NPRs audience picks: 100 best beach reads
- Description
- Books from this list. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106983620 Which have you read, and what order do you think they should be in? (If I missed any books in a series, please feel free to leave a message for me letting me know which book and which list, and I will gladly add them)
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38,914 members
723 reviews
4.2
Score 28.36
Added 2014-01-04, 02:29 PM
- 8 Members
- hipdeep, aulsmith, sturlington, ekoch, cej1027, ahef1963, lgreis, ManWithAnAgenda
- Explanations
- sturlington: This is an odd list. A lot of these books I would not choose to read on a beach vacation. On the other hand, a great mystery, something light and funny, or something with a lot of action and adventure, preferably set in an exotic locale, is a perfect beach read.
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34,247 members
434 reviews
3.8
Score 22.59
Added 2014-01-04, 03:05 PM
- 8 Members
- hipdeep, aulsmith, sturlington, ekoch, cej1027, ahef1963, lgreis, ManWithAnAgenda
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161 members
2 reviews
½ 4.3
Score 15.79
Added 2014-01-04, 02:26 PM
- 6 Members
- bestem, sturlington, ekoch, cej1027, ahef1963, kara.shamy,ManWithAnAgenda
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110,754 members
1,000 reviews
4.2
Score 15.08
Added 2014-01-04, 02:22 PM
- 6 Members
- bestem, sturlington, ekoch, cej1027, ahef1963, kara.shamy,ManWithAnAgenda
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17,190 members
422 reviews
4.1
Score 14.5
Added 2014-01-04, 02:48 PM
- 5 Members
- aulsmith, sturlington, ekoch, cej1027, ahef1963
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107,500 members
986 reviews
½ 4.4
Score 12.98
Added 2014-01-04, 02:22 PM
- 6 Members
- hipdeep, bestem, sturlington, cej1027, ahef1963, kara.shamy,ManWithAnAgenda
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by Harper Lee
78,735 members
1,434 reviews
½ 4.4
Score 12.45
Added 2014-01-04, 02:27 PM
- 6 Members
- hipdeep, ekoch, cej1027, ahef1963, lgreis, ManWithAnAgenda,sturlington
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24,930 members
532 reviews
½ 4.3
Score 11.52
Added 2014-01-04, 02:37 PM
- 4 Members
- hipdeep, aulsmith, sturlington, David_Rhodes
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14,151 members
401 reviews
½ 3.7
Score 10.01
Added 2014-01-04, 02:36 PM
- 5 Members
- aulsmith, sturlington, ekoch, cej1027, ahef1963,
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26,311 members
501 reviews
4.2
Score 8.66
Added 2014-01-04, 02:29 PM
- 4 Members
- sturlington, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda
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19,456 members
1,248 reviews
4.2
Score 7.6
Added 2014-01-04, 02:49 PM
- 3 Members
- aulsmith, sturlington, ahef1963
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102,749 members
885 reviews
½ 4.4
Score 7.27
Added 2014-01-04, 02:22 PM
- 5 Members
- hipdeep, bestem, cej1027, ahef1963, kara.shamy,sturlington ,ManWithAnAgenda
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18,832 members
415 reviews
4.2
Score 6.26
Added 2014-01-04, 02:41 PM
- 3 Members
- hipdeep, sturlington, ahef1963
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72,392 members
1,173 reviews
3.8
Score 6.1
Added 2014-01-04, 02:28 PM
- 4 Members
- cej1027, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda,sturlington
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by Wally Lamb
10,227 members
169 reviews
4.1
Score 6.09
Added 2014-01-04, 02:48 PM
- 3 Members
- cej1027, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda
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49,759 members
746 reviews
½ 3.7
Score 5.64
Added 2014-01-04, 03:00 PM
- 3 Members
- ahef1963, kara.shamy, David_Rhodes,sturlington
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214 members
4 reviews
½ 4.4
Score 5.59
Added 2014-01-04, 02:56 PM
- 4 Members
- ekoch, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,sturlington
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52,899 members
1,300 reviews
4.2
Score 5.49
Added 2014-01-04, 02:27 PM
- 3 Members
- ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda
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by Jane Austen
80,927 members
1,372 reviews
½ 4.4
Score 5.28
Added 2014-01-04, 02:27 PM
- 3 Members
- ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda,sturlington
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43,246 members
1,749 reviews
4
Score 5.24
Added 2014-01-04, 03:02 PM
- 4 Members
- cej1027, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda,sturlington
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21,429 members
476 reviews
3.9
Score 5.08
Added 2014-01-04, 02:39 PM
- 3 Members
- hipdeep, ekoch, ManWithAnAgenda,sturlington
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96,847 members
1,571 reviews
½ 4.4
Score 4.52
Added 2014-01-04, 02:22 PM
- 4 Members
- bestem, cej1027, ahef1963, kara.shamy,sturlington ,ManWithAnAgenda
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by Anne Rice
22,908 members
333 reviews
3.8
Score 4.35
Added 2014-01-04, 02:44 PM
- 2 Members
- bestem, sturlington
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101,261 members
862 reviews
½ 4.3
Score 4.14
Added 2014-01-04, 02:22 PM
- 4 Members
- bestem, cej1027, ahef1963, kara.shamy,sturlington ,ManWithAnAgenda
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101,638 members
933 reviews
½ 4.4
Score 4.04
Added 2014-01-04, 02:22 PM
- 4 Members
- bestem, cej1027, ahef1963, kara.shamy,sturlington ,ManWithAnAgenda
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by Ken Follett
27,366 members
754 reviews
4.2
Score 3.98
Added 2014-01-04, 02:42 PM
- 3 Members
- ekoch, ahef1963, kara.shamy,sturlington
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10,627 members
415 reviews
4.2
Score 3.88
Added 2014-01-04, 03:05 PM
- 2 Members
- sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
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by John Irving
15,317 members
196 reviews
4.1
Score 3.84
Added 2014-01-04, 02:36 PM
- 2 Members
- sturlington, ekoch
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54,899 members
488 reviews
½ 4.4
Score 3.76
Added 2014-01-04, 02:33 PM
- 3 Members
- ekoch, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,sturlington
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by Mark Twain
43,138 members
520 reviews
3.9
Score 3.63
Added 2014-01-04, 02:35 PM
- 3 Members
- cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,sturlington
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39,577 members
1,272 reviews
4.1
Score 3.55
Added 2014-01-04, 02:30 PM
- 2 Members
- sturlington, ahef1963
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44,798 members
769 reviews
4.2
Score 1.96
Added 2014-01-04, 03:02 PM
- 2 Members
- cej1027, ahef1963,sturlington
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23,002 members
337 reviews
3.8
Score 1.65
Added 2014-01-04, 02:59 PM
- 2 Members
- ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,sturlington
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69,694 members
1,083 reviews
3.8
Score 1.62
Added 2014-01-04, 02:31 PM
- 3 Members
- cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,hipdeep ,sturlington
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1,375 members
14 reviews
3.2
Score 0
Added 2014-01-04, 03:04 PM
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30,806 members
507 reviews
3.8
Score -0.54
Added 2014-01-04, 02:58 PM
- 2 Members
- cej1027, ahef1963,hipdeep ,sturlington
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25,623 members
435 reviews
½ 4.3
Score -2
Added 2014-01-04, 02:47 PM