Best Karen Novack Books

The best books by Karen Novack — 9 titles spanning Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Romance, Thriller, averaging 3.96 BLT stars.

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Something looks off with this data — Karen Novack is listed as both "author" and narrator, and the series names all carry the "[Dramatized Adaptation]" tag. The titles themselves — Clean Sweep, Sweep in Peace, Innkeeper Chronicles, Magical Midlife — are all Ilona Andrews works.

Karen Novack appears to be a **narrator/voice actress** for these dramatized adaptations, not an original author. If I write a bio treating her as the author, it would be factually wrong and attribute Ilona Andrews' work to the wrong person.

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Karen Novack's highest-rated book in our collection is Clean Sweep (4.24 BLT stars). Browse the full list below.

Where to Start with Karen Novack

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    Clean Sweep

    Innkeeper Chronicles [Dramatized Adaptation] • Book 1

    by Ilona Andrews, Nora Achrati, Ryan H. Reid, Alex Hill-Knight, Karen Novack

    ★ 4.24 BLT Score (672 ratings)
    ★ 4.39 Goodreads (672)
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    One Fell Sweep

    Innkeeper Chronicles [Dramatized Adaptation] • Book 3

    by Ilona Andrews, Nora Achrati, Karen Novack, Megan Dominy, Ryan H. Reid, Alex Hill-Knight, Nick DePinto, Samantha Turret

    ★ 4.23 BLT Score (507 ratings)
    ★ 4.5 Goodreads (507)
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    Sweep in Peace

    Innkeeper Chronicles [Dramatized Adaptation] • Book 2

    by Ilona Andrews, Nora Achrati, Alejandro Ruiz, Christopher Walker, Holly Adams, James Lewis, Karen Novack, Lily Beacon, Scott McCormick, Kay Eluvian, Jenna Sharpe, Stewart Crank, Alex Hill-Knight, Jon Vertullo

    ★ 4.18 BLT Score (582 ratings)
    ★ 4.43 Goodreads (582)
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    Sweep with Me

    Innkeeper Chronicles [Dramatized Adaptation] #4.5 • Book 5

    by Ilona Andrews, Nora Achrati, Ryan H. Reid, Samantha Cooper, Scott McCormick, Karen Novack, Rob McFadyen, Terence Aselford

    ★ 4.14 BLT Score (455 ratings)
    ★ 4.36 Goodreads (455)
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    Magical Midlife Love

    Leveling Up [Dramatized Adaptation] • Book 4

    by K.F. Breene, Karen Novack, Danny Gavigan, Scott McCormick, Elias Khalil, Wayne Legette, Nora Achrati, R.J. Bayley, Joey Sourlis, Michael Glenn, Rayner Gabriel, Kay Eluvian

    ★ 3.96 BLT Score (246 ratings)
    ★ 4.28 Goodreads (246)
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    Magical Midlife Invasion

    Leveling Up [Dramatized Adaptation] • Book 3

    by K.F. Breene, Karen Novack, Danny Gavigan, Marni Penning, Michael John Casey, R.J. Bayley, Bradley Foster Smith, Kay Eluvian, Ryan Dalusung, Danny Montooth, Stephanie Németh-Parker, Nora Achrati

    ★ 3.94 BLT Score (187 ratings)
    ★ 4.2 Goodreads (187)
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    Brute of All Evil

    Ordinary Magic [Dramatized Adaptation] • Book 9

    by Devon Monk, Colleen Delany, Amanda Forstrom, Andy Brownstein, Holly Adams, Karen Novack, Nora Achrati, Richard Rohan, Zeke Alton, Torian Brackett, Henry W. Kramer, Megan Dominy

    ★ 3.76 BLT Score (27 ratings)
    ★ 4.15 Goodreads (27)
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    Strong Justice

    Caitlin Strong [Dramatized Adaptation] • Book 2

    by Jon Land, Colleen Delany, Karen Novack, Robbie Gay, Gregory Linington, Jonathon Church, Terence Aselford, Chris Stinson, James Konicek, Danny Gavigan, Nora Achrati, Michael John Casey, Lise Bruneau, Chris Genebach, Bradley Smith, Thomas Keegan, Drew Kopas, Patrick Bussink, Steve Wannall, Kimberly Gilbert, Tim Pabon, Christopher Walker, Elizabeth Jernigan, J.W. Rone, Chris Davenport, Nick DePinto, Christopher Graybill, Michael Glenn, Jonathan Feuer, Tim Getman, Kenyatta Rogers, Lawrence Redmond, Andy Brownstein, Ken Jackson, Joe Brack, Ren Casey, Scott Graham, Gary Telles, Lily Beacon, Andy Clemence, David Harris, Laura C. Harris, Todd Scofield, Evan Casey, Maggie Donnelly, Rebecca Sheir, Christopher Scheeren, Tony Nam, Scott McCormick

    ★ 3.62 BLT Score (2 ratings)
    ★ 3.5 Goodreads (2)
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    Blood Requiem (1 of 2)

    Chaos Queen [Dramatized Adaptation] #3, part 1 • Book 3

    by Christopher Husberg, Michael John Casey, Yasmin Tuazon, Nanette Savard, Nanna Ingvarsson, Bradley Smith, Dani Stoller, Alyssa Wilmoth, Evan Casey, Scott McCormick, Lily Beacon, Richard Rohan, Peter Holdway, Mort Shelby, Patrick Bussink, Christopher Walker, Joy Jones, Danny Gavigan, Kenyatta Rogers, Andy Clemence, Julie-Ann Elliott, Jefferson A. Russell, Bru Ajueyitsi, Eric Messner, Nora Achrati, Dylan Lynch, Terence Aselford, Tracy Olivera, Ken Jackson, Elizabeth Jernigan, Jason B. McIntosh, Marni Penning, Joe Mallon, Thomas Keegan, Katy Carkuff, Colleen Delany, Karen Novack, Dawn Ursula

    ★ 3.58 BLT Score (2 ratings)
    ★ 4.5 Goodreads (2)
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