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Synners
Synners 3.67 avg rating — 2,193 ratings
2.
Mystic River
Mystic River 4.17 avg rating — 158,990 ratings
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To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird 4.26 avg rating — 6,688,933 ratings
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The Midwich Cuckoos
The Midwich Cuckoos 3.90 avg rating — 28,433 ratings
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The Island of Doctor Moreau
The Island of Doctor Moreau 3.73 avg rating — 131,603 ratings
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Into the Darkness (Darkness, #1)
Into the Darkness (Darkness, #1) 3.59 avg rating — 1,591 ratings
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1984
1984 4.20 avg rating — 5,226,255 ratings
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Touch
Touch 3.82 avg rating — 12,392 ratings
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Touch by Elmore Leonard (1987-10-02)
Touch by Elmore Leonard (1987-10-02) 3.55 avg rating — 1,965 ratings
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Bendigo Shafter
Bendigo Shafter 4.22 avg rating — 4,087 ratings
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The Man Who Came Uptown
The Man Who Came Uptown 3.79 avg rating — 3,956 ratings
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Frankenstein: The 1818 Text
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text 3.89 avg rating — 1,772,212 ratings
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The Power
The Power 3.75 avg rating — 246,918 ratings
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The Black Echo (Harry Bosch, #1; Harry Bosch Universe, #1)
The Black Echo (Harry Bosch, #1; Harry Bosch Universe, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 211,579 ratings
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The Eyes of God (The Bronze Knight, #1)
The Eyes of God (The Bronze Knight, #1) 3.69 avg rating — 1,743 ratings
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Mistborn: The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)
Mistborn: The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1) 4.49 avg rating — 897,338 ratings
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Metro 2033 (Metro, #1)
Metro 2033 (Metro, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 72,389 ratings
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Tai-Pan (Asian Saga, #2)
Tai-Pan (Asian Saga, #2) 4.31 avg rating — 57,464 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 — 122,061 ratings
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The Forever Knight (The Bronze Knight, #4)
The Forever Knight (The Bronze Knight, #4) 4.03 avg rating — 267 ratings
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Haunted
Haunted 3.59 avg rating — 109,647 ratings
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Darkness Descending (Darkness, #2)
Darkness Descending (Darkness, #2) 3.78 avg rating — 1,027 ratings
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The Hero of Ages (Mistborn, #3)
The Hero of Ages (Mistborn, #3) 4.56 avg rating — 546,240 ratings
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The Well of Ascension (Mistborn, #2)
The Well of Ascension (Mistborn, #2) 4.38 avg rating — 604,675 ratings
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River of Stars (Under Heaven, #2)
River of Stars (Under Heaven, #2) 4.16 avg rating — 7,773 ratings
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Von Bek (Eternal Champion, #2)
Von Bek (Eternal Champion, #2) 3.91 avg rating — 1,579 ratings
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The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1)
The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1) 4.35 avg rating — 809,455 ratings
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Wurthering Heights
Wurthering Heights 3.90 avg rating — 1,959,192 ratings
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Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre 4.16 avg rating — 2,259,805 ratings
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Into Neon (A Cyberpunk Saga #1)
Into Neon (A Cyberpunk Saga #1) 3.65 avg rating — 641 ratings
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Queen of Angels (Queen of Angels, #1)
Queen of Angels (Queen of Angels, #1)
by: Greg Bear
3.59 avg rating — 3,089 ratings
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True Names: and the Opening of the Cyberspace Frontier
True Names: and the Opening of the Cyberspace Frontier 4.08 avg rating — 1,202 ratings
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The Eye of the World (The Wheel of Time, #1)
The Eye of the World (The Wheel of Time, #1) 4.19 avg rating — 575,782 ratings
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Caine Black Knife (The Acts of Caine, #3)
Caine Black Knife (The Acts of Caine, #3) 4.06 avg rating — 3,497 ratings
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The Great Hunt (The Wheel of Time, #2)
The Great Hunt (The Wheel of Time, #2) 4.27 avg rating — 346,482 ratings
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Consider Phlebas (Culture, #1)
Consider Phlebas (Culture, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 97,991 ratings
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The Left Hand of Darkness
The Left Hand of Darkness 4.10 avg rating — 209,450 ratings
38.
A Clockwork Orange
A Clockwork Orange really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 753,913 ratings
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All Quiet on the Western Front
All Quiet on the Western Front 4.10 avg rating — 505,046 ratings
40.
For Whom the Bell Tolls
For Whom the Bell Tolls 3.99 avg rating — 311,407 ratings
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Rise to Rebellion (The American Revolutionary War, #1)
Rise to Rebellion (The American Revolutionary War, #1) 4.22 avg rating — 10,175 ratings
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The Incomplete Enchanter
The Incomplete Enchanter 3.94 avg rating — 1,242 ratings
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Misery
Misery 4.23 avg rating — 815,595 ratings
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Ringworld (Ringworld #1)
Ringworld (Ringworld #1) 3.94 avg rating — 127,129 ratings
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The Space Between Worlds (The Space Between Worlds, #1)
The Space Between Worlds (The Space Between Worlds, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 43,364 ratings
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The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer
The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer 4.16 avg rating — 92,364 ratings
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The Man in the High Castle
The Man in the High Castle 3.59 avg rating — 229,242 ratings
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Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1)
Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 281,942 ratings
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A Moveable Feast
A Moveable Feast 4.02 avg rating — 162,855 ratings
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Musashi
Musashi 4.47 avg rating — 22,912 ratings
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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 4.09 avg rating — 495,975 ratings
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Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1)
Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 179,278 ratings
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A Canticle for Leibowitz (St. Leibowitz, #1)
A Canticle for Leibowitz (St. Leibowitz, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 116,701 ratings
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The Freeze-Frame Revolution
The Freeze-Frame Revolution 3.95 avg rating — 6,700 ratings
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Half Way Home
Half Way Home 3.71 avg rating — 14,810 ratings
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Blood Music
Blood Music
by: Greg Bear
3.84 avg rating — 16,525 ratings
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The Fuzzy Papers (Fuzzy Sapiens, #1-2)
The Fuzzy Papers (Fuzzy Sapiens, #1-2) 4.22 avg rating — 1,143 ratings
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Cat’s Cradle
Cat’s Cradle 4.15 avg rating — 428,387 ratings
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The Sirens of Titan
The Sirens of Titan 4.15 avg rating — 153,672 ratings
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The Sentinel
The Sentinel 3.96 avg rating — 5,605 ratings
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The Stars My Destination
The Stars My Destination 4.06 avg rating — 54,397 ratings
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Abaddon’s Gate (The Expanse, #3)
Abaddon’s Gate (The Expanse, #3) 4.28 avg rating — 147,877 ratings
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Sundiver (The Uplift Saga, #1)
Sundiver (The Uplift Saga, #1) 3.69 avg rating — 27,363 ratings
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Gateway (Heechee Saga, #1)
Gateway (Heechee Saga, #1) 4.06 avg rating — 46,820 ratings
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Downward to the Earth
Downward to the Earth 3.92 avg rating — 3,794 ratings
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The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1)
The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1) 3.88 avg rating — 136,055 ratings
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River of Gods (India 2047, #1)
River of Gods (India 2047, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 6,110 ratings
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Trouble with Lichen
Trouble with Lichen 3.68 avg rating — 6,358 ratings
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Tau Zero
Tau Zero 3.83 avg rating — 16,138 ratings
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The Goblin Reservation
The Goblin Reservation 3.98 avg rating — 4,158 ratings
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Dune Messiah (Dune #2)
Dune Messiah (Dune #2) 3.89 avg rating — 380,061 ratings
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The Silence of the Lambs (Hannibal Lecter, #2)
The Silence of the Lambs (Hannibal Lecter, #2) 4.25 avg rating — 578,174 ratings
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The Talented Mr. Ripley (Ripley, #1)
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Ripley, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 110,513 ratings
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Revelation Space (Revelation Space, #1)
Revelation Space (Revelation Space, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 60,093 ratings
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Wool - Holston (Wool, #1)
Wool - Holston (Wool, #1) 4.20 avg rating — 367,357 ratings
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Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)
Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1) 4.27 avg rating — 657,170 ratings
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Embassytown
Embassytown 3.90 avg rating — 33,985 ratings
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Pet Sematary
Pet Sematary 4.08 avg rating — 668,848 ratings
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Gardens of the Moon (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #1)
Gardens of the Moon (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 132,105 ratings
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Storm Front (The Dresden Files, #1)
Storm Front (The Dresden Files, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 371,085 ratings
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Brave New World
Brave New World 3.99 avg rating — 2,015,674 ratings
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Plum Island (John Corey, #1)
Plum Island (John Corey, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 58,320 ratings
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The Lions of Al-Rassan
The Lions of Al-Rassan 4.30 avg rating — 25,412 ratings
84.
American Gods
American Gods 4.10 avg rating — 978,807 ratings
85.
Grave Peril (The Dresden Files, #3)
Grave Peril (The Dresden Files, #3) 4.14 avg rating — 174,999 ratings
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Childhood’s End
Childhood’s End 4.12 avg rating — 169,997 ratings
87.
The Andromeda Strain (Andromeda, #1)
The Andromeda Strain (Andromeda, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 267,306 ratings
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To Your Scattered Bodies Go (Riverworld, #1)
To Your Scattered Bodies Go (Riverworld, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 33,364 ratings
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Chocky
Chocky 3.86 avg rating — 11,718 ratings
90.
The Inverted World
The Inverted World 3.95 avg rating — 10,475 ratings
91.
The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide, #1)
The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide, #1) 4.22 avg rating — 1,969,998 ratings
92.
Slaughterhouse-Five
Slaughterhouse-Five 4.10 avg rating — 1,451,284 ratings
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Cibola Burn (The Expanse, #4)
Cibola Burn (The Expanse, #4) 4.23 avg rating — 122,006 ratings
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The Forgetting Moon (The Five Warrior Angels, #1)
The Forgetting Moon (The Five Warrior Angels, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 3,460 ratings
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True Detectives
True Detectives 3.73 avg rating — 6,888 ratings
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The Long Ships
The Long Ships 4.27 avg rating — 12,190 ratings
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Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits (Zoey Ashe, #1)
Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits (Zoey Ashe, #1) 3.98 avg rating — 22,980 ratings
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The Ferryman
The Ferryman 3.92 avg rating — 39,302 ratings
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Children of Time (Children of Time, #1)
Children of Time (Children of Time, #1) 4.30 avg rating — 160,023 ratings
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Tigana
Tigana 4.08 avg rating — 51,016 ratings