Best Books of 2013 that are NOT erotica!

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It Lives in The Basement
It Lives in The Basement 3.58 avg rating — 469 ratings
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We Got Zombies on the Lawn Again, Ma (Ax Handel's Special Zombie Notebooks, #1)
We Got Zombies on the Lawn Again, Ma (Ax Handel's Special Zombie Notebooks, #1) 3.58 avg rating — 128 ratings
3.
Buck: A Memoir
Buck: A Memoir 4.05 avg rating — 3,060 ratings
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Orphan Train
Orphan Train 4.20 avg rating — 458,547 ratings
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The Light in the Ruins
The Light in the Ruins 3.68 avg rating — 29,903 ratings
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The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike, #1)
The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike, #1) 3.89 avg rating — 613,942 ratings
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The Golem and the Jinni (The Golem and the Jinni, #1)
The Golem and the Jinni (The Golem and the Jinni, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 129,530 ratings
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W is for Wasted (Kinsey Millhone, #23)
W is for Wasted (Kinsey Millhone, #23) 3.96 avg rating — 34,773 ratings
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An Enchanting Time
An Enchanting Time 4.04 avg rating — 25 ratings
10.
Learning to Kiss in the Snow
Learning to Kiss in the Snow really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 61 ratings
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George Washington's Secret Six: The Spy Ring That Saved the American Revolution
George Washington's Secret Six: The Spy Ring That Saved the American Revolution 3.85 avg rating — 20,617 ratings
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Good Kings Bad Kings
Good Kings Bad Kings 3.94 avg rating — 3,481 ratings
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The Rosie Project (Don Tillman, #1)
The Rosie Project (Don Tillman, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 584,702 ratings
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Takedown Twenty (Stephanie Plum, #20)
Takedown Twenty (Stephanie Plum, #20) 3.88 avg rating — 70,584 ratings
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One Summer: America, 1927
One Summer: America, 1927 4.10 avg rating — 53,981 ratings
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The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion
The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion 4.03 avg rating — 55,881 ratings
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Burial Rites
Burial Rites 4.04 avg rating — 121,018 ratings
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Parasite (Parasitology, #1)
Parasite (Parasitology, #1) 3.68 avg rating — 18,637 ratings
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The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #14)
The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #14) 4.13 avg rating — 15,667 ratings
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A Tale for the Time Being
A Tale for the Time Being 4.06 avg rating — 131,703 ratings
21.
A Permanent Member of the Family
A Permanent Member of the Family 3.61 avg rating — 1,503 ratings
21.
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 4.39 avg rating — 352,805 ratings
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The White Princess (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #5)
The White Princess (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #5) 3.94 avg rating — 48,040 ratings
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Preservation (Vaccination Trilogy, #3)
Preservation (Vaccination Trilogy, #3) 4.16 avg rating — 116 ratings
21.
Fever
Fever 3.73 avg rating — 16,065 ratings
21.
Agenda
Agenda 3.69 avg rating — 16 ratings
21.
Tenth of December
Tenth of December 3.98 avg rating — 80,054 ratings
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We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves 3.71 avg rating — 125,623 ratings
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The Storyteller
The Storyteller 4.30 avg rating — 264,418 ratings
28.
Lick the Razor
Lick the Razor 3.79 avg rating — 56 ratings
28.
Sounds of Silence
Sounds of Silence 4.26 avg rating — 23 ratings
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An Officer and a Spy
An Officer and a Spy 4.22 avg rating — 32,180 ratings
28.
All That Is
All That Is 3.37 avg rating — 8,140 ratings
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A Turn of Light (Night's Edge, #1)
A Turn of Light (Night's Edge, #1) 3.78 avg rating — 1,058 ratings
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The Aviators: Eddie Rickenbacker, Jimmy Doolittle, Charles Lindbergh, and the Epic Age of Flight
The Aviators: Eddie Rickenbacker, Jimmy Doolittle, Charles Lindbergh, and the Epic Age of Flight 4.39 avg rating — 4,588 ratings
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Night Film
Night Film 3.78 avg rating — 94,540 ratings
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Evacuation (Vaccination Trilogy, #2)
Evacuation (Vaccination Trilogy, #2) 4.14 avg rating — 147 ratings
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The Night's Night
The Night's Night 3.71 avg rating — 17 ratings
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A Disconnected Life
A Disconnected Life 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings
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The Interestings
The Interestings 3.60 avg rating — 122,193 ratings
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Deadly Virtues (Gabriel Ash and Hazel Best, #1)
Deadly Virtues (Gabriel Ash and Hazel Best, #1) 3.82 avg rating — 622 ratings
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The Survival Kit
The Survival Kit really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4,039 ratings
41.
Vaccination (Vaccination Trilogy, #1)
Vaccination (Vaccination Trilogy, #1) 3.78 avg rating — 325 ratings
41.
Animal Wise: The Thoughts and Emotions of Our Fellow Creatures
Animal Wise: The Thoughts and Emotions of Our Fellow Creatures 4.13 avg rating — 2,472 ratings
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The Childhood of Jesus
The Childhood of Jesus 3.48 avg rating — 7,274 ratings
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Rebel Streets: A Novel of the Irish Troubles
Rebel Streets: A Novel of the Irish Troubles 3.83 avg rating — 35 ratings
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Frozen in Time: An Epic Story of Survival and a Modern Quest for Lost Heroes of World War II
Frozen in Time: An Epic Story of Survival and a Modern Quest for Lost Heroes of World War II 3.98 avg rating — 12,184 ratings
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The Promise
The Promise 3.98 avg rating — 6,648 ratings
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The Best of All Possible Worlds
The Best of All Possible Worlds 3.61 avg rating — 5,455 ratings
50.
Claire of the Sea Light
Claire of the Sea Light 3.67 avg rating — 11,189 ratings
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The Crown Tower (The Riyria Chronicles, #1)
The Crown Tower (The Riyria Chronicles, #1) 4.33 avg rating — 42,039 ratings
50.
Kinsey and Me
Kinsey and Me 3.55 avg rating — 7,023 ratings
53.
We Need New Names
We Need New Names 3.75 avg rating — 23,068 ratings
53.
The Rose and the Thorn (The Riyria Chronicles, #2)
The Rose and the Thorn (The Riyria Chronicles, #2) 4.40 avg rating — 29,856 ratings
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Dark Triumph (His Fair Assassin, #2)
Dark Triumph (His Fair Assassin, #2) 4.14 avg rating — 43,851 ratings
56.
The Edge of the Earth
The Edge of the Earth 3.61 avg rating — 2,278 ratings
56.
The Men Who United the States: America's Explorers, Inventors, Eccentrics and Mavericks, and the Creation of One Nation, Indivisible
The Men Who United the States: America's Explorers, Inventors, Eccentrics and Mavericks, and the Creation of One Nation, Indivisible 3.86 avg rating — 4,252 ratings
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Critical Mass (V.I. Warshawski, #16)
Critical Mass (V.I. Warshawski, #16) 4.01 avg rating — 4,464 ratings
58.
Reconstructing Amelia
Reconstructing Amelia 3.83 avg rating — 135,342 ratings
58.
Gaining Ground: A Story Of Farmers' Markets, Local Food, And Saving The Family Farm
Gaining Ground: A Story Of Farmers' Markets, Local Food, And Saving The Family Farm 4.34 avg rating — 2,201 ratings
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Dust (Kay Scarpetta, #21)
Dust (Kay Scarpetta, #21) 3.69 avg rating — 23,331 ratings
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Beyond Belief: My Secret Life Inside Scientology and My Harrowing Escape
Beyond Belief: My Secret Life Inside Scientology and My Harrowing Escape 3.77 avg rating — 40,865 ratings
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A Street Cat Named Bob: And How He Saved My Life
A Street Cat Named Bob: And How He Saved My Life 3.99 avg rating — 59,161 ratings
63.
Instructions for a Heat Wave
Instructions for a Heat Wave 3.75 avg rating — 29,893 ratings
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Second Watch (J.P. Beaumont, #21)
Second Watch (J.P. Beaumont, #21) 4.22 avg rating — 9,030 ratings
66.
I Kiss Your Hands Many Times: Hearts, Souls, and Wars in Hungary
I Kiss Your Hands Many Times: Hearts, Souls, and Wars in Hungary 4.07 avg rating — 372 ratings
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Raising My Rainbow: Adventures in Raising a Fabulous, Gender Creative Son
Raising My Rainbow: Adventures in Raising a Fabulous, Gender Creative Son 4.07 avg rating — 2,254 ratings
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Murder at Pride Lodge (Kyle Callahan Mystery, #1)
Murder at Pride Lodge (Kyle Callahan Mystery, #1) 3.45 avg rating — 288 ratings
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Under the Influence
Under the Influence 3.76 avg rating — 50 ratings
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My Three Lumps
My Three Lumps 4.36 avg rating — 14 ratings