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ALLISON PATAKI is the NYTimes Bestselling author of THE TRAITOR'S WIFE, THE ACCIDENTAL EMPRESS, SISI:EMPRESS ON HER OWN, WHERE THE LIGHT FALLS, and the memoir, BEAUTY IN THE BROKEN PLACES.

Her work has been translated into more than a dozen languages, has been featured on The TODAY Show, The NY Times, The Huffington Post, USA Today, FOX News, Morning Joe, and more.

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Average rating: 4.07 · 166,732 ratings · 16,691 reviews · 12 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post 4.14 avg rating — 86,413 ratings — published 2022 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Accidental Empress (Sisi, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 22,030 ratings — published 2015 — 44 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Traitor's Wife 3.90 avg rating — 14,145 ratings — published 2014 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sisi: Empress on Her Own (Sisi, #2) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 11,806 ratings — published 2016	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Finding Margaret Fuller 4.09 avg rating — 10,832 ratings — published 2024 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Queen's Fortune 4.23 avg rating — 9,710 ratings — published 2020 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beauty in the Broken Places: A Memoir of Love, Faith, and Resilience by Allison Pataki (Goodreads Author), Lee Woodruff (Goodreads Author) (Foreword), David Levy (Epilogue) 4.04 avg rating — 3,829 ratings — published 2018 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Where the Light Falls by Allison Pataki (Goodreads Author), Owen Pataki (Goodreads Author) 3.73 avg rating — 3,010 ratings — published 2017 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	It Girl 4.22 avg rating — 139 ratings — expected publication 2026 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nelly Takes New York: A Little Girl's Adventures in the Big Apple by Allison Pataki (Goodreads Author), Marya Myers (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Kristi Valiant (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.86 avg rating — 105 ratings — published 2019 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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A Founding Mother: A Novel of Abigail Adams

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“Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.”
― Allison Pataki, The Accidental Empress

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“I suppose the true test of character comes when facing life’s harshest blows and disappointments. When things don’t turn out how you had hoped they would, do you grow bitter? Spiteful? Blame others and spread your misery? Or do you keep your head high and walk with grace, meeting the struggles which God has placed in your path?”
― Allison Pataki, The Traitor's Wife: The Woman Behind Benedict Arnold and the Plan to Betray America

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“A deity does not quake simply because the crowd yells. An empress stands fixed, immutable: the calm that continues on, even as the world rages.”
― Allison Pataki, The Accidental Empress

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June BoTM Side Read Nominations ~ Final Poll

The Things We Cannot Say

by Kelly Rimmer

8 votes, 25.0%

We Are the Brennans

by Tracey Lange

6 votes, 18.8%

The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post

by Allison Pataki

5 votes, 15.6%

Finlay Donovan Is Killing It

by Elle Cosimano

4 votes, 12.5%

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

by Sherman Alexie

4 votes, 12.5%

The Twyford Code

by Janice Hallett

3 votes, 9.4%

All the Dangerous Things

by Stacy Willingham

2 votes, 6.3%

32 total votes

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Allison’s Quotes

“I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! -- When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

tags: books, library, reading

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“When I have a little money, I buy books; and if I have any left, I buy food and clothes.”
― Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus

tags: books

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“If you treat an individual as he is, he will remain how he is. But if you treat him as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be.”
― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

tags: inspiration

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“Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it.
Boldness has genius, power and magic in it!”
― John Anster, The First Part Of Goethe's Faust

tags: inspirational, misattributed-goethe

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“A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul.”
― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

tags: art, beauty, music, wonder

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