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Graceling (Graceling Realm, #1)
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4.06 avg rating — 482,194 ratings
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Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1)
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4.19 avg rating — 2,532,295 ratings
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Poison Study (Study, #1)
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4.08 avg rating — 177,410 ratings
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Mistborn: The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)
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4.49 avg rating — 1,021,067 ratings
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Fire (Graceling Realm, #2)
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4.09 avg rating — 194,868 ratings
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Heir of Fire (Throne of Glass, #3)
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4.45 avg rating — 1,648,103 ratings
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Crown of Midnight (Throne of Glass, #2)
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4.36 avg rating — 1,859,068 ratings
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Alanna: The First Adventure (Song of the Lioness, #1)
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4.27 avg rating — 137,578 ratings
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Sabriel (Abhorsen, #1)
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4.16 avg rating — 219,795 ratings
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Daughter of the Forest (Sevenwaters, #1)
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4.29 avg rating — 72,020 ratings
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The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, #1)
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4.03 avg rating — 1,629,984 ratings
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Kushiel's Dart (Phèdre's Trilogy, #1)
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4.02 avg rating — 85,247 ratings
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Green Rider (Green Rider, #1)
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4.09 avg rating — 41,258 ratings
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Wild Magic (Immortals, #1)
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4.31 avg rating — 83,165 ratings
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Shadow and Bone (Shadow and Bone, #1)
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3.91 avg rating — 1,126,313 ratings
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The Hero and the Crown (Damar, #2)
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4.21 avg rating — 55,281 ratings
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Touch of Power (Healer, #1)
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4.12 avg rating — 47,453 ratings
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Seraphina (Seraphina, #1)
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3.94 avg rating — 89,668 ratings
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Written in Red (The Others, #1)
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4.25 avg rating — 65,219 ratings
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Magic Study (Study, #2)
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4.03 avg rating — 84,535 ratings
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Lirael (Abhorsen, #2)
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4.29 avg rating — 124,600 ratings
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The Well of Ascension (Mistborn, #2)
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4.38 avg rating — 686,446 ratings
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Eon: Dragoneye Reborn (Eon, #1)
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3.96 avg rating — 62,974 ratings
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The Hero of Ages (Mistborn, #3)
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4.56 avg rating — 618,806 ratings
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The Mists of Avalon (Avalon, #1)
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4.13 avg rating — 213,907 ratings
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Fire Study (Study, #3)
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3.91 avg rating — 66,136 ratings
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Shadowfell (Shadowfell, #1)
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3.94 avg rating — 14,854 ratings
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The Magicians' Guild (The Black Magician Trilogy, #1)
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3.95 avg rating — 91,307 ratings
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The Assassin's Blade (Throne of Glass, #0.1-0.5)
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4.20 avg rating — 1,253,229 ratings
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Crown Duel (Crown & Court, #1-2)
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4.19 avg rating — 25,550 ratings
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The Girl of Fire and Thorns (Fire and Thorns, #1)
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3.78 avg rating — 83,811 ratings
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Howl's Moving Castle (Howl's Moving Castle, #1)
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4.28 avg rating — 458,107 ratings
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Arrows of the Queen (Heralds of Valdemar, #1)
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4.13 avg rating — 40,065 ratings
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The Naming (The Books of Pellinor, #1)
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4.04 avg rating — 27,719 ratings
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Lord of the Fading Lands (Tairen Soul, #1)
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3.95 avg rating — 27,873 ratings
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The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (Inheritance Trilogy, #1)
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3.89 avg rating — 82,690 ratings
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The Blue Sword (Damar, #1)
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4.20 avg rating — 63,174 ratings
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The Black Jewels Trilogy: Daughter of the Blood, Heir to the Shadows, Queen of the Darkness (The Black Jewels, #1-3)
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4.39 avg rating — 14,347 ratings
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The Woman Who Rides Like a Man (Song of the Lioness, #3)
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4.18 avg rating — 84,089 ratings
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First Rider's Call (Green Rider, #2)
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4.22 avg rating — 25,268 ratings
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A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #2)
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4.63 avg rating — 3,319,506 ratings
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Cast in Shadow (Chronicles of Elantra, #1)
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3.82 avg rating — 18,241 ratings
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Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast
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4.05 avg rating — 83,270 ratings
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In the Hand of the Goddess (Song of the Lioness, #2)
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4.24 avg rating — 102,998 ratings
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The High King's Tomb (Green Rider, #3)
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4.26 avg rating — 18,348 ratings
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Troubled Waters (Elemental Blessings, #1)
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4.02 avg rating — 10,107 ratings
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Scent of Magic (Healer, #2)
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4.11 avg rating — 24,631 ratings
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Abhorsen (Abhorsen, #3)
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4.25 avg rating — 128,915 ratings
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Warprize (Chronicles of the Warlands, #1)
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3.96 avg rating — 20,422 ratings
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Warbreaker
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4.29 avg rating — 290,906 ratings
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Uprooted
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4.02 avg rating — 268,322 ratings
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Storm Glass (Glass, #1)
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3.96 avg rating — 26,868 ratings
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Blackveil (Green Rider, #4)
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4.21 avg rating — 13,695 ratings
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The Girl with Ghost Eyes
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3.85 avg rating — 4,485 ratings
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Kushiel's Chosen (Phèdre's Trilogy, #2)
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4.30 avg rating — 42,113 ratings
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By the Sword (Valdemar, #9)
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4.28 avg rating — 21,632 ratings
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Emperor Mage (The Immortals, #3)
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4.29 avg rating — 65,948 ratings
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The Assassin's Curse (The Assassin's Curse, #1)
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3.67 avg rating — 18,571 ratings
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The Winter King (Weathermages of Mystral, #1)
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3.98 avg rating — 31,559 ratings
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Wolf-Speaker (The Immortals, #2)
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4.21 avg rating — 61,058 ratings
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The Realms of the Gods (Immortals, #4)
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4.31 avg rating — 57,899 ratings
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Kushiel's Avatar (Phèdre's Trilogy, #3)
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4.38 avg rating — 38,083 ratings
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Son of the Shadows (Sevenwaters, #2)
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4.33 avg rating — 34,512 ratings
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The Deed of Paksenarrion (The Deed of Paksenarrion, #1-3)
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4.33 avg rating — 14,195 ratings
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Bitterblue (Graceling Realm, #3)
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 124,801 ratings
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Tehanu (The Earthsea Cycle, #4)
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4.07 avg rating — 60,731 ratings
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Monstrous Regiment (Discworld, #31)
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4.27 avg rating — 85,712 ratings
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The Wee Free Men (Discworld, #30; Tiffany Aching, #1)
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4.30 avg rating — 121,791 ratings
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Sea Glass (Glass, #2)
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4.01 avg rating — 20,607 ratings
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Vision in Silver (The Others, #3)
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4.25 avg rating — 37,997 ratings
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King of Sword and Sky (Tairen Soul, #3)
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4.26 avg rating — 13,548 ratings
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Mystic and Rider (Twelve Houses, #1)
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4.11 avg rating — 10,956 ratings
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Dreams Made Flesh (The Black Jewels, #5)
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4.35 avg rating — 18,022 ratings
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Summers at Castle Auburn
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4.05 avg rating — 12,523 ratings
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Dragonfly (Dragonfly Trilogy, #1)
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4.01 avg rating — 8,593 ratings
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First Test (Protector of the Small, #1)
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4.25 avg rating — 63,648 ratings
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Queen of Song and Souls (Tairen Soul, #4)
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4.27 avg rating — 11,579 ratings
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The Forgotten Beasts of Eld
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4.07 avg rating — 21,766 ratings
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Lady of Light and Shadows (Tairen Soul, #2)
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4.26 avg rating — 17,128 ratings
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The Caller (Shadowfell #3)
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4.18 avg rating — 6,088 ratings
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Murder of Crows (The Others, #2)
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4.27 avg rating — 47,221 ratings
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A Court of Wings and Ruin (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #3)
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4.46 avg rating — 2,806,391 ratings
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A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1)
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4.15 avg rating — 4,373,633 ratings
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Crown of Crystal Flame (Tairen Soul, #5)
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4.37 avg rating — 11,181 ratings
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Raven Flight (Shadowfell, #2)
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4.06 avg rating — 7,779 ratings
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Wildwood Dancing (Wildwood, #1)
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4.10 avg rating — 32,710 ratings
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Trials of the Innermost (The Etherea Cycle, #1)
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4.14 avg rating — 29 ratings
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Dealing with Dragons (Enchanted Forest Chronicles, #1)
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4.16 avg rating — 94,781 ratings
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A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
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4.45 avg rating — 2,769,216 ratings
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The Broken Kingdoms (Inheritance, #2)
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4.14 avg rating — 39,696 ratings
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Daughter of Smoke & Bone (Daughter of Smoke & Bone, #1)
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3.99 avg rating — 386,447 ratings
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The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials, #2)
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4.15 avg rating — 463,818 ratings
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Naamah's Kiss (Naamah Trilogy, #1)
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4.14 avg rating — 14,988 ratings
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The High Lord (The Black Magician Trilogy, #3)
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4.14 avg rating — 64,278 ratings
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Child of the Prophecy (Sevenwaters, #3)
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4.13 avg rating — 24,991 ratings
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Tangled Webs (The Black Jewels, #6)
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4.08 avg rating — 13,495 ratings
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The Shadow Queen (The Black Jewels, #7)
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4.34 avg rating — 13,379 ratings
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Dreamer's Pool (Blackthorn & Grim, #1)
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3.99 avg rating — 16,653 ratings
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Cast in Courtlight (Chronicles of Elantra, #2)
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4.13 avg rating — 11,002 ratings
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Mirror Sight (Green Rider, #5)
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3.91 avg rating — 9,915 ratings
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One note of disappointment, however -- the number of books on this list that are YA. I'd like to see more adult-targeted high and historical fantasies with women as lead characters.