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Kids
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Location, Location
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Mysteries
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Nonfiction
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Readalikes
- The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
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- Harry Bosch Series
- Jane Austen
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- Lillian Jackson Braun
- Nicholas Sparks
- The Other Boleyn Girl
- Ready Player One
- Scott Harvath Series
- Sweet Magnolias & Virgin River
- To Kill a Mockingbird
- Where the Crawdads Sing
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Romance & Love Stories
- Amore in Italy
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- Sweet Magnolias & Virgin River Readalikes
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Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Afrofuturism
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- A Game of Thrones Readalikes
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- Welcome to Dystopia
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Suspense & Thrillers
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Teens
- Action Manga for Teens
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- Lincoln Award 2020
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- Novels in Verse for Teens
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- Winter Reads
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True Crime
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War
- Bugles & Battles: Series about War
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Women's Fiction
- Cedar Cove Readalikes
- Heartwarming Stories
- Issue-Driven Women's Fiction
- Needleworking Fiction
- Nicholas Sparks Readalikes
- Sagas of Royal Women
- Women Ahead of Their Time
