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Looking for things with pratchetts silliness and wit and subtle social commentary. Darkly humorous novels about parenting score a book s total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book. Slaughterhousefive slaughterhousefive, or the childrens crusade. Just one book is listed per author, and not necessarily the most popular one.
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