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The Museum of Hoaxes The Museum of Hoaxes (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.43 — 320 ratings — published 2002
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The Fairy Ring The Fairy Ring (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as hoaxes)
avg rating 3.52 — 1,061 ratings — published 2012
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The Giant and How He Humbugged America The Giant and How He Humbugged America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as hoaxes)
avg rating 3.53 — 328 ratings — published 2012
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Assuming Names: A Con Artist's Masquerade Assuming Names: A Con Artist's Masquerade (ebook)
by (shelved 3 times as hoaxes)
avg rating 3.66 — 26,560 ratings — published 2014
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Fashionable Nonsense: Postmodern Intellectuals' Abuse of Science Fashionable Nonsense: Postmodern Intellectuals' Abuse of Science (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as hoaxes)
avg rating 3.89 — 2,225 ratings — published 1997
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The Key Man: The True Story of How the Global Elite Was Duped by a Capitalist Fairy Tale The Key Man: The True Story of How the Global Elite Was Duped by a Capitalist Fairy Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as hoaxes)
avg rating 4.19 — 2,882 ratings — published 2021
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Billion Dollar Whale: The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World Billion Dollar Whale: The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.07 — 37,958 ratings — published 2018
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Spooked!: How a Radio Broadcast and The War of the Worlds Sparked the 1938 Invasion of America Spooked!: How a Radio Broadcast and The War of the Worlds Sparked the 1938 Invasion of America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as hoaxes)
avg rating 4.01 — 680 ratings — published 2018
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Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as hoaxes)
avg rating 3.82 — 5,046 ratings — published 1841
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Too Good to Be True: The Colossal Book of Urban Legends Too Good to Be True: The Colossal Book of Urban Legends (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as hoaxes)
avg rating 3.76 — 715 ratings — published 1999
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The Woman Who Wasn't There: The True Story of an Incredible Deception The Woman Who Wasn't There: The True Story of an Incredible Deception (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as hoaxes)
avg rating 3.79 — 3,157 ratings — published 2012
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Sybil Exposed: The Extraordinary Story Behind the Famous Multiple Personality Case Sybil Exposed: The Extraordinary Story Behind the Famous Multiple Personality Case (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as hoaxes)
avg rating 3.65 — 5,211 ratings — published 2011
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Bad Astronomy Bad Astronomy (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as hoaxes)
avg rating 4.04 — 5,773 ratings — published 2002
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The Ern Malley Affair The Ern Malley Affair (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.77 — 64 ratings — published 2003
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The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as hoaxes)
avg rating 4.29 — 79,950 ratings — published 1995
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The Great Pretenders: The True Stories Behind Famous Historical Mysteries The Great Pretenders: The True Stories Behind Famous Historical Mysteries (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as hoaxes)
avg rating 3.60 — 169 ratings — published 2004
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Go Ask Alice Go Ask Alice (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as hoaxes)
avg rating 3.74 — 291,321 ratings — published 1971
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Conspiracy Theory: The Story of an Idea (An Origin Story Book) Conspiracy Theory: The Story of an Idea (An Origin Story Book)
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avg rating 4.03 — 172 ratings — published
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Broken Faith: Inside the Word of Faith Fellowship, One of America's Most Dangerous Cults Broken Faith: Inside the Word of Faith Fellowship, One of America's Most Dangerous Cults (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as hoaxes)
avg rating 4.14 — 3,911 ratings — published 2020
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Alone Alone (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as hoaxes)
avg rating 4.13 — 20,547 ratings — published 2021
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The Miranda Obsession The Miranda Obsession (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as hoaxes)
avg rating 3.30 — 43 ratings — published 2011
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Bunk: The Rise of Hoaxes, Humbug, Plagiarists, Phonies, Post-Facts, and Fake News Bunk: The Rise of Hoaxes, Humbug, Plagiarists, Phonies, Post-Facts, and Fake News (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as hoaxes)
avg rating 3.18 — 1,081 ratings — published 2017
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Can You Ever Forgive Me?: Memoirs of a Literary Forger Can You Ever Forgive Me?: Memoirs of a Literary Forger (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as hoaxes)
avg rating 3.24 — 4,365 ratings — published 2008
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Sybil: The Classic True Story of a Woman Possessed by Sixteen Personalities Sybil: The Classic True Story of a Woman Possessed by Sixteen Personalities (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as hoaxes)
avg rating 3.99 — 90,734 ratings — published 1973
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Sexual Behavior in the Human Male Sexual Behavior in the Human Male (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as hoaxes)
avg rating 3.63 — 289 ratings — published 1948
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Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as hoaxes)
avg rating 4.04 — 35,628 ratings — published 2019
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Weird Scenes Inside the Canyon: Laurel Canyon, Covert Ops & the Dark Heart of the Hippie Dream Weird Scenes Inside the Canyon: Laurel Canyon, Covert Ops & the Dark Heart of the Hippie Dream (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as hoaxes)
avg rating 3.61 — 1,904 ratings — published 2014
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Satanic Feminism: Lucifer as the Liberator of Woman in Nineteenth-Century Culture Satanic Feminism: Lucifer as the Liberator of Woman in Nineteenth-Century Culture (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as hoaxes)
avg rating 4.24 — 174 ratings — published 2014
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Hoaxes Hoaxes (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as hoaxes)
avg rating 3.93 — 15 ratings — published 1940
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Before the Deluge Before the Deluge (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.54 — 13 ratings — published 1965
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Literary Hoaxes: An Eye-Opening History of Famous Frauds Literary Hoaxes: An Eye-Opening History of Famous Frauds (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as hoaxes)
avg rating 3.37 — 204 ratings — published 2010
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You Have A Very Soft Voice, Susan: A Shocking True Story of Internet Stalking You Have A Very Soft Voice, Susan: A Shocking True Story of Internet Stalking (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as hoaxes)
avg rating 3.56 — 450 ratings — published 2019
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Linguistic Fingerprints: How Language Creates and Reveals Identity Linguistic Fingerprints: How Language Creates and Reveals Identity (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.50 — 20 ratings — published
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Famous Impostors Famous Impostors (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.41 — 100 ratings — published 1910
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The Amok Sourcebook: The Extremes of Information in Print The Amok Sourcebook: The Extremes of Information in Print (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as hoaxes)
avg rating 5.00 — 3 ratings — published
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Plastic Fantastic: How the Biggest Fraud in Physics Shook the Scientific World Plastic Fantastic: How the Biggest Fraud in Physics Shook the Scientific World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as hoaxes)
avg rating 3.77 — 395 ratings — published 2009
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Beardmore: The Viking Hoax that Rewrote History (Volume 246) (Carleton Library Series) Beardmore: The Viking Hoax that Rewrote History (Volume 246) (Carleton Library Series)
by (shelved 1 time as hoaxes)
avg rating 4.00 — 15 ratings — published 2018
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With intent to deceive: Frauds famous and infamous, With intent to deceive: Frauds famous and infamous, (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as hoaxes)
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published
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Unmask Alice: LSD, Satanic Panic, and the Imposter Behind the World's Most Notorious Diaries Unmask Alice: LSD, Satanic Panic, and the Imposter Behind the World's Most Notorious Diaries (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as hoaxes)
avg rating 3.94 — 8,485 ratings — published 2022
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Transgressing the Boundaries: Towards a Transformative Hermeneutics of Quantum Gravity Transgressing the Boundaries: Towards a Transformative Hermeneutics of Quantum Gravity (Unknown Binding)
by (shelved 1 time as hoaxes)
avg rating 4.30 — 23 ratings — published 1996
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Beyond the Hoax: Science, Philosophy and Culture Beyond the Hoax: Science, Philosophy and Culture (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as hoaxes)
avg rating 3.96 — 232 ratings — published 2008
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The Sokal Hoax: The Sham That Shook the Academy The Sokal Hoax: The Sham That Shook the Academy (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as hoaxes)
avg rating 4.10 — 68 ratings — published 2000
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The Spectacle of Illusion: Magic, the paranormal & the complicity of the mind The Spectacle of Illusion: Magic, the paranormal & the complicity of the mind (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as hoaxes)
avg rating 4.21 — 66 ratings — published 2019
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Girl Boy Girl: How I Became JT Leroy Girl Boy Girl: How I Became JT Leroy (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as hoaxes)
avg rating 3.16 — 453 ratings — published 2008
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Benito Mussolini
“Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power" <-- This is a fake quote, it appears in none of the writings or recorded speeches of Mussolini.
― Benito Mussolini”
Benito Mussolini

Nicholas Meyer
“There will always be a war between light and darkness, between science and superstition, between education and ignorance. Ignorance is easier. It requires no study. Faith is the enemy of thought.”
Nicholas Meyer, The Adventure of the Peculiar Protocols: Adapted from the Journals of John H. Watson, M.D.

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