Goodreads Readers Choice Awards 2019

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Every year Goodreads gives readers around the world the chance to vote for books in various categories (fiction, horror, and cookbooks to name a few) to determine the best in each one. And every year I recap the results. Why? Because I love to see what other people enjoyed reading as well as finding more books to add to my TBR pile. If you are interested in learning more about any of the books here, simply click on the title of each one and it will take you to the Goodreads page for that book. Here are the results:

Best Fiction:

The Testaments

 

Winner: The Testament by Margaret Atwood

Picking up fifteen years after the end of The Handmaid’s Tale, this sequel received 98,291 votes.

Runner Up: Normal People by Sally Rooney – 40,081 votes

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Best Mystery & Thriller:

Winner: The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

A criminal psychotherapist must try to unravel a murder mystery featuring a famous painter who won’t say a word. This book received 68,821 votes.

Runner Up: My Sister, The Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite – 52,097 votes

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Purchase My Sister, The Serial Killer on Amazon


Best Historical Fiction:

Winner: Daisy Jones and The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

A focus on the world of rock and roll in America during the 60s and 70s. This book received 82,483 votes.

Runner Up: Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead, 29,362 votes

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Best Fantasy:

Ninth House

 

Winner: Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

A university freshman must investigate the secret societies at Yale University. This book received 53,430 votes

Runner Up: The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern – 35,351 votes

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Best Romance:

Winner: Red, White, & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

The first son of the White House and a British Prince who don’t like each other… or do they? This book received 76,688 votes.

Runner Up: Verity by Colleen Hoover – 35,868 votes

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Purchase Verity on Amazon


Best Science Fiction:

Winner: Recursion by Blake Crouch

A neuroscientist who believes she can create memory saving technology and a cop investigating the strange phenomena of “False Memory Syndrome”, Crouch’s novel received 41,261 votes.

Runner Up: Dark Age by Pierce Brown

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Best Horror:

The Institute

 

Winner: The Institute by Stephen King

The Insitute: “You check-in, but you don’t check out”. Six children with supernatural gifts are trapped inside with no way to escape. King’s novel received 75,717 votes.

Runner Up: Imaginary Friend by Stephen Chbosky – 22,865 votes

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Best Humour:

Winner: Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets, & Advice for Living Your Life by Ali Wong

A series of letters Wong writes to her two daughters on all the things they’ll need to know to get through life.

Runner Up: Life Will Be the Death of Me by Chelsea Handler – 17,229 votes

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Best Nonfiction:

Winner: Girl, Stop Apologizing: A Shame-Free Plan for Embracing and Achieving Your Goals by Rachel Hollis

Rachel Hollis’ latest book focuses on the different ways women can reach their full potential in life. Her book received 31,276 votes.

Runner Up: Stay Sexy & Don’t Get Murdered: The Definitive How-To Guide by Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark – 29,382 votes

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Best Memoir & Autobiography:

Winner: Over the Top: A Raw Journey to Self-Love by Jonathan Van Ness

Van Ness is well known for his work on Queer Eye, and his autobiography now gives fans an in-depth look at all he endured in his rise to fame. Over the Top received 28,977 votes.

Runner Up: Know My Name, Chanel Miller – 23,817 votes

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Best History & Biography:

Winner: The Five: The Untold Lives of the Woman Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold

Rubenhold’s book tells a story that is well known all over the world, but tells the other side of the story. Rather than looking at Jack the Ripper, Rubenhold tells the story of his victims. This book received 31,783 votes.

Runner Up: Midnight in Chernobyl by Adam Higginbotham – 19,711 votes.

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Best Science & Technology:

Winner: Will My Cat Eay My Eyeballs? Big Questions from Tiny Mortals About Death by Caitlin Doughty

A book that answers all the death-related questions you’re afraid to ask. Doughty’s book received 29,594 votes

Runner Up: Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado-Perez – 28,859 votes

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Best Food & Cookbooks:

Winner: Antoni in the Kitchen by Antoni Porowski, Mindy Fox, and Ted Allen

Queer Eye’s, Antoni Porowski, created a cookbook full of healthy, simple meals. This cookbook received 23,387 votes.

Runner Up: The Adventurous Eaters Club: Mastering the Art of Family Mealtime by Misha and Vicki Collins – 21,108 votes

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Purchase The Adventurous Eaters Club on Amazon


Best Graphic Novels & Comics:

Winner: Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell and Faith Erin Hicks

Two friends reunite every year for two months to work on a pumpkin patch – the best pumpkin patch in the whole world. But now this year is their last year as the two friends are seniors, how will they spend their last season together? This graphic novel received 29,624 votes.

Runner Up: Heartstopper: Volume Two by Alice Oseman – 28,460 votes

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Purchase Heartstopper: Volume Two on Amazon


Best Poetry:

Winner: Shout by Laurie Halse Anderson

A poetry book and a powerful memoir, Anderson uses free verse to call for action for a necessary change in our society. This book received 18,911 votes.

Runner Up: the mermaid’s voice returns in this one by Amanda Lovelace – 18,710 votes

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Purchase the mermaid’s voice returns in this one on Amazon


Best Debut Novel:

Winner: Red, White, & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

McQuiston received two Goodreaders Readers Choice awards this year: Best Romance and Best Debut Novel. In the category of Best Debut Novel, McQuiston received 60,565 votes.

Runner Up: The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides – 44,936 votes


Best Young Adult Fiction:

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Winner: Five Feet Apart by Rachel Lippincott, Mikki Daughtry, and Tobias Iaconis

Two teens fall in love, but can never be within five feet of each other. Can they make their love work? This novel received 36,232 votes.

Runner Up: On the Come Up by Angie Thomas – 34,932 votes

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Purchase On the Come Up on Amazon


Best Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction:

Winner: The Wicked King by Holly Black and Kathleen Jennings

The second book in The Folk of the Air saga follows Jude as he continues on his journey in the High Court of Faerie. This YA novel received 48,181 votes.

Runner Up: Wayward Son by Rainbow Rowell – 39,909 votes

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Best Middle Grade & Children’s:

Winner: The Tyrant’s Tomb by Rick Riordan

The fourth book in The Trials of Apollo series, The Tyrant’s Tomb, Apollo must learn how to become a true hero or forfeit his life. This book received 33,333 votes

Runner Up: Tunnel of Bones by Victoria Schwab – 30,557 votes

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Best Picture Books:

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Winner: A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood: The Poetry of Mister Rogers by Fred Rogers, Luke Flowers, and Josie Carey

Do you remember all those songs you used to love to hear on Mister Roger’s TV show? Well, now you can read them over and over again as they have been reimagined in poetry and put together in this beautiful children’s book. A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood received 29,860 votes.

Runner Up: Sulwe by Lupita Nyong’o – 26,891 votes

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Have you read any of these books? Do you have any on your TBR list? I know there are a whole bunch I can’t wait to check out!

Goodreads Readers Choice Awards 2017

Goodreads Readers Choice Awards 2017

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Best Fiction:

Little Fires EverywhereLittle Fires Everywhere, Celeste Ng

You can read more about Little Fires Everywhere on Goodreads

Runner Up: Bear Town, Fredrik Bagkman

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Buy Bear Town on Amazon


Best Mystery & Thriller:

Into the Water, Paula Hawkins

You can read more about Into the Water on Goodreads

Runner Up: Origin, Dan Brown

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Buy Origin on Amazon


Best Historical Fiction:

Before We Were Yours, Lisa Wingate

You can read more about Before We Were Yours on Goodreads

Runner Up: Lincoln in the Bardo, George Saunders

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Buy Lincoln in the Bardo on Amazon


Best Fantasy:

Fantastic Beasts.jpgFantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay, J.K. Rowling

You can read more about Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay on Goodreads

Runner Up: Norse Mythology, Neil Gaiman

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Best Romance:

Without Merit, Colleen Hoover

You can read more about Without Merit on Goodreads

Runner Up: Come Sundown, Nora Roberts

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Buy Come Sundown on Amazon


Best Science Fiction:

Artemis, Andy Weir

You can read more about Artemis on Goodreads

Runner Up: Waking Gods, Sylvain Neuvel

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Buy Waking Gods on Amazon


Best Horror:

Sleeping Beauties, Stephen King & Owen King

You can read more about Sleeping Beauties on Goodreads

Runner Up: Final Girls, Riley Sager

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Buy Final Girls on Amazon


Best Humor:

Talking as Fast as I Can.jpgTalking As Fast As I Can, Lauren Graham

You can read more about Talking As Fast As I Can on Goodreads

Runner Up: I Can’t Make This Up: Life Lessons, Kevin Hart

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Buy I Can’t Make This Up: Life Lessons on Amazon


Best Nonfiction:

How to be a Bawse.jpgHow to Be a Bawse: A Guide to Conquering Life, Lilly Singh

You can read more about How to Be a Bawse: A Guide to Conquering Life on Goodreads

Runner Up: Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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Best Memoir & Autobiography:

What Happened, Hillary Rodham Clinton

You can read more about What Happened on Goodreads

Runner Up: Hunger, Roxane Gay

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Buy Hunger on Amazon


Best History & Biography:

Radium Girls, Kate Moore

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Runner Up: Killers of the Flower Moon, David Grann

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Buy Killers of the Flower Moon on Amazon


Best Science & Technology:

Astrophysics For People in a Hurry, Neil DeGrasse Tyson

You can read more about Astrophysics For People in a Hurry on Goodreads

Runner Up: Inferior: How Science Got Women Wrong – and the New Research That’s Rewriting the Story, Angela Saini

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Best Food & Cookbooks:

The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Come and Get It! Simple, Scrumptious Recipes for Crazy Busy Lives, Ree Drummon

You can read more about The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Come and Get It! Simple, Scrumptious Recipes for Crazy Busy Lives on Goodreads

Runner Up: 5 Ingredients, Jamie Oliver

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Best Graphic Novels & Comics:

Big Mushy Happy Lump, Sarah Andersen

You can read more about Big Mushy Happy Lump on Goodreads

Runner Up: Wonder Woman, Volume 1: The Lies, Greg Rucka

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Buy Wonder Woman, Volume 1: The Lies on Amazon


Best Poetry:

The Sun and Her Flowers, Rupi Kaur

You can read more about The Sun and Her Flowers on Goodreads

Runner Up: Depression and Other Magic Tricks, Sabrina Benaim

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Best Debut Goodreads Author:

Hate U Give.jpgThe Hate U Give, Angie Thomas

You can read more about The Hate U Give on Goodreads

Runner Up: Caraval, Stephanie Garber

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Buy Caraval on Amazon


Best Young Adult Fiction:

The Hate U Give, Angie Thomas

Runner Up: Turtles All the Way Down, John Green

You can read more about Turtles All The Way Down on Goodreads

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*As Angie Thomas’, The Hate U Give, won two of the reader’s choice categories (congrats Angie!), information given here is listed for the runner up novel


Best Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction:

A Court of Wings and Ruin, Sarah J. Maas

You can read more about A Court of Wings and Ruin on Goodreads

Runner Up: Lord of Shadows, Cassandra Clare

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Buy Lord of Shadows on Amazon


Best Middle Grade & Children’s:

Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, Rick Riordan

You can read more about Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard on Goodreads

Runner Up: The Trials of Apollo, Rick Riordan

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Buy The Trials of Apollo on Amazon


We're All WondersBest Picture Books:

We’re All Wonders, R.J. Palacio

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Runner Up: Malala’s Magic Pencil, Malala Yousafzai

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Buy Malala’s Magic Pencil on Amazon


Congratulations to all the winners, runners up, and everyone who had a book featured in the Goodreads Readers Choice Contest for 2017!

All the pictures included in this post came from Goodreads. Make sure you check out the books on this list and if you’ve read any of them let me know what ones you think are worth the read!

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Goodreads Readers Choice Awards 2014

GoodreadsHow many of you use Goodreads? As both a writer and a lover of books, I find myself on Goodreads quite frequently. Users can create lists of books (Books Read, Books You Want to Read, etc.), write reviews on books, and discuss books with others (sometimes even the authors!)

Starting in 2009, Goodreads launched their Readers Choice Awards. Here’s 20 categories and people are able to nominate, and eventually vote on, their favourite books. Here are the winners of 2014!

Fiction:

Landline

Landline, Rainbow Rowell

You can read more about Landline on Goodreads

Runner Up: Big Little Lies, Liane Moriarty

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Buy Big Little Lies on Amazon


Mystery/Thriller:

Mrmercedes

Mr. Mercedes, Stephen King

You can read more about Mr. Mercedes on Goodreads

Runner Up: The Silkworm, Robert Galbraith

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Buy The Silkworm on Amazon


Historical Fiction:

all the light we cannot see

All the Light We Cannot See, Anthony Doerr

You can read more about All the Light We Cannot See on Goodreads

Runner Up: The Invention of Wings, Sue Monk Kidd

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Buy The Invention of Wings on Amazon


Fantasy:

the book of life

The Book of Life, Deborah Harkness

You can read more about The Book of Life on Goodreads

Runner Up: Words of Radiance, Brandon Sanderson

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Buy Words of Radiance on Amazon


Romance:

written in my own hearts blood

Written in My Own Heart’s Blood, Diana Gabaldon

You can read more about Written in My Own Heart’s Blood on Goodreads

Runner Up: Maybe Someday, Colleen Hoover

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Buy Maybe Someday on Amazon


Science Fiction:

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The Martian, Andy Weir

You can read more about The Martian on Goodreads

Runner Up: Lock In, John Scalzi

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Buy Lock In on Amazon


Horror:

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Prince Lestat, Anne Rice

You can read more about Prince Lestat on Goodreads

Runner Up: The Girl With All the Gifts, M.R. Carey

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Buy The Girl With All the Gifts on Amazon


Humour:

yes please

Yes Please, Amy Poehler

You can read more about Yes Please on Goodreads

Runner Up: Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography, Neil Patrick Harris

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Buy Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography on Amazon


Nonfiction:

the opposite of loneliness

The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories, Marina Keegan

You can read more about The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories on Goodreads

Runner Up: What If?, Randall Munroe

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Buy What If? on Amazon


Memoir/Autobiography:

this star wont go out

This Star Won’t Go Out: The Life and Words of Esther Grace Earl, Esther Earl, Lori Earl, and Wayne Earl

You can read more about This Star Won’t Go Out: The Life and Words of Esther Grace Earl on Goodreads

Runner Up: As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride, Cary Elwes, Joe Layden, Rob Reiner

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Buy As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride on Amazon


History and Biography:

the romanov sisters

The Romanov Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Daughters of Nicholas and Alexandra, Helen Rappaport

You can read more about The Romanov Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Daughters of Nicholas and Alexandra on Goodreads

Runner Up: Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy: Four Women Undercover in the Civil War, Karen Abbott

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Buy Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy: Four Women Undercover in the Civil War on Amazon


Business Books:

girl-boss

#GIRLBOSS, Sophia Amoruso

You can read more about #GirlBoss on Goodreads

Runner Up: Think Like a Freak, Steven D. Levitt

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Buy Think Like a Freak on Amazon


Food and Cookbooks:

make it ahead

Make it Ahead: A Barefoot Contessa Cookbook, Ina Garten

You can read more about Make it Ahead: A Barefoot Contessa Cookbook on Goodreads

Runner Up: My Paris Kitchen, David Lebovitz

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Buy My Paris Kitchen on Amazon


Graphic Novels and Comics:

serenity leaves on the wind

Serenity: Leaves on the Wind, Zack Whedon, Georges Jeanty, Fabi Moon

You can read more about Serenity: Leaves on the Wind on Goodreads

Runner Up: Saga, Volume 3, Brian K. Vaughan

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Buy Saga, Volume 3 on Amazon


Poetry:

lullabies

Lullabies, Land Leav

You can read more about Lullabies on Goodreads

Runner Up: Poisoned Apples, Christine Heppermann

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Buy Poisoned Apples on Amazon


Debut Goodreads Authors:

red rising

Red Rising, Piece Brown

You can read more about Red Rising on Goodreads

Runner Up: Cruel Beauty, Rosamund Hodge

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Buy Cruel Beauty on Amazon


Young Adult Fiction:

we were liars

We Were Liars, E. Lockhard

You can read more about We Were Liars on Goodreads

Runner Up: Isla and the Happily Ever After, Stephanie Perkins

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Buy Isla and the Happily Ever After on Amazon


Young Adult Fantasy:

city of heavenly fire

City of Heavenly Fire, Cassandra Clare

You can read more about City of Heavenly Fire on Goodreads

Runner Up: Hollow City, Ransom Riggs

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Buy Hollow City on Amazon


Middle Grade and Children’s:

the blood of olympus

The Blood of Olympus, Rick Riordan

You can read more about The Blood of Olympus on Goodreads

Runner Up: Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul, Jeff Kinney

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Buy Diary of Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul on Amazon


Picture Books:

the pideon needs a bath

The Pigeon Needs a Bath!, Mo Willems

You can read more about The Pigeon Needs a Bath! on Goodreads

Runner Up: The Book with No Pictures, B.J. Novak

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Buy The Book with No Pictures on Amazon

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