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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
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4.47 avg rating — 11,672,032 ratings
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The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
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4.30 avg rating — 4,568,914 ratings
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The Chronicles of Narnia (The Chronicles of Narnia, #1-7)
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4.28 avg rating — 718,338 ratings
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A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
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4.45 avg rating — 2,787,339 ratings
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The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)
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4.52 avg rating — 1,107,217 ratings
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The Lord of the Rings (The Lord of the Rings, #1-3)
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4.54 avg rating — 743,547 ratings
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
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4.57 avg rating — 4,296,448 ratings
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
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4.58 avg rating — 4,974,521 ratings
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)
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4.58 avg rating — 3,735,148 ratings
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Viciously Yours (Fae Kings of Eden, #1)
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3.59 avg rating — 47,899 ratings
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The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, #1)
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4.03 avg rating — 1,636,493 ratings
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)
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4.50 avg rating — 3,881,427 ratings
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The Three Witches and The Master
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4.30 avg rating — 17,878 ratings
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The Eye of the World (The Wheel of Time, #1)
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4.19 avg rating — 606,827 ratings
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
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4.62 avg rating — 4,191,112 ratings
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The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1)
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4.31 avg rating — 3,520,946 ratings
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American Gods (American Gods, #1)
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4.10 avg rating — 1,000,058 ratings
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The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastard, #1)
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4.30 avg rating — 353,674 ratings
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A Dead and Stormy Night (Nevermore Bookshop Mysteries, #1)
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3.90 avg rating — 14,757 ratings
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Mistborn: The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)
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4.48 avg rating — 1,045,561 ratings
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Heretical Fishing (Heretical Fishing, #1)
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4.19 avg rating — 10,740 ratings
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The Lies of Vampires and Slayers (Magic on Main Street, #1)
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4.35 avg rating — 9,009 ratings
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Guards! Guards! (Discworld, #8; City Watch, #1)
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4.34 avg rating — 242,232 ratings
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Neverwhere (London Below, #1)
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4.16 avg rating — 566,871 ratings
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Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass
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4.06 avg rating — 619,133 ratings
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
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4.43 avg rating — 4,614,038 ratings
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Eragon (The Inheritance Cycle #1)
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3.97 avg rating — 1,971,094 ratings
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The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
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4.41 avg rating — 3,211,422 ratings
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The Mists of Avalon (Avalon, #1)
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4.13 avg rating — 214,428 ratings
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Stardust
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4.09 avg rating — 486,405 ratings
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Howl's Moving Castle (Howl's Moving Castle, #1)
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4.28 avg rating — 463,961 ratings
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I'm Glad You're Dead: Preternatural Chronicles Book 1
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4.11 avg rating — 4,574 ratings
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Watership Down (Watership Down, #1)
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4.10 avg rating — 511,856 ratings
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Twilight (Twilight Saga, #1)
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3.68 avg rating — 7,444,867 ratings
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The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower, #1)
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3.91 avg rating — 675,510 ratings
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Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For
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4.28 avg rating — 27,134 ratings
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Assassin's Apprentice (Farseer Trilogy, #1)
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4.20 avg rating — 427,324 ratings
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Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
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4.25 avg rating — 837,875 ratings
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The Phantom Tollbooth
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4.19 avg rating — 311,491 ratings
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A Cursed Son (Remnants of the Fallen Kingdom, #1)
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3.97 avg rating — 3,918 ratings
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The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, #1)
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4.66 avg rating — 707,507 ratings
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A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3)
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4.55 avg rating — 861,124 ratings
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His Dark Materials (His Dark Materials #1-3)
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4.29 avg rating — 169,744 ratings
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Wizard's First Rule (Sword of Truth, #1)
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4.12 avg rating — 254,946 ratings
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Magical Midlife Awakening (Leveling Up, #10)
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4.62 avg rating — 12,970 ratings
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The Warm Hands of Ghosts
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3.96 avg rating — 33,172 ratings
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The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3)
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4.59 avg rating — 1,073,611 ratings
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Inkheart (Inkworld, #1)
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3.93 avg rating — 446,292 ratings
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The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2)
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4.51 avg rating — 1,162,325 ratings
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Code Yellow in Gretna Green (Midlife Recorder, #5)
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4.65 avg rating — 4,254 ratings
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Lucky Son of a Gun (The Demon Accords, #19)
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4.47 avg rating — 2,413 ratings
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The Art of Avoiding Your Werewolf (Wildwood, #1)
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3.80 avg rating — 9,475 ratings
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House of Vampires and Flame (Shades of Ruin and Magic #1)
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4.11 avg rating — 5,770 ratings
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The Art of Avoiding Your Alpha (Wildwood, #2)
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3.84 avg rating — 6,258 ratings
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Marked by Magic (Tracking Trouble #1)
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4.30 avg rating — 5,049 ratings
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The Neverending Story
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4.18 avg rating — 225,415 ratings
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Accidental Mystic (Midlife Melody, #1)
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4.19 avg rating — 2,162 ratings
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Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master
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4.30 avg rating — 34,121 ratings
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The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy (Hart and Mercy, #1)
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4.04 avg rating — 51,108 ratings
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Sabriel (Abhorsen, #1)
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4.16 avg rating — 220,580 ratings
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Storm Front (The Dresden Files, #1)
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3.97 avg rating — 387,890 ratings
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A Wizard of Earthsea
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4.01 avg rating — 371,445 ratings
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Get Rich or Get Lucky
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4.25 avg rating — 20,362 ratings
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The Princess Bride
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4.27 avg rating — 958,812 ratings
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The Raven Boys (The Raven Cycle, #1)
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4.05 avg rating — 408,121 ratings
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Half a Soul (Regency Faerie Tales, #1)
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4.04 avg rating — 85,470 ratings
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Under the Whispering Door
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4.10 avg rating — 334,995 ratings
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Susan, You're The Chosen One (Welcome To Midlife Magic, #1)
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4.29 avg rating — 3,802 ratings
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The Ocean at the End of the Lane
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4.01 avg rating — 663,665 ratings
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Rivers of London (Rivers of London, #1)
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3.85 avg rating — 153,763 ratings
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Pawn of Prophecy (The Belgariad, #1)
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4.16 avg rating — 112,691 ratings
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I Am Not Jessica Chen
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4.03 avg rating — 22,399 ratings
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Never Fall for a Dragon (Mate Mountain, #1)
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3.87 avg rating — 9,416 ratings
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A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2)
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4.42 avg rating — 1,040,859 ratings
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Water Moon
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3.77 avg rating — 59,002 ratings
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Immortal
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3.78 avg rating — 18,500 ratings
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Every Heart a Doorway (Wayward Children, #1)
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3.80 avg rating — 125,359 ratings
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Magician: Apprentice (The Riftwar Saga, #1)
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4.17 avg rating — 104,763 ratings
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The Book of Azrael (Gods & Monsters, #1)
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4.12 avg rating — 222,925 ratings
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A Game of Love and Betrayal (The Choosing Chronicles, #1)
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3.77 avg rating — 15,972 ratings
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My Roommate Is a Vampire (My Vampires, #1)
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3.45 avg rating — 114,510 ratings
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The Aspect of Essence (The Aelfyn Archives, #1)
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3.95 avg rating — 10,190 ratings
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The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
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4.03 avg rating — 402,923 ratings
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The Color of Magic (Discworld, #1; Rincewind, #1)
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3.99 avg rating — 429,673 ratings
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Mother of Death & Dawn (The War of Lost Hearts, #3)
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4.34 avg rating — 94,370 ratings
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Peter Pan (Peter Pan, #2)
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4.03 avg rating — 377,625 ratings
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Anathema (The Eating Woods, #1)
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4.18 avg rating — 131,613 ratings
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Phantasma (Wicked Games, #1)
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4.04 avg rating — 353,439 ratings
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Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
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3.88 avg rating — 260,428 ratings
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A Witch's Guide to Fake Dating a Demon (Glimmer Falls, #1)
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3.61 avg rating — 56,974 ratings
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Witchcraft for Wayward Girls
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3.89 avg rating — 140,410 ratings
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Blood Over Bright Haven
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4.31 avg rating — 163,983 ratings
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At the Bottom of the Garden
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3.52 avg rating — 3,405 ratings
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Eldest (The Inheritance Cycle, #2)
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4.05 avg rating — 500,745 ratings
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Kushiel's Dart (Phèdre's Trilogy, #1)
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4.02 avg rating — 85,690 ratings
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Daughter of the Forest (Sevenwaters, #1)
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4.29 avg rating — 72,554 ratings
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Brisingr (The Inheritance Cycle, #3)
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4.11 avg rating — 423,186 ratings
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Kingdom of Fallen Ash (The Order #1)
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4.02 avg rating — 3,867 ratings
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Unravel Me (Shatter Me, #2)
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4.09 avg rating — 798,410 ratings
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The In-Between Bookstore
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3.55 avg rating — 7,482 ratings
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Since that time I've read some very good fantasy (and some poor) which ranks among my favorites of all time. The Song of Ice & Fire Series by George RR Martin is just outstanding. I was a little spoiled since this was my first fantasy experience, and Ender's Game was my second, but having read a great number of books in all genres, I have a real appreciation for George RR Martin. I notice a Game of Thrones is on this list; I give it my highest recommendation.