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The Library

The Library

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1,022
books
authors
545
authors
pages
307,248
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How the collection rates

Goodreads average for 972 of the books.

3.85average rating across the shelves
  • 5+8 (1%)
  • 4+316 (33%)
  • 3+640 (66%)
  • 2+7 (1%)
  • 1+1 (0%)

Bars show books grouped by whole-star average (e.g. 4.37 counts as 4+).

Most-shelved authors

The ten names that turn up most often.

  1. 1Thomas Hardy19 books
  2. 2Edna O'Brien17 books
  3. 3William Trevor17 books
  4. 4James Ellroy15 books
  5. 5Alice Munro15 books
  6. 6John Fowles13 books
  7. 7Russell Banks12 books
  8. 8Stewart O'Nan12 books
  9. 9Joyce Carol Oates12 books
  10. 10Larry Brown11 books
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