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Of Mice and Men
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3.90 avg rating — 2,852,725 ratings
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The Grapes of Wrath
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4.03 avg rating — 998,829 ratings
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East of Eden
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4.44 avg rating — 647,035 ratings
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The Joy Luck Club
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3.97 avg rating — 710,790 ratings
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Cannery Row (Cannery Row, #1)
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4.06 avg rating — 155,401 ratings
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The Maltese Falcon
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3.86 avg rating — 116,020 ratings
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Daughter of Fortune
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3.95 avg rating — 141,049 ratings
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The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
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3.94 avg rating — 169,253 ratings
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Ten Good Reasons (Sandy Cove, #2)
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4.24 avg rating — 347 ratings
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White Oleander
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 367,156 ratings
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| 11 |
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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
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4.09 avg rating — 515,889 ratings
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The Black Dahlia (L.A. Quartet, #1)
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3.78 avg rating — 97,155 ratings
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Tales of the City (Tales of the City #1)
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3.99 avg rating — 47,916 ratings
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The White Album
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4.02 avg rating — 50,618 ratings
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The Bonesetter's Daughter
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 133,196 ratings
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The Day of the Locust
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3.69 avg rating — 24,259 ratings
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Mildred Pierce
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3.93 avg rating — 10,804 ratings
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L.A. Confidential (L.A. Quartet, #3)
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4.18 avg rating — 38,197 ratings
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| 19 |
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Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore (Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore, #1)
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3.72 avg rating — 216,527 ratings
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| 20 |
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Island of the Blue Dolphins
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3.88 avg rating — 350,649 ratings
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Freaks I've Met
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3.56 avg rating — 1,053 ratings
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The Tortilla Curtain
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3.66 avg rating — 34,648 ratings
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| 23 |
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The Kitchen God's Wife
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4.04 avg rating — 88,212 ratings
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| 24 |
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Play It As It Lays
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3.90 avg rating — 92,169 ratings
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| 25 |
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Devil in a Blue Dress (Easy Rawlins, #1)
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3.87 avg rating — 30,346 ratings
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| 26 |
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China Blues
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4.14 avg rating — 1,631 ratings
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| 27 |
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House of Sand and Fog
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3.86 avg rating — 136,506 ratings
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| 28 |
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Ask the Dust (The Saga of Arturo Bandini, #3)
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4.10 avg rating — 39,661 ratings
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| 29 |
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The Language of Flowers
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4.09 avg rating — 233,405 ratings
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| 30 |
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Less Than Zero
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3.61 avg rating — 100,607 ratings
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Zorro
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3.80 avg rating — 24,659 ratings
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Tortilla Flat
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3.83 avg rating — 63,725 ratings
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| 32 |
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A is for Alibi (Kinsey Millhone, #1)
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3.86 avg rating — 192,361 ratings
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Daisy Jones & The Six
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4.20 avg rating — 1,866,435 ratings
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The Postman Always Rings Twice
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3.76 avg rating — 48,987 ratings
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Malibu Rising
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4.02 avg rating — 1,299,173 ratings
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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
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4.39 avg rating — 4,145,406 ratings
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| 38 |
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Raymond Chandler: Stories and Early Novels
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4.50 avg rating — 1,449 ratings
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| 39 |
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The Octopus: A Story of California
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3.82 avg rating — 2,069 ratings
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| 40 |
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Post Office
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3.93 avg rating — 140,049 ratings
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| 41 |
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The Girl with Ghost Eyes
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3.85 avg rating — 4,468 ratings
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| 42 |
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Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2)
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4.09 avg rating — 43,077 ratings
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| 43 |
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Double Indemnity
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4.06 avg rating — 28,606 ratings
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The Crying of Lot 49
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3.69 avg rating — 98,114 ratings
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| 45 |
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The Pastures of Heaven
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4.08 avg rating — 11,401 ratings
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| 46 |
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Miss Lonelyhearts / The Day of the Locust
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3.89 avg rating — 10,467 ratings
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| 47 |
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The Witching Hour (Lives of the Mayfair Witches, #1)
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4.10 avg rating — 124,599 ratings
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| 48 |
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Shanghai Girls (Shanghai Girls, #1)
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3.92 avg rating — 163,143 ratings
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The Man in the High Castle
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3.59 avg rating — 236,645 ratings
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There There
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3.97 avg rating — 227,016 ratings
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| 51 |
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Money Matters A Novel
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4.42 avg rating — 26 ratings
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| 52 |
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The Wayward Bus
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3.88 avg rating — 14,283 ratings
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| 53 |
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Lawless
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,299 ratings
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| 54 |
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1st to Die (Women's Murder Club, #1)
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4.10 avg rating — 359,761 ratings
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| 55 |
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The Brass Verdict (The Lincoln Lawyer, #2; Harry Bosch Universe, #19)
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4.24 avg rating — 97,864 ratings
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| 56 |
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Postcards from the Edge
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3.62 avg rating — 18,813 ratings
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| 57 |
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The Buddha in the Attic
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3.71 avg rating — 64,308 ratings
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| 58 |
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Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)
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4.19 avg rating — 267,946 ratings
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| 59 |
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Raymond Chandler: Later Novels and Other Writings
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4.49 avg rating — 1,177 ratings
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Sweet Thursday (Cannery Row, #2)
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4.12 avg rating — 19,637 ratings
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| 61 |
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Invasion of the Body Snatchers
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3.90 avg rating — 25,622 ratings
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The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6)
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4.19 avg rating — 46,999 ratings
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The Proud Breed
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4.35 avg rating — 1,105 ratings
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| 64 |
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The Lincoln Lawyer (The Lincoln Lawyer, #1; Harry Bosch Universe, #16)
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4.23 avg rating — 257,845 ratings
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| 65 |
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The Black Echo (Harry Bosch, #1; Harry Bosch Universe, #1)
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4.14 avg rating — 217,232 ratings
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| 66 |
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The Golden Gate
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4.02 avg rating — 4,861 ratings
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| 67 |
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Locked Rooms (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, #8)
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4.28 avg rating — 16,370 ratings
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| 68 |
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High Country (Anna Pigeon, #12)
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3.92 avg rating — 9,529 ratings
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The Red Pony
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3.50 avg rating — 60,628 ratings
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All the Little Live Things
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4.13 avg rating — 4,264 ratings
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| 71 |
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Jubilee Trail
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4.16 avg rating — 4,458 ratings
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| 72 |
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The Black Ice (Harry Bosch, #2; Harry Bosch Universe, #2)
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4.13 avg rating — 95,240 ratings
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| 73 |
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Angle of Repose
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4.24 avg rating — 62,227 ratings
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| 74 |
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Intrinsical (The Yara Silva Trilogy, #1)
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3.78 avg rating — 2,249 ratings
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| 75 |
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The Lady in the Lake (Philip Marlowe, #4)
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4.06 avg rating — 28,287 ratings
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| 76 |
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A Single Man
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4.05 avg rating — 37,823 ratings
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| 77 |
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China Dolls
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3.66 avg rating — 39,467 ratings
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| 78 |
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The Monkey's Raincoat (Elvis Cole, #1)
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4.02 avg rating — 31,774 ratings
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| 79 |
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Paula
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4.23 avg rating — 57,674 ratings
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| 80 |
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California
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3.24 avg rating — 20,454 ratings
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| 80 |
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Clover Blue
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4.12 avg rating — 1,970 ratings
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| 82 |
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The Hundred Secret Senses
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4.01 avg rating — 46,751 ratings
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| 83 |
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Laughing Gas
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3.88 avg rating — 3,029 ratings
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| 84 |
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The Girls
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3.51 avg rating — 244,287 ratings
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| 85 |
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Trunk Music (Harry Bosch, #5; Harry Bosch Universe, #6)
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4.22 avg rating — 77,670 ratings
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| 86 |
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I Am Legend
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4.05 avg rating — 154,064 ratings
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| 87 |
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A Jar of Dreams
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3.95 avg rating — 753 ratings
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| 88 |
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In Dubious Battle
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3.93 avg rating — 16,392 ratings
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| 89 |
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Daughter of Moloka'i (Moloka'i, #2)
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4.14 avg rating — 20,046 ratings
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| 90 |
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City of Bones (Harry Bosch, #8; Harry Bosch Universe, #11)
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4.14 avg rating — 64,085 ratings
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| 91 |
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Lost Light (Harry Bosch, #9; Harry Bosch Universe, #13)
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4.22 avg rating — 69,261 ratings
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| 92 |
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Get Shorty (Chili Palmer, #1)
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3.96 avg rating — 25,378 ratings
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| 92 |
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The Red Bikini (Sandy Cove, #1)
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 329 ratings
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| 94 |
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The Velvet Room
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4.29 avg rating — 2,621 ratings
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| 95 |
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The Big Nowhere (L.A. Quartet, #2)
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4.09 avg rating — 18,667 ratings
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| 96 |
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The Forgotten Man (Elvis Cole, #10)
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4.17 avg rating — 16,348 ratings
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| 97 |
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The Concrete Blonde (Harry Bosch, #3; Harry Bosch Universe, #3)
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4.24 avg rating — 80,147 ratings
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| 98 |
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Portrait in Sepia
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4.03 avg rating — 44,394 ratings
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| 99 |
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Blood Work (Harry Bosch Universe, #7)
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4.16 avg rating — 62,144 ratings
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California Gold
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4.10 avg rating — 3,357 ratings
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I'd be curious how this listopia list compares with https://www.goodreads.com/places/285-...
Their list has over 900 books but of course they're not all necessarily vote-worthy for this list.
If there are any egregious omissions from the Goodreads generated list, make a note of it here and someone can add the data.