New York Times 52 Books for 52 Places

1.
Pachinko
Pachinko 4.34 avg rating — 582,532 ratings
2.
Invisible Man
Invisible Man 3.92 avg rating — 198,722 ratings
3.
China in Ten Words
China in Ten Words
by: Yu Hua
4.05 avg rating — 8,347 ratings
4.
Like Water for Chocolate
Like Water for Chocolate 3.95 avg rating — 387,447 ratings
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Love & Death in the Middle Kingdom
Love & Death in the Middle Kingdom 2.94 avg rating — 17 ratings
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Waking Lions
Waking Lions 3.80 avg rating — 9,099 ratings
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The Death and Life of the Great Lakes
The Death and Life of the Great Lakes
by: Dan Egan
4.34 avg rating — 11,019 ratings
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Munich
Munich 3.88 avg rating — 28,115 ratings
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The Tiger's Wife
The Tiger's Wife 3.42 avg rating — 101,748 ratings
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The Keeper of Lost Causes (Department Q, #1)
The Keeper of Lost Causes (Department Q, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 87,794 ratings
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These Truths: A History of the United States
These Truths: A History of the United States 4.40 avg rating — 12,492 ratings
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Zoli
Zoli 3.69 avg rating — 4,164 ratings
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Medicine River
Medicine River 3.81 avg rating — 1,970 ratings
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The Tremor of Forgery
The Tremor of Forgery 3.75 avg rating — 2,742 ratings
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Snow Falling on Cedars
Snow Falling on Cedars 3.86 avg rating — 192,454 ratings
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Murder in Samarkand: A British Ambassador's Controversial Defiance of Tyranny in the War on Terror
Murder in Samarkand: A British Ambassador's Controversial Defiance of Tyranny in the War on Terror 3.86 avg rating — 438 ratings
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Total Chaos (Marseilles Trilogy, #1)
Total Chaos (Marseilles Trilogy, #1) 3.84 avg rating — 4,423 ratings
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An Insular Possession
An Insular Possession 3.63 avg rating — 210 ratings
19.
The Historian
The Historian 3.80 avg rating — 273,568 ratings
20.
The Siege
The Siege 3.60 avg rating — 3,533 ratings
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Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1)
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1) 4.27 avg rating — 224,922 ratings
22.
Terms of Endearment
Terms of Endearment 4.13 avg rating — 26,187 ratings
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They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us
They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us 4.55 avg rating — 17,898 ratings
24.
The Moon and Sixpence
The Moon and Sixpence 4.13 avg rating — 26,372 ratings
25.
When I Was Puerto Rican
When I Was Puerto Rican 4.07 avg rating — 13,510 ratings
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Banshee
Banshee 3.70 avg rating — 91 ratings
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The Tenth Island: Finding Joy, Beauty, and Unexpected Love in the Azores
The Tenth Island: Finding Joy, Beauty, and Unexpected Love in the Azores 3.63 avg rating — 12,245 ratings
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Vegas: A Memoir Of A Dark Season
Vegas: A Memoir Of A Dark Season 3.84 avg rating — 139 ratings
29.
Tereza Batista: Home from the Wars
Tereza Batista: Home from the Wars 4.14 avg rating — 2,086 ratings
30.
The Book of Salt
The Book of Salt 3.53 avg rating — 6,488 ratings
31.
To the Is-land: An Autobiography (Autobiography, #1)
To the Is-land: An Autobiography (Autobiography, #1) 4.06 avg rating — 796 ratings
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Fasting and Feasting: The Life of Visionary Food Writer Patience Gray
Fasting and Feasting: The Life of Visionary Food Writer Patience Gray 3.72 avg rating — 180 ratings
33.
Sacred Sea: A Journey to Lake Baikal
Sacred Sea: A Journey to Lake Baikal 3.70 avg rating — 47 ratings
34.
Rocket Boys (Coalwood #1)
Rocket Boys (Coalwood #1) 4.20 avg rating — 23,602 ratings
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Bleaker House: Chasing My Novel to the End of the World
Bleaker House: Chasing My Novel to the End of the World 3.41 avg rating — 1,736 ratings
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Black and Blue (Inspector Rebus, #8)
Black and Blue (Inspector Rebus, #8) 4.09 avg rating — 18,362 ratings
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The Enchanted April
The Enchanted April 3.90 avg rating — 38,741 ratings
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The Bauhaus Group: Six Masters of Modernism
The Bauhaus Group: Six Masters of Modernism 3.92 avg rating — 99 ratings
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Reading the Ceiling
Reading the Ceiling 3.36 avg rating — 359 ratings
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The Secret River
The Secret River 3.81 avg rating — 24,633 ratings
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The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914
The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914 4.22 avg rating — 22,134 ratings
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The Riddle of the Sands
The Riddle of the Sands 3.63 avg rating — 7,476 ratings
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The Sunlit Night
The Sunlit Night 3.28 avg rating — 2,640 ratings
44.
A Year in Provence (Provence, #1)
A Year in Provence (Provence, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 81,423 ratings
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The Girl Who Fell to Earth
The Girl Who Fell to Earth 3.48 avg rating — 1,055 ratings
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Stories I Stole
Stories I Stole 3.82 avg rating — 306 ratings
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Close Range: Wyoming Stories
Close Range: Wyoming Stories 3.99 avg rating — 18,092 ratings
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Slouching Towards Bethlehem
Slouching Towards Bethlehem 4.19 avg rating — 78,728 ratings
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The Collected Poetry (CARAF Books: Caribbean and African Literature Translated from French)
The Collected Poetry (CARAF Books: Caribbean and African Literature Translated from French) 3.88 avg rating — 175 ratings
50.
Cloudstreet
Cloudstreet 4.01 avg rating — 27,406 ratings
51.
Hotel du Lac
Hotel du Lac 3.61 avg rating — 24,741 ratings
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The Savage Detectives
The Savage Detectives 4.17 avg rating — 50,124 ratings