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by Gail Carriger

6,240 members

545 reviews

3.9

8 Members: hailelib, _Zoe_, foggidawn, KimarieBee, norabelle414, SylviaC, souloftherose, MDGentleReader

2

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

by Mary Ann Shaffer

21,210 members

1,310 reviews

4.2

6 Members: lahochstetler, KimarieBee, cbl_tn, merrystar, SylviaC, souloftherose

3

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie

by Alan Bradley

8,498 members

684 reviews

3.8

6 Members: lorax, foggidawn, lahochstetler, cbl_tn, MDGentleReader, kara.shamy

4

The Uncommon Reader

by Alan Bennett

6,209 members

596 reviews

3.9

6 Members: merrystar, SylviaC, souloftherose, KOsWL, MDGentleReader, Vneall

5

Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void

4,294 members

275 reviews

4

5 Members: lorax, ijustgetbored, norabelle414, suitable1, souloftherose

6

The Thirteenth Tale

by Diane Setterfield

18,304 members

930 reviews

4

4 Members: lahochstetler, KimarieBee, melonbrawl, ahef1963

7

The Eyre Affair

by Jasper Fforde

16,753 members

635 reviews

4

4 Members: hailelib, foggidawn, cbl_tn, aholsonback

8

by Emma Donoghue

16,306 members

1,025 reviews

4

4 Members: lahochstetler, norabelle414, ahef1963, kara.shamy

9

84, Charing Cross Road

by Helene Hanff

6,625 members

389 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: lahochstetler, suitable1, souloftherose, ahef1963

10

The Mysterious Howling

by Maryrose Wood

2,014 members

127 reviews

3.9

4 Members: _Zoe_, ijustgetbored, keristars, souloftherose

11

The Children's Blizzard

by David Laskin

1,865 members

86 reviews

4

4 Members: lorax, DaynaRT, _Zoe_, AnnaClaire

12

The Fault in Our Stars

32,616 members

1,647 reviews

4.2

3 Members: KimarieBee, SylviaC, kara.shamy

13

Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies

by Jared Diamond

27,788 members

408 reviews

4.1

3 Members: keristars, SylviaC, kara.shamy

14

by Elizabeth Kostova

23,210 members

790 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: KimarieBee, al.vick, ahef1963

15

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

by Rebecca Skloot

16,865 members

776 reviews

4.2

3 Members: KimarieBee, SylviaC, souloftherose

16

by Louise Penny

7,831 members

472 reviews

3.8

3 Members: lahochstetler, souloftherose, kara.shamy

17

The Book of Lost Things

by John Connolly

7,554 members

343 reviews

3.9

3 Members: foggidawn, KimarieBee, ahef1963

18

To Say Nothing of the Dog

by Connie Willis

7,339 members

319 reviews

4.1

3 Members: keristars, souloftherose, ahef1963

19

by Elizabeth Gaskell

5,147 members

143 reviews

3.8

3 Members: lahochstetler, aulsmith, kara.shamy

20

Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea

by Barbara Demick

3,701 members

195 reviews

½ 4.4

3 Members: keristars, lahochstetler, ahef1963

21

by Evelyn Waugh

3,642 members

67 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: keristars, lahochstetler, kara.shamy

22

Excellent Women

3,097 members

136 reviews

4

3 Members: lahochstetler, cbl_tn, merrystar

23

by Winifred Holtby

1,030 members

42 reviews

4.1

3 Members: lahochstetler, merrystar, souloftherose

24

The Life and Opinions of the Tomcat Murr together with a fragmentary Biography of Kapellmeister Johannes Kreisler on Random Sheets of Waste Paper

by E. T. A. Hoffmann

917 members

25 reviews

4

3 Members: staffordcastle, melonbrawl, ManWithAnAgenda

25

Reading the OED: One Man, One Year, 21,730 Pages

863 members

41 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: lorax, ijustgetbored, AnnaClaire

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by Markus Zusak

52,097 members

2,236 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: norabelle414, ahef1963

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46,525 members

1,682 reviews

4.1

2 Members: souloftherose, ahef1963

28

The Shadow of the Wind

by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

30,841 members

1,104 reviews

4.1

2 Members: cbl_tn, ManWithAnAgenda

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22,671 members

1,376 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: KimarieBee, Lexxi

30

by David Mitchell

19,562 members

717 reviews

4.1

2 Members: keristars, kara.shamy

31

The Left Hand of Darkness

by Ursula K. Le Guin

18,809 members

454 reviews

4.1

2 Members: Edward, kara.shamy

32

The Lies of Locke Lamora

12,266 members

472 reviews

4.2

2 Members: foggidawn, KimarieBee

33

The Invention of Hugo Cabret

by Brian Selznick

10,972 members

686 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: norabelle414, souloftherose

34

Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith

by Jon Krakauer

9,753 members

245 reviews

3.9

2 Members: aulsmith, ahef1963

35

Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore: A Novel

9,404 members

759 reviews

3.8

2 Members: merrystar, MDGentleReader

36

His Majesty's Dragon

9,174 members

404 reviews

4.1

2 Members: foggidawn, souloftherose

37

by Sarah Waters

8,622 members

310 reviews

4.1

2 Members: foggidawn, kara.shamy

38

by Stephen King

8,016 members

374 reviews

3.9

2 Members: Lexxi, kara.shamy

39

The Railway Children

6,950 members

87 reviews

3.9

2 Members: MDGentleReader, ahef1963

40

by Maria V. Snyder

5,889 members

315 reviews

4.1

2 Members: keristars, KimarieBee

41

by Jacqueline Winspear

5,409 members

297 reviews

3.8

2 Members: foggidawn, lahochstetler

42

The Curse of Chalion

by Lois McMaster Bujold

5,262 members

193 reviews

4.2

2 Members: foggidawn, souloftherose

43

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon

4,958 members

252 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: _Zoe_, souloftherose

44

by Jasper Fforde

4,470 members

278 reviews

4.1

2 Members: foggidawn, keristars

45

by Karen Russell

3,996 members

251 reviews

½ 3.4

2 Members: keristars, kara.shamy

46

The Eagle of the Ninth

by Rosemary Sutcliff

3,645 members

72 reviews

4

2 Members: souloftherose, ahef1963

47

by Louisa May Alcott

3,030 members

37 reviews

3.9

2 Members: MDGentleReader, ahef1963

48

by Ursula K. Le Guin

2,878 members

50 reviews

4

2 Members: al.vick, kara.shamy

49

Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac

by Gabrielle Zevin

2,062 members

123 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: _Zoe_, kara.shamy

50

Little Princes: One Man's Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal

by Conor Grennan

1,141 members

132 reviews

4.2

2 Members: _Zoe_, ahef1963

51

The Night Bookmobile

by Audrey Niffenegger

986 members

109 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: _Zoe_, souloftherose

52

Flora Segunda: Being the Magickal Mishaps of a Girl of Spirit, Her Glass-Gazing Sidekick, Two Ominous Butlers (One Blue), a House with Eleven Thousand Rooms, and a Red Dog

by Ysabeau S. Wilce

907 members

61 reviews

3.8

2 Members: foggidawn, keristars

53

Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919

by Stephen Puleo

824 members

32 reviews

4

2 Members: hailelib, 2wonderY

54

Kat, Incorrigible

by Stephanie Burgis

506 members

56 reviews

4

2 Members: _Zoe_, keristars

55

Decoding the Heavens: A 2,000-Year-Old Computer—and the Century-Long Search to Discover Its Secrets

345 members

9 reviews

3.9

2 Members: KimarieBee, melonbrawl

56

by Haruki Murakami

18,904 members

394 reviews

3.9

Member: souloftherose

57

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking

13,465 members

527 reviews

4

Member: Lexxi

58

The Way of Kings

by Brandon Sanderson

12,871 members

361 reviews

½ 4.5

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

59

11,972 members

335 reviews

4.2

Member: souloftherose

60

Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal

by Christopher Moore

11,375 members

439 reviews

4.2

Member: al.vick

61

The One and Only Ivan

by Katherine Applegate

11,281 members

440 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: MDGentleReader

62

Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! Adventures of a Curious Character

by Richard Feynman

10,958 members

200 reviews

4.2

Member: al.vick

63

10,930 members

661 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: keristars

64

The Sign of the Beaver

by Elizabeth George Speare

9,650 members

84 reviews

3.8

Member: al.vick

65

Year of Wonders

by Geraldine Brooks

9,484 members

435 reviews

4

Member: SylviaC

66

Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic

by Alison Bechdel

9,296 members

392 reviews

4.2

Member: _Zoe_

67

7,071 members

253 reviews

4.1

Member: al.vick

68

Special Topics in Calamity Physics

by Marisha Pessl

6,987 members

311 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: keristars

69

Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong

by James W. Loewen

6,953 members

99 reviews

4

Member: keristars

70

by Brandon Mull

6,375 members

206 reviews

4

Member: foggidawn

71

by Melissa Marr

6,346 members

319 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: foggidawn

72

Between Shades of Gray

by Ruta Sepetys

6,039 members

375 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: keristars

73

5,937 members

227 reviews

4

Member: al.vick

74

Heartstopper: Volume 1

by Alice Oseman

5,927 members

184 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

75

An Instance of the Fingerpost

5,735 members

141 reviews

3.9

Member: keristars

76

Code Name Verity

by Elizabeth Wein

5,697 members

406 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: keristars

77

The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl

by Timothy Egan

5,002 members

211 reviews

4.2

Member: _Zoe_

78

Crocodile on the Sandbank

by Elizabeth Peters

4,969 members

246 reviews

3.9

Member: foggidawn

79

The Great Kapok Tree: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest

by Lynne Cherry

4,778 members

66 reviews

4.2

Member: al.vick

80

I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You

4,657 members

188 reviews

3.8

Member: _Zoe_

81

by John Crowley

4,598 members

124 reviews

4

Member: foggidawn

82

Ella Minnow Pea

4,549 members

280 reviews

3.9

Member: MDGentleReader

83

4,542 members

100 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: norabelle414

84

Out Stealing Horses

by Per Petterson

4,528 members

259 reviews

3.9

Member: eromsted

85

Tenth of December: Stories

by George Saunders

4,509 members

200 reviews

4

Member: kara.shamy

86

Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History

by S. C. Gwynne

3,953 members

120 reviews

4.1

Member: suitable1

87

Kitten's First Full Moon

by Kevin Henkes

3,900 members

323 reviews

4.1

Member: al.vick

88

3,738 members

295 reviews

3.8

Member: _Zoe_

89

The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: A Shocking Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detective

by Kate Summerscale

3,716 members

178 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: lahochstetler

90

The Brain That Changes Itself : Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science

by Norman Doidge

3,542 members

81 reviews

4.2

Member: SylviaC

91

I Who Have Never Known Men

by Jacqueline Harpman

3,428 members

112 reviews

4.1

Member: tottman

92

A Sick Day for Amos McGee

by Philip C. Stead

3,366 members

352 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: MDGentleReader

93

by Rainbow Rowell

3,285 members

255 reviews

4

Member: foggidawn

94

And Tango Makes Three

by Justin Richardson

2,988 members

323 reviews

½ 4.5

Member: al.vick

95

Here Be Dragons

by Sharon Kay Penman

2,765 members

60 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: suitable1

96

Luck in the Shadows

by Lynn Flewelling

2,696 members

68 reviews

4.1

Member: al.vick

97

Bridge of Birds

by Barry Hughart

2,687 members

101 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: tottman

98

by Rachel Hawkins

2,651 members

237 reviews

3.9

Member: _Zoe_

99

by Melanie Rawn

2,649 members

26 reviews

4

Member: al.vick

100

Winter Solstice

by Rosamunde Pilcher

2,536 members

70 reviews

4

Member: SylviaC

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