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Can't Wait Sci-Fi/Fantasy of 2025
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History Published in Year: 2025
338 books — 45 voters

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Best Completed Manga Series
108 books — 73 voters

The Devils by Joe AbercrombieWind and Truth by Brandon SandersonThe Silverblood Promise by James   LoganOutlaw Empire by Nicholas Eames
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119 books — 182 voters
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History Published in Year: 2024
740 books — 64 voters

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