Piranesi

Susanna Clarke

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Similarity Score: 0.852

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A History of Wild Places

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Similarity Score: 0.85

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The Graveyard Book

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Similarity Score: 0.849

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Death in the Arctic

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Hokuloa Road

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Similarity Score: 0.841

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The London Séance Society

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Similarity Score: 0.84

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The Epic of Gilgamesh

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Similarity Score: 0.835

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The Book That Wouldn't Burn

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Similarity Score: 0.832

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A Wizard of Earthsea

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Similarity Score: 0.831

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The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August

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Similarity Score: 0.83

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Weyward

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Similarity Score: 0.825

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Find Me

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Similarity Score: 0.822

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A Haunting in Hialeah Gardens

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Similarity Score: 0.821

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A Day of Fallen Night

Samantha Shannon

Similarity Score: 0.815

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Midnight

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Similarity Score: 0.814

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The Girl of Ink and Stars

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Similarity Score: 0.813

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Kafka on the Shore

Haruki Murakami

Similarity Score: 0.813

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The Invention of Hugo Cabret

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Similarity Score: 0.812

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Dracula

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Similarity Score: 0.811

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Robinson Crusoe

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Similarity Score: 0.808

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The Call of the Wild

Jack London

Similarity Score: 0.808

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Beowulf

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Similarity Score: 0.807

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Things in Jars

Jess Kidd

Similarity Score: 0.807

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The Night Tiger

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Similarity Score: 0.806

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