Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John Le Carré

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Similarity Score: 0.903

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A Time to Kill

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Similarity Score: 0.903

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The Name of the Rose

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Similarity Score: 0.903

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The Alienist

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HHhH

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Similarity Score: 0.885

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The Turn of the Screw

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Harlem Shuffle

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Similarity Score: 0.884

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A Good Marriage

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Similarity Score: 0.881

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Hamlet

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Similarity Score: 0.876

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Similarity Score: 0.87

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No Country for Old Men

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Similarity Score: 0.87

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Julius Caesar

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Similarity Score: 0.866

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The Women of Troy

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Similarity Score: 0.866

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The Count of Monte Cristo

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Similarity Score: 0.861

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The Orphan Master's Son

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Similarity Score: 0.861

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The Goldfinch

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Case Study

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Similarity Score: 0.86

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Emma in the Night

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Similarity Score: 0.86

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Good as Gone

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Similarity Score: 0.86

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