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The Historian The Historian (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.80 — 276,900 ratings — published 2005
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A Simple Plan A Simple Plan (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.92 — 35,066 ratings — published 1993
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Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10) Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10)
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avg rating 4.20 — 734,649 ratings — published 1934
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Bridget Jones’s Diary (Bridget Jones, #1) Bridget Jones’s Diary (Bridget Jones, #1)
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avg rating 3.81 — 1,024,324 ratings — published 1996
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The Crimson Petal and the White The Crimson Petal and the White (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.89 — 45,144 ratings — published 2002
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Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1) Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1)
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avg rating 3.95 — 3,402,326 ratings — published 2000
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The Ruins The Ruins (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.69 — 67,107 ratings — published 2006
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City of Golden Shadow (Otherland, #1) City of Golden Shadow (Otherland, #1)
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avg rating 3.93 — 28,812 ratings — published 1996
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Marathon Man Marathon Man (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.11 — 21,722 ratings — published 1974
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The Golden Gate The Golden Gate (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.69 — 4,005 ratings — published 1976
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The Big Picture The Big Picture (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 3.93 — 4,720 ratings — published 1997
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The Chain The Chain (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.78 — 160,298 ratings — published 2019
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A Week to be Wicked (Spindle Cove, #2) A Week to be Wicked (Spindle Cove, #2)
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avg rating 4.08 — 39,600 ratings — published 2012
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Billy Summers Billy Summers (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.18 — 193,027 ratings — published 2021
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The Book of Life (All Souls, #3) The Book of Life (All Souls, #3)
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avg rating 4.21 — 219,626 ratings — published 2014
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The Fisherman The Fisherman (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.84 — 45,467 ratings — published 2016
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The Foundling The Foundling (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 3.99 — 7,743 ratings — published 1948
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The Foreign Correspondent (Night Soldiers, #9) The Foreign Correspondent (Night Soldiers, #9)
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avg rating 3.88 — 5,177 ratings — published 2006
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’Salem’s Lot ’Salem’s Lot (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.10 — 662,194 ratings — published 1975
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The Nightingale The Nightingale (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.65 — 2,126,981 ratings — published 2015
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The Man with the Getaway Face (Parker, #2) The Man with the Getaway Face (Parker, #2)
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avg rating 3.99 — 6,568 ratings — published 1963
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What the Dead Know What the Dead Know (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.57 — 24,954 ratings — published 2007
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The Hot Kid (Carl Webster, #1) The Hot Kid (Carl Webster, #1)
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avg rating 3.80 — 5,640 ratings — published 2005
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The Black Gang (Bulldog Drummond, #2) The Black Gang (Bulldog Drummond, #2)
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avg rating 3.80 — 189 ratings — published 1922
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The Boy on the Bridge (The Girl With All the Gifts, #2) The Boy on the Bridge (The Girl With All the Gifts, #2)
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avg rating 3.96 — 30,242 ratings — published 2017
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The Midnight Line (Jack Reacher, #22) The Midnight Line (Jack Reacher, #22)
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avg rating 4.10 — 89,908 ratings — published 2017
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The Quick Red Fox (Travis McGee #4) The Quick Red Fox (Travis McGee #4)
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avg rating 3.95 — 6,626 ratings — published 1964
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The Alienist (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, #1) The Alienist (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, #1)
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avg rating 4.06 — 181,628 ratings — published 1994
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The Jugger (Parker, #6) The Jugger (Parker, #6)
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avg rating 4.00 — 2,940 ratings — published 1965
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The Sun Is God The Sun Is God (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.34 — 845 ratings — published 2014
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The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot, #4) The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot, #4)
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avg rating 4.26 — 348,240 ratings — published 1926
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Death and the Dancing Footman (Roderick Alleyn, #11) Death and the Dancing Footman (Roderick Alleyn, #11)
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avg rating 3.97 — 4,388 ratings — published 1941
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The Prone Gunman The Prone Gunman (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.61 — 2,021 ratings — published 1981
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The Girl with All the Gifts (The Girl With All the Gifts, #1) The Girl with All the Gifts (The Girl With All the Gifts, #1)
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avg rating 3.95 — 245,365 ratings — published 2014
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Gone Too Long Gone Too Long (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.70 — 1,509 ratings — published 2019
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The Empty Copper Sea (Travis McGee #17) The Empty Copper Sea (Travis McGee #17)
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avg rating 4.19 — 4,902 ratings — published 1978
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Demon Seed Demon Seed (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.49 — 17,807 ratings — published 1973
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The Tin Roof Blowdown (Dave Robicheaux, #16) The Tin Roof Blowdown (Dave Robicheaux, #16)
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avg rating 4.19 — 15,284 ratings — published 2007
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The Steam Pig (Kramer and Zondi Mystery #1) The Steam Pig (Kramer and Zondi Mystery #1)
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avg rating 3.51 — 437 ratings — published 1971
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Ten Plus One (87th Precinct, #17) Ten Plus One (87th Precinct, #17)
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avg rating 3.99 — 1,716 ratings — published 1963
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The Four Just Men The Four Just Men (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.55 — 1,511 ratings — published 1905
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Maigret and the Man on the Bench (Maigret #41) Maigret and the Man on the Bench (Maigret #41)
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avg rating 3.79 — 2,029 ratings — published 1953
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All Creatures Great and Small (All Creatures Great and Small, #1-2) All Creatures Great and Small (All Creatures Great and Small, #1-2)
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avg rating 4.36 — 158,729 ratings — published 1972
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She (She, #1) She (She, #1)
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avg rating 3.56 — 14,182 ratings — published 1887
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The Poison Belt (Professor Challenger, #2) The Poison Belt (Professor Challenger, #2)
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avg rating 3.49 — 3,691 ratings — published 1913
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I Hear the Sirens in the Street (Detective Sean Duffy, #2) I Hear the Sirens in the Street (Detective Sean Duffy, #2)
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avg rating 4.07 — 10,033 ratings — published 2013
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Carrie Carrie (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 3.99 — 849,086 ratings — published 1974
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The Electric Church (Avery Cates, #1) The Electric Church (Avery Cates, #1)
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avg rating 3.75 — 3,248 ratings — published 2007
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The Naming of the Dead (Inspector Rebus, #16) The Naming of the Dead (Inspector Rebus, #16)
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avg rating 4.03 — 12,982 ratings — published 2006
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11/22/63 11/22/63 (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.35 — 656,563 ratings — published 2011
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Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“Obstacles and adversities often reveal whether or not we are doing something only or mainly for money.”
Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Lillian Hellman
“Hammett used to be irritated by that and would answer that nobody ever deliberately wrote a potboiler, you just did the best you could and woke up to find it good or no good.”
Lillian Hellman, An Unfinished Woman: A Memoir

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