[ATY 2026] Blood, Sweat, and Tears

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In Cold Blood
In Cold Blood 4.09 avg rating — 710,371 ratings
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The Travelling Cat Chronicles
The Travelling Cat Chronicles 4.33 avg rating — 95,660 ratings
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6) 4.58 avg rating — 3,563,478 ratings
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The Berry Pickers
The Berry Pickers 4.09 avg rating — 240,905 ratings
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Because of Winn-Dixie
Because of Winn-Dixie 4.10 avg rating — 274,166 ratings
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Where the Crawdads Sing
Where the Crawdads Sing 4.37 avg rating — 3,479,358 ratings
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The Odyssey
The Odyssey
by: Homer
3.82 avg rating — 1,156,655 ratings
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Razorblade Tears
Razorblade Tears 4.11 avg rating — 130,525 ratings
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The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper
The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper 4.09 avg rating — 64,228 ratings
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Crying in H Mart
Crying in H Mart 4.24 avg rating — 555,637 ratings
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Dracula
Dracula 4.02 avg rating — 1,415,111 ratings
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Tears of the Giraffe (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #2)
Tears of the Giraffe (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #2) 3.98 avg rating — 59,902 ratings
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A Redbird Christmas
A Redbird Christmas 3.96 avg rating — 32,001 ratings
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We Solve Murders (We Solve Murders, #1)
We Solve Murders (We Solve Murders, #1) 4.08 avg rating — 142,907 ratings
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Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection 4.43 avg rating — 83,737 ratings
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When Crickets Cry
When Crickets Cry 4.38 avg rating — 63,257 ratings
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Blood on the Breakwater (Breakwater Mystery Series, #1)
Blood on the Breakwater (Breakwater Mystery Series, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 225 ratings
18.
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage 4.46 avg rating — 155,693 ratings
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Wild Dark Shore
Wild Dark Shore 4.19 avg rating — 116,770 ratings
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Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail 4.07 avg rating — 850,495 ratings
21.
A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes, #1)
A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 482,342 ratings
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Carrie Soto Is Back
Carrie Soto Is Back 4.20 avg rating — 665,602 ratings
23.
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires 3.79 avg rating — 279,220 ratings
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Water for Elephants
Water for Elephants 4.11 avg rating — 1,680,835 ratings
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Maggie; or, A Man and a Woman Walk Into a Bar
Maggie; or, A Man and a Woman Walk Into a Bar
by: Katie Yee
3.56 avg rating — 1,488 ratings
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A Woman's Game: The Rise, Fall, and Rise Again of Women's Soccer
A Woman's Game: The Rise, Fall, and Rise Again of Women's Soccer 4.03 avg rating — 661 ratings
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The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon
The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon 3.90 avg rating — 106,826 ratings
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Miss Benson's Beetle
Miss Benson's Beetle 4.08 avg rating — 59,044 ratings
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Sweat: A History of Exercise
Sweat: A History of Exercise 3.33 avg rating — 620 ratings
30.
All the Colours of the Dark
All the Colours of the Dark 4.27 avg rating — 356,909 ratings
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Thinning Blood: A Memoir of Family, Myth, and Identity
Thinning Blood: A Memoir of Family, Myth, and Identity 3.78 avg rating — 1,450 ratings
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Solito
Solito 4.48 avg rating — 65,961 ratings
33.
Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng
Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng 4.15 avg rating — 15,024 ratings
34.
Tears of Amber
Tears of Amber 4.43 avg rating — 14,464 ratings
35.
Good Girl, Bad Blood (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #2)
Good Girl, Bad Blood (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #2) 4.26 avg rating — 723,042 ratings
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Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup 4.41 avg rating — 276,374 ratings
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Carmilla
Carmilla 3.87 avg rating — 166,918 ratings
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Into the Wild
Into the Wild 4.02 avg rating — 1,165,658 ratings
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The Great Believers
The Great Believers 4.29 avg rating — 161,777 ratings
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What Strange Paradise
What Strange Paradise 4.04 avg rating — 16,116 ratings
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Bewilderment
Bewilderment 3.91 avg rating — 68,468 ratings
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Ink Blood Sister Scribe
Ink Blood Sister Scribe 4.01 avg rating — 59,865 ratings
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The Light Pirate
The Light Pirate 4.03 avg rating — 40,144 ratings
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Pod
Pod 3.63 avg rating — 3,397 ratings
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The Puma Years
The Puma Years 4.32 avg rating — 14,053 ratings
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The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey
The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey 4.21 avg rating — 74,675 ratings
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Kills Well with Others (Killers of a Certain Age, #2)
Kills Well with Others (Killers of a Certain Age, #2) 3.96 avg rating — 12,655 ratings
48.
Blood of the Earth (Soulwood, #1)
Blood of the Earth (Soulwood, #1) 4.27 avg rating — 8,805 ratings
48.
False Flag (Sons of Valor, #4)
False Flag (Sons of Valor, #4) 4.56 avg rating — 68 ratings
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Tom Lake
Tom Lake 3.94 avg rating — 453,697 ratings
48.
Thicker Than Blood (Thicker Than Blood, #1)
Thicker Than Blood (Thicker Than Blood, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 2,360 ratings
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The Pants of Perspective: One Woman's 3,000 Kilometre Running Adventure through the Wilds of New Zealand
The Pants of Perspective: One Woman's 3,000 Kilometre Running Adventure through the Wilds of New Zealand 4.29 avg rating — 3,601 ratings
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The Illiad
The Illiad
by: Homer
3.84 avg rating — 4,250 ratings
53.
The Dead Don't Dance (Awakening #1)
The Dead Don't Dance (Awakening #1) 4.32 avg rating — 10,485 ratings
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A Lady's Guide to Etiquette and Murder (Countess of Harleigh Mystery, #1)
A Lady's Guide to Etiquette and Murder (Countess of Harleigh Mystery, #1) 3.81 avg rating — 14,816 ratings
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Blob: A Love Story
Blob: A Love Story
by: Maggie Su
3.35 avg rating — 7,366 ratings
57.
When the World Fell Silent
When the World Fell Silent 4.29 avg rating — 17,445 ratings
57.
Blood Oath (Nathaniel Cade, #1)
Blood Oath (Nathaniel Cade, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 8,805 ratings
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In the Blood (Terminal List, #5)
In the Blood (Terminal List, #5)
by: Jack Carr
4.50 avg rating — 24,761 ratings
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Glorious Exploits
Glorious Exploits 4.15 avg rating — 14,990 ratings
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Old Yeller
Old Yeller 4.10 avg rating — 102,364 ratings
62.
Blood Song (Blood Singer, #1)
Blood Song (Blood Singer, #1)
by: Cat Adams
3.74 avg rating — 6,786 ratings
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When We Ride
When We Ride
by: Rex Ogle
4.36 avg rating — 803 ratings
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Daughter of Daring: The Trick-Riding, Train-Leaping, Road-Racing Life of Helen Gibson, Hollywood’s First Stuntwoman
Daughter of Daring: The Trick-Riding, Train-Leaping, Road-Racing Life of Helen Gibson, Hollywood’s First Stuntwoman 4.40 avg rating — 311 ratings
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Death Comes to Marlow (Marlow Murder Club, #2)
Death Comes to Marlow (Marlow Murder Club, #2) 3.92 avg rating — 31,207 ratings
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A Fountain Filled with Blood (Rev. Clare Fergusson & Russ Van Alstyne Mysteries, #2)
A Fountain Filled with Blood (Rev. Clare Fergusson & Russ Van Alstyne Mysteries, #2) 3.90 avg rating — 7,659 ratings
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Texas Blood: Seven Generations Among the Outlaws, Ranchers, Indians, Missionaries, Soldiers, and Smugglers of the Borderlands
Texas Blood: Seven Generations Among the Outlaws, Ranchers, Indians, Missionaries, Soldiers, and Smugglers of the Borderlands 3.38 avg rating — 298 ratings
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Thicker Than Blood
Thicker Than Blood really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3,081 ratings
67.
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China 4.30 avg rating — 120,285 ratings
67.
Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive
Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive 3.86 avg rating — 109,538 ratings
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Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)
Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1) 4.58 avg rating — 3,138,443 ratings
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The Serial Killer Guide to San Francisco (The Serial Killer Guide to San Francisco #1)
The Serial Killer Guide to San Francisco (The Serial Killer Guide to San Francisco #1) 3.70 avg rating — 4,684 ratings
67.
A Prayer for Owen Meany
A Prayer for Owen Meany 4.24 avg rating — 332,394 ratings
67.
Period. It's About Bloody Time
Period. It's About Bloody Time 3.92 avg rating — 2,772 ratings
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Crown of Blood: The Deadly Inheritance of Lady Jane Grey
Crown of Blood: The Deadly Inheritance of Lady Jane Grey really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,509 ratings
75.
Phantasma (Wicked Games, #1)
Phantasma (Wicked Games, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 230,523 ratings
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A Monster Calls
A Monster Calls 4.35 avg rating — 283,994 ratings
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Minor Detail
Minor Detail 4.19 avg rating — 36,378 ratings
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Troubled Blood (Cormoran Strike, #5)
Troubled Blood (Cormoran Strike, #5) 4.38 avg rating — 141,642 ratings
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Bloodlust & Bonnets
Bloodlust & Bonnets 3.84 avg rating — 2,742 ratings
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King of Ashes
King of Ashes 4.17 avg rating — 17,066 ratings
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It Ended Badly: Thirteen of the Worst Breakups in History
It Ended Badly: Thirteen of the Worst Breakups in History 3.71 avg rating — 6,901 ratings
81.
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil 4.13 avg rating — 44,973 ratings
81.
Epitaph for a Peach: Four Seasons on My Family Farm
Epitaph for a Peach: Four Seasons on My Family Farm 3.98 avg rating — 1,336 ratings
81.
River Sing Me Home
River Sing Me Home 3.98 avg rating — 30,311 ratings
81.
Still Alice
Still Alice 4.32 avg rating — 355,946 ratings
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Rainwater
Rainwater 4.12 avg rating — 20,557 ratings
81.
Fire & Blood (A Targaryen History, #1)
Fire & Blood (A Targaryen History, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 137,659 ratings
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The Making of The African Queen Or How I went to Africa with Bogart, Bacall and Huston and almost lost my mind
The Making of The African Queen Or How I went to Africa with Bogart, Bacall and Huston and almost lost my mind 3.95 avg rating — 2,472 ratings
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Marley and Me: Life and Love With the World’s Worst Dog
Marley and Me: Life and Love With the World’s Worst Dog 4.14 avg rating — 475,399 ratings
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Homegoing
Homegoing
by: Yaa Gyasi
4.47 avg rating — 386,284 ratings
89.
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed 4.37 avg rating — 385,733 ratings
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Of Blood and Bone (Chronicles of The One, #2)
Of Blood and Bone (Chronicles of The One, #2) 4.28 avg rating — 47,927 ratings
89.
Maggie (Awakening #2)
Maggie (Awakening #2) 4.34 avg rating — 6,837 ratings
89.
We All Want Impossible Things
We All Want Impossible Things 3.99 avg rating — 47,519 ratings
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A Lesson Before Dying
A Lesson Before Dying 3.98 avg rating — 63,055 ratings
96.
A Tale of Two Cities
A Tale of Two Cities 3.88 avg rating — 996,433 ratings
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The Nickel Boys
The Nickel Boys 4.26 avg rating — 291,017 ratings
99.
Night Theater
Night Theater 3.65 avg rating — 2,918 ratings
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Our Lady of the Nile
Our Lady of the Nile 3.77 avg rating — 3,385 ratings
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