2,375 members

110 reviews

½ 3.6

4 Members: aprille, blackdove07, peterveen, AmbientSpiritLamb

85

by Daphne Du Maurier

19,424 members

578 reviews

4.2

4 Members: Only2rs, rretzler, MelanieTid, Peace2

86

by Nella Larsen

2,418 members

91 reviews

3.8

3 Members: aprille, jseeley, pitjrw

87

by Frank Herbert

38,986 members

637 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: Only2rs, Michael.Rimmer, Yeti21, Courtneyreads21

88

For He Can Creep

by Siobhan Carroll

83 members

11 reviews

3.9

4 Members: Rtrace, souloftherose, briarhills, AmbientSpiritLamb

89

by Charles Dickens

22,622 members

223 reviews

3.8

4 Members: Only2rs, Peace2, Rchlwtsn, Sakunade

90

20,517 members

456 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: briarhills, SirThomas, Rchlwtsn, AmbientSpiritLamb

91

by Ben Aaronovitch

904 members

32 reviews

3.9

4 Members: jsburbidge, m_island, souloftherose, m_k_m

92

The Vanishing Half

by Brit Bennett

4,717 members

216 reviews

4.1

4 Members: librookian, booksinbed, anju04, Courtneyreads21

93

At the Mountains of Madness

by H. P. Lovecraft

1,140 members

42 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: Edward, Only2rs, AlejandroSalas

94

by Joe Abercrombie

1,798 members

52 reviews

4.1

2 Members: trantor, jmiserak

95

The Ten Thousand Doors of January

by Alix E. Harrow

2,780 members

159 reviews

4.1

4 Members: Rtrace, trantor, jsburbidge, Courtneyreads21

96

by Rivers Solomon

950 members

73 reviews

3.8

4 Members: Rtrace, trantor, revbean, souloftherose

97

Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line

by Deepa Anappara

557 members

26 reviews

3.8

4 Members: Parker51, FAMeulstee, peterveen, Courtneyreads21

98

The Wonder Boy of Whistle Stop

by Fannie Flagg

407 members

35 reviews

4

3 Members: claytonhowl, librookian, Courtneyreads21

99

2,151 members

23 reviews

4.2

2 Members: aethercowboy, magentanya

100

The Haunting of Tram Car 015

by P. Djèlí Clark

711 members

56 reviews

4

3 Members: Rtrace, trantor, m_island

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