Dead in 2020: The Authors We Lost

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Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (George Smiley, #5; Karla Trilogy, #1)
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (George Smiley, #5; Karla Trilogy, #1) 4.06 avg rating — 102,499 ratings
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March: Book One (March, #1)
March: Book One (March, #1) 4.35 avg rating — 56,871 ratings
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Strega Nona
Strega Nona 4.26 avg rating — 89,759 ratings
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The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1)
The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1) 4.30 avg rating — 696,704 ratings
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I Am Spartacus!: Making a Film, Breaking the Blacklist
I Am Spartacus!: Making a Film, Breaking the Blacklist 4.20 avg rating — 1,053 ratings
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The Answer Is…: Reflections on My Life
The Answer Is…: Reflections on My Life 4.20 avg rating — 32,845 ratings
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Summer of My German Soldier (Summer of My German Soldier, #1)
Summer of My German Soldier (Summer of My German Soldier, #1) 3.70 avg rating — 17,689 ratings
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The Woman I Am
The Woman I Am 3.79 avg rating — 103 ratings
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The Summer of the Swans
The Summer of the Swans 3.59 avg rating — 10,903 ratings
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The Magic School Bus Inside the Earth (The Magic School Bus #2)
The Magic School Bus Inside the Earth (The Magic School Bus #2) 4.22 avg rating — 4,262 ratings
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Guess How Much I Love You
Guess How Much I Love You 4.39 avg rating — 145,895 ratings
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The Spy Who Came In from the Cold (George Smiley, #3)
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold (George Smiley, #3) 4.09 avg rating — 122,062 ratings
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Ink and Bone (The Great Library, #1)
Ink and Bone (The Great Library, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 31,641 ratings
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Fall Down Laughing: How Squiggy Caught Multiple Sclerosis and Didn't Tell Nobody
Fall Down Laughing: How Squiggy Caught Multiple Sclerosis and Didn't Tell Nobody 4.10 avg rating — 195 ratings
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Forrest Gump (Forrest Gump, #1)
Forrest Gump (Forrest Gump, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 71,433 ratings
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True Grit
True Grit 4.17 avg rating — 68,483 ratings
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The Pigeon Tunnel: Stories from My Life
The Pigeon Tunnel: Stories from My Life 4.06 avg rating — 6,593 ratings
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Luck or Something Like It: A Memoir
Luck or Something Like It: A Memoir 3.86 avg rating — 679 ratings
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Pride: The Charley Pride Story
Pride: The Charley Pride Story 4.24 avg rating — 98 ratings
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Prozac Nation
Prozac Nation 3.64 avg rating — 63,385 ratings
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I'll Be Seeing You
I'll Be Seeing You 3.86 avg rating — 19,459 ratings
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My Anecdotal Life: A Memoir
My Anecdotal Life: A Memoir 3.99 avg rating — 1,124 ratings
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John Prine Beyond Words
John Prine Beyond Words 4.68 avg rating — 136 ratings
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Where Are the Children? (Where Are the Children, #1)
Where Are the Children? (Where Are the Children, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 59,978 ratings
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To Dance with the White Dog
To Dance with the White Dog
by: Terry Kay
4.26 avg rating — 5,905 ratings
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The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush
The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush 4.20 avg rating — 4,946 ratings
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Tomie dePaola's Book of Bible Stories: New International Version
Tomie dePaola's Book of Bible Stories: New International Version 4.11 avg rating — 311 ratings
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Mine for Keeps
Mine for Keeps 4.02 avg rating — 608 ratings
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Bless Me, Ultima
Bless Me, Ultima 3.82 avg rating — 36,616 ratings
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The Green Book
The Green Book 3.69 avg rating — 1,736 ratings
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The Graduate (The Graduate, #1)
The Graduate (The Graduate, #1) 3.35 avg rating — 11,681 ratings
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The Titanic Secret (Isaac Bell, #11)
The Titanic Secret (Isaac Bell, #11) 4.13 avg rating — 6,365 ratings
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Stillhouse Lake (Stillhouse Lake, #1)
Stillhouse Lake (Stillhouse Lake, #1) 4.11 avg rating — 180,460 ratings
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American Duchess: A Gilded Age Historical Romance of a Duke and an American Heiress
American Duchess: A Gilded Age Historical Romance of a Duke and an American Heiress 3.66 avg rating — 13,479 ratings
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Ennio Morricone: In His Own Words
Ennio Morricone: In His Own Words 4.10 avg rating — 204 ratings
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Listen for the Singing
Listen for the Singing 4.25 avg rating — 291 ratings
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Kansas City Lightning: The Rise and Times of Charlie Parker
Kansas City Lightning: The Rise and Times of Charlie Parker 3.88 avg rating — 962 ratings
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The Family Heart: A Memoir of When Our Son Came Out
The Family Heart: A Memoir of When Our Son Came Out 3.91 avg rating — 124 ratings
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My Gal Sunday
My Gal Sunday 3.59 avg rating — 7,672 ratings
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The Magic School Bus Shows and Tells: A Book About Archaeology
The Magic School Bus Shows and Tells: A Book About Archaeology 3.74 avg rating — 91 ratings
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No Turn Unstoned: The Worst Ever Theatrical Reviews
No Turn Unstoned: The Worst Ever Theatrical Reviews 3.75 avg rating — 71 ratings
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The Pinballs
The Pinballs 3.86 avg rating — 3,336 ratings
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Sorry Not Sorry: Dreams, Mistakes, and Growing Up
Sorry Not Sorry: Dreams, Mistakes, and Growing Up 3.98 avg rating — 8,281 ratings
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The Royal Physician's Visit
The Royal Physician's Visit 3.82 avg rating — 4,570 ratings
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From Anna
From Anna 4.20 avg rating — 1,291 ratings
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The Brendan Voyage: A Leather Boat Tracks the Discovery of America by the Irish Sailor Saints
The Brendan Voyage: A Leather Boat Tracks the Discovery of America by the Irish Sailor Saints 4.25 avg rating — 1,868 ratings
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Bitter Fruit
Bitter Fruit 3.30 avg rating — 1,242 ratings
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Reports from the Holocaust: The Story of An AIDS Activist
Reports from the Holocaust: The Story of An AIDS Activist 4.23 avg rating — 125 ratings
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Blanche on the Lam (Blanche White, #1)
Blanche on the Lam (Blanche White, #1) 3.76 avg rating — 5,130 ratings
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Clay
Clay 4.08 avg rating — 92 ratings
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They Think You're Stupid: Why Democrats Lost Your Vote and What Republicans Must Do to Keep It
They Think You're Stupid: Why Democrats Lost Your Vote and What Republicans Must Do to Keep It 3.46 avg rating — 37 ratings
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The Collected Short Fiction of Bruce Jay Friedman
The Collected Short Fiction of Bruce Jay Friedman 3.95 avg rating — 59 ratings
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Spertyd
Spertyd 4.22 avg rating — 169 ratings
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Never Look at the Empty Seats: A Memoir
Never Look at the Empty Seats: A Memoir 4.24 avg rating — 768 ratings
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Smiley's People (George Smiley, #7; Karla Trilogy, #3)
Smiley's People (George Smiley, #7; Karla Trilogy, #3) 4.29 avg rating — 41,196 ratings
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Wizard's First Rule (Sword of Truth, #1)
Wizard's First Rule (Sword of Truth, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 251,991 ratings
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Embrace Fearlessly the Burning World
Embrace Fearlessly the Burning World 4.31 avg rating — 1,251 ratings
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March: Book Two (March, #2)
March: Book Two (March, #2) 4.49 avg rating — 28,882 ratings
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The Ragman's Son
The Ragman's Son 3.94 avg rating — 811 ratings
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March: Book Three (March, #3)
March: Book Three (March, #3) 4.64 avg rating — 21,409 ratings
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A Daughter of Africa: Writing Through the Apartheid Years (Elsa Joubert Autobiographies Book 2)
A Daughter of Africa: Writing Through the Apartheid Years (Elsa Joubert Autobiographies Book 2) 4.16 avg rating — 25 ratings
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Home from Far
Home from Far 4.08 avg rating — 87 ratings
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Passages: Predictable Crises of Adult Life
Passages: Predictable Crises of Adult Life 3.87 avg rating — 2,231 ratings
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Trieste and The Meaning of Nowhere
Trieste and The Meaning of Nowhere really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,818 ratings
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The Magic School Bus at the Waterworks (The Magic School Bus #1)
The Magic School Bus at the Waterworks (The Magic School Bus #1) 4.31 avg rating — 6,991 ratings
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Yeager: An Autobiography
Yeager: An Autobiography 4.24 avg rating — 6,088 ratings
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Christmas Remembered
Christmas Remembered 4.04 avg rating — 197 ratings
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Kiss of the Spider Woman
Kiss of the Spider Woman 3.88 avg rating — 85 ratings
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Philip Hall Likes Me. I Reckon Maybe. (Beth Lambert, #1)
Philip Hall Likes Me. I Reckon Maybe. (Beth Lambert, #1) 3.80 avg rating — 1,968 ratings
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Against Love Poetry: Poems
Against Love Poetry: Poems 4.10 avg rating — 263 ratings
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A Lion on the Landing: Memories of a South African Youth (Elsa Joubert Autobiographies Book 1)
A Lion on the Landing: Memories of a South African Youth (Elsa Joubert Autobiographies Book 1) 3.92 avg rating — 12 ratings
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Stillwatch
Stillwatch 3.88 avg rating — 11,235 ratings
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Little by Little: A Writer's Education
Little by Little: A Writer's Education 4.01 avg rating — 248 ratings
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Oliver Button Is a Sissy
Oliver Button Is a Sissy 4.09 avg rating — 1,184 ratings
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Morning Is a Long Time Coming (Summer of My German Soldier, #2)
Morning Is a Long Time Coming (Summer of My German Soldier, #2) 3.33 avg rating — 1,548 ratings
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Terrence McNally, Vol. 1: 15 Short Plays
Terrence McNally, Vol. 1: 15 Short Plays 3.77 avg rating — 31 ratings
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102 Minutes: The Untold Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers
102 Minutes: The Untold Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers
by: Jim Dwyer
4.30 avg rating — 12,178 ratings
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First We Read, Then We Write: Emerson on the Creative Process
First We Read, Then We Write: Emerson on the Creative Process 3.97 avg rating — 323 ratings
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The Quiche of Death (Agatha Raisin, #1)
The Quiche of Death (Agatha Raisin, #1) 3.72 avg rating — 43,233 ratings
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The Magic School Bus Gets Baked in a Cake: A Book About Kitchen Chemistry
The Magic School Bus Gets Baked in a Cake: A Book About Kitchen Chemistry 4.34 avg rating — 3,540 ratings
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On the Ocean Floor (The Magic School Bus, #5)
On the Ocean Floor (The Magic School Bus, #5) 4.31 avg rating — 6,365 ratings
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Of Wolves and Men
Of Wolves and Men 4.20 avg rating — 3,759 ratings
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Don't Tell the Grown-Ups: The Subversive Power of Children's Literature
Don't Tell the Grown-Ups: The Subversive Power of Children's Literature 3.71 avg rating — 361 ratings
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The Shere Hite Reader: New and Selected Writings on Sex, Globalism, and Private Life
The Shere Hite Reader: New and Selected Writings on Sex, Globalism, and Private Life 3.95 avg rating — 37 ratings
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No More Masks: An Anthology of Twentieth-Century American Women Poets
No More Masks: An Anthology of Twentieth-Century American Women Poets 4.36 avg rating — 272 ratings
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Still Alive: A Holocaust Girlhood Remembered
Still Alive: A Holocaust Girlhood Remembered 4.15 avg rating — 2,690 ratings
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I Am Third: The Inspiration for Brian's Song
I Am Third: The Inspiration for Brian's Song 3.91 avg rating — 867 ratings
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Decisions and Dissents of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg: A Selection
Decisions and Dissents of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg: A Selection 4.26 avg rating — 299 ratings
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Up from the Projects
Up from the Projects 4.26 avg rating — 340 ratings
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River Notes: The Dance of Herons
River Notes: The Dance of Herons 4.22 avg rating — 266 ratings
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Moonlight Becomes You
Moonlight Becomes You 3.86 avg rating — 19,422 ratings
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The Story of a Seagull and the Cat Who Taught Her to Fly
The Story of a Seagull and the Cat Who Taught Her to Fly 4.23 avg rating — 30,824 ratings
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Moonsilver (The Unicorn's Secret, #1)
Moonsilver (The Unicorn's Secret, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 987 ratings
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Forever
Forever 3.96 avg rating — 13,644 ratings
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The Story of the Dulcimer (Charles K. Wolfe Music Series)
The Story of the Dulcimer (Charles K. Wolfe Music Series) 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings
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The Walking Dead
The Walking Dead 3.35 avg rating — 63 ratings
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Die Swerfjare van Poppie Nongena
Die Swerfjare van Poppie Nongena 3.94 avg rating — 258 ratings
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Fire on the Mountain (Mountain, #1)
Fire on the Mountain (Mountain, #1) 3.60 avg rating — 1,138 ratings
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More Liberty Means Less Government: Our Founders Knew This Well
More Liberty Means Less Government: Our Founders Knew This Well 4.29 avg rating — 135 ratings
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Let The Dead Bury Their Dead (Harvest American Writing Series)
Let The Dead Bury Their Dead (Harvest American Writing Series) 4.27 avg rating — 713 ratings
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