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Type: Preset list created by tkenderdine

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1
The Glass Castle
by Jeannette Walls
15,669 members, 683 reviews
4.15 stars (4.15 stars)

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The Things They Carried
by Tim O'Brien
10,202 members, 300 reviews
4.19 stars (4.19 stars)

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3
Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children
by Ransom Riggs
10,755 members, 931 reviews
3.7 stars (3.7 stars)

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4
The Night Circus
by Erin Morgenstern
10,423 members, 967 reviews
4.08 stars (4.08 stars)

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The Pillars of the Earth
by Ken Follett
20,857 members, 641 reviews
4.19 stars (4.19 stars)

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Twelve Years a Slave
by Solomon Northup
2,036 members, 78 reviews
4.2 stars (4.2 stars)

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7
The Corrections
by Jonathan Franzen
13,973 members, 301 reviews
3.76 stars (3.76 stars)

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8
Plainsong
by Kent Haruf
4,359 members, 155 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

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9
Still Alice
by Lisa Genova
4,774 members, 381 reviews
4.23 stars (4.23 stars)

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10
In the Time of Butterflies
by Julia Alvarez
3,276 members, 81 reviews
4.09 stars (4.09 stars)

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11
Empire Falls
by Richard Russo
7,481 members, 156 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

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12
Remarkable Creatures
by Tracy Chevalier
2,549 members, 200 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

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13
Slouching Towards Bethlehem: Essays
by Joan Didion
2,678 members, 43 reviews
4.15 stars (4.15 stars)

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14
What Alice Forgot
by Liane Moriarty
2,397 members, 184 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

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16
The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry
by Jon Ronson
2,561 members, 120 reviews
3.8 stars (3.8 stars)

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17
Say You're One of Them
by Uwem Akpan
1,647 members, 55 reviews
3.64 stars (3.64 stars)

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18
The Passage
by Justin Cronin
6,766 members, 512 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

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20
When You Reach Me
by Rebecca Stead
4,271 members, 464 reviews
4.15 stars (4.15 stars)

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21
NurtureShock: New Thinking About Children
by Po Bronson
1,200 members, 69 reviews
4.04 stars (4.04 stars)

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22
People of the Book
by Geraldine Brooks
8,025 members, 434 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

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23
Lonesome Dove
by Larry McMurtry
5,842 members, 171 reviews
4.56 stars (4.56 stars)

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24
Before I Go to Sleep
by S. J. Watson
4,725 members, 420 reviews
3.73 stars (3.73 stars)

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25
The History of Love
by Nicole Krauss
7,836 members, 267 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

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26
An Ordinary Man: An Autobiography
by Paul Rusesabagina
579 members, 26 reviews
4.34 stars (4.34 stars)

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Unaccustomed Earth
by Jhumpa Lahiri
4,505 members, 187 reviews
4.14 stars (4.14 stars)

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The Looming Tower: Al Qaeda and the Road to 9/11
by Lawrence Wright
2,414 members, 59 reviews
4.3 stars (4.3 stars)

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The Guts
by Roddy Doyle
202 members, 15 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

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Anthropology of an American Girl
by Hilary Thayer Hamann
513 members, 35 reviews
3.35 stars (3.35 stars)

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34
Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness
by William Styron
2,316 members, 65 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

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36
The Wolf of Wall Street
by Jordan Belfort
603 members, 20 reviews
3.24 stars (3.24 stars)

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37
When She Woke
by Hillary Jordan
1,391 members, 146 reviews
3.72 stars (3.72 stars)

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38
Mr Golightly's Holiday
by Salley Vickers
353 members, 13 reviews
3.33 stars (3.33 stars)

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39
Home Cooking: A Writer in the Kitchen
by Laurie Colwin
815 members, 24 reviews
4.26 stars (4.26 stars)

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40
Swan: Poems and Prose Poems
by Mary Oliver
135 members, 5 reviews
4.29 stars (4.29 stars)

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42
The Emperor of All Maladies
by Siddhartha Mukherjee
3,083 members, 148 reviews
4.28 stars (4.28 stars)

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43
I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman
by Nora Ephron
2,603 members, 122 reviews
3.46 stars (3.46 stars)

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44
The Voyage of the Narwhal
by Andrea Barrett
1,215 members, 27 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

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46
Moment of Truth
by Lisa Scottoline
843 members, 15 reviews
3.41 stars (3.41 stars)

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48
Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy
by David D. Burns
1,771 members, 15 reviews
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)

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49
The Likeness
by Tana French
3,885 members, 237 reviews
4.01 stars (4.01 stars)

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50
About Alice
by Calvin Trillin
769 members, 46 reviews
3.98 stars (3.98 stars)

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51
The Third Angel
by Alice Hoffman
1,015 members, 38 reviews
3.47 stars (3.47 stars)

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52
Spilling Clarence: A Novel
by Anne Ursu
263 members, 9 reviews
3.35 stars (3.35 stars)

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53
Shantaram
by Gregory David Roberts
5,589 members, 193 reviews
4.16 stars (4.16 stars)

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54
Ragtime
by E. L. Doctorow
4,878 members, 89 reviews
3.83 stars (3.83 stars)

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55
The Taste of Salt
by Martha Southgate
146 members, 9 reviews
3.5 stars (3.5 stars)

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56
California Girl: A Novel
by T. Jefferson Parker
464 members, 11 reviews
3.39 stars (3.39 stars)

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Portrait of an Unknown Woman
by Vanora Bennett
711 members, 27 reviews
3.52 stars (3.52 stars)

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The Weird Sisters
by Eleanor Brown
2,213 members, 221 reviews
3.53 stars (3.53 stars)

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The Tower, The Zoo, and The Tortoise
by Julia Stuart
873 members, 114 reviews
3.73 stars (3.73 stars)

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61
The Tender Bar
by J. R. Moehringer
2,340 members, 89 reviews
3.86 stars (3.86 stars)

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62
Skeletons at the Feast
by Chris Bohjalian
1,413 members, 70 reviews
3.98 stars (3.98 stars)

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63
The Last Station: A Novel of Tolstoy's Final Year
by Jay Parini
292 members, 12 reviews
3.56 stars (3.56 stars)

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64
Rules of Civility
by Amor Towles
2,719 members, 204 reviews
4.01 stars (4.01 stars)

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65
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
by Helen Simonson
4,770 members, 402 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

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66
Hot Plastic
by Peter Craig
57 members, 1 review
3.5 stars (3.5 stars)

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67
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
by Sloan Wilson
575 members, 17 reviews
3.74 stars (3.74 stars)

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68
The Between
by Tananarive Due
206 members, 7 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

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The City & The City
by China Miéville
4,351 members, 282 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

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The Summer of the Bear
by Bella Pollen
195 members, 15 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

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Last Night at the Lobster
by Stewart O'Nan
1,130 members, 110 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

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73
St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves
by Karen Russell
1,224 members, 50 reviews
3.76 stars (3.76 stars)

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One With Others: [a little book of her days]
by C. D. Wright
63 members, 2 reviews
4.38 stars (4.38 stars)

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The Creation of Eve
by Lynn Cullen
266 members, 42 reviews
3.85 stars (3.85 stars)

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The Wild Girl: The Notebooks of Ned Giles, 1932
by Jim Fergus
348 members, 11 reviews
3.78 stars (3.78 stars)

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The Tiger's Wife
by Tea Obreht
3,991 members, 293 reviews
3.53 stars (3.53 stars)

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80
Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire
by Amanda Foreman
2,400 members, 59 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

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Lottery
by Patricia Wood
886 members, 66 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

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82
Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game
by Michael Lewis
4,095 members, 107 reviews
4.2 stars (4.2 stars)

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83
The Household Guide to Dying
by Debra Adelaide
335 members, 38 reviews
3.5 stars (3.5 stars)

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The Great Man
by Kate Christensen
432 members, 26 reviews
3.59 stars (3.59 stars)

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If He Hollers Let Him Go
by Chester Himes
426 members, 7 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

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Then We Came to the End
by Joshua Ferris
3,913 members, 204 reviews
3.51 stars (3.51 stars)

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Born to Be Good: The Science of a Meaningful Life
by Dacher Keltner
140 members, 2 reviews
3.5 stars (3.5 stars)

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Divine Fury: A History of Genius
by Darrin M. McMahon
70 members, 3 reviews
3.57 stars (3.57 stars)

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Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience
by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
3,238 members, 46 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

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92
The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right
by Atul Gawande
2,092 members, 99 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

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93
After the Stroke: A Journal
by May Sarton
126 members, 3 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

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At Eighty-Two: A Journal
by May Sarton
104 members, 0 reviews
4.13 stars (4.13 stars)

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Endgame: A Journal of the Seventy-ninth Year
by May Sarton
83 members, 0 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

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96
At Seventy: A Journal
by May Sarton
238 members, 1 review
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

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97
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
by Winifred Watson
1,773 members, 131 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

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98
The Wife's Tale
by Lori Lansens
525 members, 70 reviews
3.62 stars (3.62 stars)

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99
Saving Grace
by Barbara Rogan
11 members, 0 reviews
3 stars (3 stars)

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The Winter Vault
by Anne Michaels
538 members, 36 reviews
3.41 stars (3.41 stars)

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