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1	The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 41,199 ratings score: 300, and 3 people voted	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
2	A Carnival of Snackery: Diaries 2003-2020 by David Sedaris 4.21 avg rating — 19,134 ratings score: 298, and 3 people voted	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
3	Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law by Mary Roach 3.84 avg rating — 31,927 ratings score: 290, and 3 people voted	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
4	Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr (Goodreads Author) 4.24 avg rating — 284,490 ratings score: 258, and 3 people voted	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
5	Black Paper: Writing in a Dark Time by Teju Cole 4.20 avg rating — 459 ratings score: 249, and 3 people voted	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
6	Manifesto: On Never Giving Up by Bernardine Evaristo 3.96 avg rating — 6,127 ratings score: 248, and 3 people voted	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
7	The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles (Goodreads Author) 4.22 avg rating — 326,314 ratings score: 197, and 2 people voted	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
8	Taste: My Life Through Food by Stanley Tucci 4.18 avg rating — 100,834 ratings score: 193, and 2 people voted	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
9	The Sentence by Louise Erdrich 3.91 avg rating — 88,493 ratings score: 191, and 2 people voted	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
10	The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova (Goodreads Author) 3.91 avg rating — 34,373 ratings score: 182, and 2 people voted	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
11	I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness by Claire Vaye Watkins 3.13 avg rating — 8,907 ratings score: 180, and 2 people voted	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
12	Unbound: My Story of Liberation and the Birth of the Me Too Movement by Tarana Burke 4.57 avg rating — 14,634 ratings score: 178, and 2 people voted	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
13	Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty (Goodreads Author) 3.75 avg rating — 459,116 ratings score: 176, and 2 people voted	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
14	Personal Effects: What Recovering the Dead Teaches Me About Caring for the Living by Robert A. Jensen (Goodreads Author) 3.85 avg rating — 1,607 ratings score: 175, and 2 people voted	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
15	Silverview by John le Carré 3.64 avg rating — 23,919 ratings score: 164, and 2 people voted	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
16	Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney (Goodreads Author) 3.52 avg rating — 517,908 ratings score: 156, and 2 people voted	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
17	The Wrong End of the Telescope by Rabih Alameddine 4.02 avg rating — 3,049 ratings score: 155, and 2 people voted	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
18	Unfollow Me: Essays on Complicity by Jill Louise Busby (Goodreads Author) 4.01 avg rating — 490 ratings score: 153, and 2 people voted	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
19	Bourdain: The Definitive Oral Biography by Laurie Woolever 4.19 avg rating — 7,120 ratings score: 152, and 2 people voted	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
20	The Best American Science And Nature Writing 2021: An Anthology Bringing Lucidity to Science and Medical History by Ed Yong 3.94 avg rating — 425 ratings score: 151, and 2 people voted	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
21	Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead (Goodreads Author) 4.08 avg rating — 86,985 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	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
22	Shelf Life: Chronicles of a Cairo Bookseller by Nadia Wassef 3.54 avg rating — 2,618 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	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
22	Wayward by Dana Spiotta (Goodreads Author) 3.27 avg rating — 6,743 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	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
24	A Desolation Called Peace (Teixcalaan, #2) by Arkady Martine (Goodreads Author) 4.30 avg rating — 38,769 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	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
25	When Two Feathers Fell From The Sky: A Magical Realism Novel of Cherokee Identity and Haunting Spirits in 1920s Nashville by Margaret Verble 3.60 avg rating — 2,473 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	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
26	Winter Recipes from the Collective by Louise Glück 3.95 avg rating — 4,341 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	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
27	The Apollo Murders (Apollo Murders, #1) by Chris Hadfield 3.91 avg rating — 20,819 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	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
28	True Raiders: The Untold Story of the 1909 Expedition to Find the Legendary Ark of the Covenant by Brad Ricca (Goodreads Author) 3.19 avg rating — 981 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	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
29	On Animals by Susan Orlean (Goodreads Author) 3.82 avg rating — 6,131 ratings score: 89, and 1 person voted	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
30	Crossroads by Jonathan Franzen 4.06 avg rating — 70,499 ratings score: 88, and 1 person voted	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
31	Monster in the Middle by Tiphanie Yanique (Goodreads Author) 3.18 avg rating — 1,142 ratings score: 87, and 1 person voted	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
32	My Monticello by Jocelyn Nicole Johnson (Goodreads Author) 3.89 avg rating — 10,164 ratings score: 86, and 1 person voted	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
33	Sex Cult Nun: Breaking Away from the Children of God, a Wild, Radical Religious Cult by Faith Jones 3.87 avg rating — 10,997 ratings score: 85, and 1 person voted	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
34	A Lot Like Adiós (Primas of Power, #2) by Alexis Daria (Goodreads Author) 3.70 avg rating — 15,312 ratings score: 83, and 1 person voted	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
35	These Precious Days: Essays by Ann Patchett 4.42 avg rating — 50,824 ratings score: 82, and 1 person voted	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
36	You Got Anything Stronger? by Gabrielle Union 4.10 avg rating — 12,152 ratings score: 79, and 1 person voted	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
37	On Freedom: Four Songs of Care and Constraint by Maggie Nelson 3.99 avg rating — 3,075 ratings score: 78, and 1 person voted	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
38	Tell Me How to Be by Neel Patel (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 5,823 ratings score: 76, and 1 person voted	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
39	A Calling for Charlie Barnes by Joshua Ferris (Goodreads Author) 3.73 avg rating — 4,123 ratings score: 74, and 1 person voted	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
40	Taste Makers: Seven Immigrant Women Who Revolutionized Food in America by Mayukh Sen (Goodreads Author) 3.63 avg rating — 2,908 ratings score: 73, and 1 person voted	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
41	Matrix by Lauren Groff (Goodreads Author) 3.67 avg rating — 70,254 ratings score: 72, and 1 person voted	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
42	Saga Boy: My Life of Blackness and Becoming by Antonio Michael Downing (Goodreads Author) 4.08 avg rating — 513 ratings score: 71, and 1 person voted	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
43	Five Tuesdays in Winter by Lily King (Goodreads Author) 3.69 avg rating — 27,461 ratings score: 69, and 1 person voted	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
44	On Girlhood: 15 Stories from the Well-Read Black Girl Library by Glory Edim (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.24 avg rating — 638 ratings score: 68, and 1 person voted	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
45	Please Don't Sit on My Bed in Your Outside Clothes: Essays by Phoebe Robinson 3.85 avg rating — 6,780 ratings score: 67, and 1 person voted	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
46	Oh William! (Amgash, #3) by Elizabeth Strout (Goodreads Author) 3.86 avg rating — 98,764 ratings score: 66, and 1 person voted	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
47	Major Labels: A History of Popular Music in Seven Genres by Kelefa Sanneh 4.14 avg rating — 2,687 ratings score: 64, and 1 person voted	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
48	Orwell's Roses by Rebecca Solnit 4.15 avg rating — 5,055 ratings score: 63, and 1 person voted	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
49	The Prince of the Skies by Antonio Iturbe 4.04 avg rating — 1,619 ratings score: 62, and 1 person voted	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
50	Around the World in 80 Books by David Damrosch 3.62 avg rating — 720 ratings score: 61, and 1 person voted	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
51	The Eightfold Path: A Graphic Novel Anthology by Steven Barnes (Goodreads Author) 3.36 avg rating — 180 ratings score: 60, and 1 person voted	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
52	City on Fire (Danny Ryan, #1) by Don Winslow (Goodreads Author) 4.09 avg rating — 31,778 ratings score: 59, and 1 person voted	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
53	Bewilderment by Richard Powers 3.91 avg rating — 74,227 ratings score: 58, and 1 person voted	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