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Cover of A Fine Balance

A Fine Balance

Rohinton Mistry

4.3

1996

Cover of The Moon Is Down

The Moon Is Down

John Steinbeck

3.9

1942

Cover of Can't Wait to Get to Heaven

Can't Wait to Get to Heaven

Fannie Flagg

3.9

2006

Cover of A Redbird Christmas

A Redbird Christmas

Fannie Flagg

3.9

2004

Cover of The Midnight Library

The Midnight Library

Matt Haig

4.0

2020

Cover of The Giving Tree

The Giving Tree

Shel Silverstein

4.4

1964

Cover of Middlesex

Middlesex

Jeffrey Eugenides

4.0

2002

Cover of 'Salem's Lot

'Salem's Lot

Stephen King

4.0

1975

Cover of A Short History of Nearly Everything

A Short History of Nearly Everything

Bill Bryson

4.2

2003

Cover of Under the Dome

Under the Dome

Stephen King

3.9

2009

Cover of Needful Things

Needful Things

Stephen King

3.9

1991

Cover of Candide

Candide

Voltaire

3.8

1759

Cover of Freedom

Freedom

Jonathan Franzen

3.7

2010

Cover of The Best of Me

The Best of Me

Nicholas Sparks

3.9

2010

Cover of The Vile Village (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #7)

The Vile Village (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #7)

Lemony Snicket, Brett Helquist

3.9

2001

Cover of Olive Kitteridge

Olive Kitteridge

Elizabeth Strout

3.8

2008

Cover of The Snowy Day

The Snowy Day

Ezra Jack Keats

4.1

1962

Cover of Stones from the River

Stones from the River

Ursula Hegi

4.1

1994

Cover of Joyland

Joyland

Stephen King

3.9

2013

Cover of 'Salem's Lot

'Salem's Lot

Stephen King, Jerry N. Uelsmann

4.3

2005

Cover of The Bonfire of the Vanities

The Bonfire of the Vanities

Tom Wolfe

3.8

1987

Cover of Ghost World

Ghost World

Daniel Clowes

3.9

1998

Cover of The Luminaries

The Luminaries

Eleanor Catton

3.7

2013

Cover of The First Phone Call from Heaven

The First Phone Call from Heaven

Mitch Albom

3.7

2013

Cover of The Good Neighbor

The Good Neighbor

A.J. Banner

3.3

2015

Cover of Sula

Sula

Toni Morrison

3.9

1973

Cover of Still Life with Bread Crumbs

Still Life with Bread Crumbs

Anna Quindlen

3.6

2014

Cover of Our Town

Our Town

Thornton Wilder, Donald Margulies, Tappan Wilder

3.6

1938

Cover of The New York Trilogy

The New York Trilogy

Paul Auster, Art Spiegelman

3.9

1987

Cover of Ordinary Grace

Ordinary Grace

William Kent Krueger

4.1

2013

Cover of The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution

The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution

Richard Dawkins

4.2

2009

Cover of The Little House

The Little House

Virginia Lee Burton

4.3

1942

Cover of Last Chance Saloon

Last Chance Saloon

Marian Keyes

3.8

1999

Cover of Gift from the Sea

Gift from the Sea

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

4.2

1955

Cover of The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays

The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays

Albert Camus, Justin O'Brien

4.2

1942

Cover of Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter

Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter

Tom Franklin

3.8

2009

Cover of A Girl Named Zippy

A Girl Named Zippy

Haven Kimmel

3.8

2001

Cover of A Week in Winter

A Week in Winter

Maeve Binchy

3.8

2012

Cover of Vinegar Hill

Vinegar Hill

A. Manette Ansay

3.4

1994

Cover of Four Blondes

Four Blondes

Candace Bushnell

2.8

2000

Cover of Sweetbitter

Sweetbitter

Stephanie Danler

3.3

2016

Cover of The Things We Wish Were True

The Things We Wish Were True

Marybeth Mayhew Whalen

3.8

2016

Cover of The Mysteries of Pittsburgh

The Mysteries of Pittsburgh

Michael Chabon

3.6

1988

Cover of Dear Life: Stories

Dear Life: Stories

Alice Munro

3.8

2012

Cover of Bridge of Sighs

Bridge of Sighs

Richard Russo

3.8

2007

Cover of Ain't She Sweet

Ain't She Sweet

Susan Elizabeth Phillips

4.0

2004

Cover of All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten

All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten

Robert Fulghum

4.0

1986

Cover of Rumour Has It

Rumour Has It

Jill Mansell

3.8

2009

Cover of The Feast of All Saints

The Feast of All Saints

Anne Rice

3.8

1979

Cover of 204 Rosewood Lane (Cedar Cove, #2)

204 Rosewood Lane (Cedar Cove, #2)

Debbie Macomber

4.2

2002

Cover of The Scent of Rain and Lightning

The Scent of Rain and Lightning

Nancy Pickard

3.8

2010

Cover of The Persian Pickle Club

The Persian Pickle Club

Sandra Dallas

3.8

1995

Cover of The Book of Joe

The Book of Joe

Jonathan Tropper

4.0

2003

Cover of Humans of New York

Humans of New York

Brandon Stanton

4.5

2013

Cover of Humans of New York: Stories

Humans of New York: Stories

Brandon Stanton

4.5

2015

Cover of Out to Canaan (Mitford Years, #4)

Out to Canaan (Mitford Years, #4)

Jan Karon

4.3

1997

Cover of Lorna Doone

Lorna Doone

R.D. Blackmore, Michelle Allen

3.7

1869

Cover of An Incomplete Revenge (Maisie Dobbs, #5)

An Incomplete Revenge (Maisie Dobbs, #5)

Jacqueline Winspear

4.1

2008

Cover of What's Eating Gilbert Grape

What's Eating Gilbert Grape

Peter Hedges

4.1

1991

Cover of I Still Dream About You

I Still Dream About You

Fannie Flagg

3.5

2010

Cover of Imperial Bedrooms

Imperial Bedrooms

Bret Easton Ellis

3.1

2010

Cover of Bright Shiny Morning

Bright Shiny Morning

James Frey

3.8

2008

Cover of Whitethorn Woods

Whitethorn Woods

Maeve Binchy

3.6

2006

Cover of And Ladies of the Club

And Ladies of the Club

Helen Hooven Santmyer

4.1

1982

Cover of The Truth According to Us

The Truth According to Us

Annie Barrows

3.8

2015

Cover of Maktub

Maktub

Paulo Coelho

3.4

1994

Cover of Anxious People

Anxious People

Fredrik Backman

4.3

2020

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