The Wonder

Emma Donoghue

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Similarity Score: 0.952

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The Whalebone Theatre

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Similarity Score: 0.948

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East of Eden

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Similarity Score: 0.942

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Demon Copperhead

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Similarity Score: 0.942

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Similarity Score: 0.94

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The Book Thief

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Similarity Score: 0.938

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To Kill a Mockingbird

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Similarity Score: 0.938

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The Dictionary of Lost Words

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Similarity Score: 0.938

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Year of Wonders

Geraldine Brooks

Similarity Score: 0.933

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The Winners

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Similarity Score: 0.93

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Small Country

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Similarity Score: 0.93

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All the Light We Cannot See

Anthony Doerr

Similarity Score: 0.928

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Of Women and Salt

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Similarity Score: 0.928

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A Prayer for Owen Meany

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Similarity Score: 0.926

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The Water Dancer

Ta-Nehisi Coates

Similarity Score: 0.921

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Unsheltered

Barbara Kingsolver

Similarity Score: 0.92

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Salvage the Bones

Jesmyn Ward

Similarity Score: 0.919

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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

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Similarity Score: 0.919

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The Stranger in the Lifeboat

Mitch Albom

Similarity Score: 0.916

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People of the Book

Geraldine Brooks

Similarity Score: 0.915

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Between Shades of Gray

Ruta Sepetys

Similarity Score: 0.915

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Astray

Emma Donoghue

Similarity Score: 0.915

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The Healing Season of Pottery

Yeon Somin

Similarity Score: 0.915

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The Giver of Stars

Jojo Moyes

Similarity Score: 0.915

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The House is on Fire

Rachel Beanland

Similarity Score: 0.913

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