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a list of books that young adults should read
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
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4.47 avg rating — 11,156,029 ratings
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The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
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4.35 avg rating — 9,681,054 ratings
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower
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4.24 avg rating — 1,963,056 ratings
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
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4.62 avg rating — 4,037,584 ratings
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The Outsiders
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S.E. Hinton (Goodreads Author)
4.14 avg rating — 1,555,360 ratings
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Speak
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Laurie Halse Anderson (Goodreads Author)
4.05 avg rating — 625,162 ratings
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The Chronicles of Narnia (The Chronicles of Narnia, #1-7)
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4.28 avg rating — 698,051 ratings
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Romeo and Juliet
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3.74 avg rating — 2,783,121 ratings
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Dating Mr. Mogul (Mogul, #2)
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Mel Ryle (Goodreads Author)
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The Book Thief
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Markus Zusak (Goodreads Author)
4.39 avg rating — 2,822,863 ratings
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The Fault in Our Stars
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John Green (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 5,619,548 ratings
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Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
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4.35 avg rating — 4,055,282 ratings
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The Giver (The Giver, #1)
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Lois Lowry (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 2,753,131 ratings
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
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4.58 avg rating — 4,721,661 ratings
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The Diary of a Young Girl
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4.20 avg rating — 4,106,415 ratings
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Looking for Alaska
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John Green (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 1,725,254 ratings
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
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4.57 avg rating — 4,103,135 ratings
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)
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4.58 avg rating — 3,589,770 ratings
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Harry Potter Series Box Set (Harry Potter, #1-7)
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4.73 avg rating — 300,566 ratings
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The Catcher in the Rye
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3.80 avg rating — 3,826,955 ratings
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Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
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4.11 avg rating — 3,632,445 ratings
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
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4.43 avg rating — 4,387,420 ratings
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Twilight (The Twilight Saga, #1)
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3.67 avg rating — 7,174,026 ratings
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Lord of the Flies
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3.70 avg rating — 3,139,999 ratings
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)
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4.50 avg rating — 3,720,322 ratings
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Truly, Madly, Deeply
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Faraaz Kazi (Goodreads Author)
3.58 avg rating — 1,555 ratings
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The Alchemist
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Paulo Coelho (Goodreads Author)
3.92 avg rating — 3,469,343 ratings
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Paper Towns
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John Green (Goodreads Author)
3.70 avg rating — 1,472,270 ratings
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Matched (Matched, #1)
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Ally Condie (Goodreads Author)
3.62 avg rating — 811,203 ratings
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It's Kind of a Funny Story
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4.07 avg rating — 260,781 ratings
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Divergent (Divergent, #1)
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Veronica Roth (Goodreads Author)
4.13 avg rating — 4,312,930 ratings
score: 858,
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The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
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4.30 avg rating — 4,376,625 ratings
score: 823,
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Wonder (Wonder, #1)
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4.36 avg rating — 1,176,938 ratings
score: 661,
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Alice in Wonderland
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Jane Carruth (Adapted By)
4.03 avg rating — 396,131 ratings
score: 648,
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Clockwork Angel (The Infernal Devices, #1)
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Cassandra Clare (Goodreads Author)
4.31 avg rating — 869,654 ratings
score: 639,
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Pride and Prejudice
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4.29 avg rating — 4,681,547 ratings
score: 628,
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Vampire Academy (Vampire Academy, #1)
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Richelle Mead (Goodreads Author)
4.10 avg rating — 675,670 ratings
score: 562,
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Of Mice and Men
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3.89 avg rating — 2,773,870 ratings
score: 562,
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City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments, #1)
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Cassandra Clare (Goodreads Author)
4.07 avg rating — 2,139,639 ratings
score: 549,
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City of Glass (The Mortal Instruments, #3)
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Cassandra Clare (Goodreads Author)
4.27 avg rating — 1,006,859 ratings
score: 549,
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Peter Pan
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4.03 avg rating — 370,184 ratings
score: 524,
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Emma
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4.05 avg rating — 959,040 ratings
score: 511,
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Financial Basics: A Money Management Guide for Students
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3.86 avg rating — 42 ratings
score: 500,
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5 people voted
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I Am the Messenger
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Markus Zusak (Goodreads Author)
4.03 avg rating — 168,322 ratings
score: 480,
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The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom
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4.48 avg rating — 350,679 ratings
score: 478,
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
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3.92 avg rating — 1,003,238 ratings
score: 471,
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Fallen (Fallen, #1)
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Lauren Kate (Goodreads Author)
3.72 avg rating — 613,675 ratings
score: 467,
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Beautiful Creatures (Caster Chronicles, #1)
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Kami Garcia (Goodreads Author)
3.77 avg rating — 618,179 ratings
score: 456,
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The Truth About Forever
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Sarah Dessen (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 225,894 ratings
score: 448,
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City of Ashes (The Mortal Instruments, #2)
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Cassandra Clare (Goodreads Author)
4.11 avg rating — 985,300 ratings
score: 446,
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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia, #1)
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4.24 avg rating — 3,084,995 ratings
score: 446,
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Life of Pi
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3.94 avg rating — 1,735,525 ratings
score: 435,
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Graceling (Graceling Realm, #1)
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4.06 avg rating — 477,819 ratings
score: 432,
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Wuthering Heights
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3.90 avg rating — 1,977,295 ratings
score: 430,
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Animal Farm
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4.01 avg rating — 4,410,245 ratings
score: 430,
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The Secret Garden
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4.17 avg rating — 1,272,525 ratings
score: 429,
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Uglies (Uglies, #1)
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Scott Westerfeld (Goodreads Author)
3.84 avg rating — 703,334 ratings
score: 410,
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The Knife of Never Letting Go (Chaos Walking, #1)
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3.98 avg rating — 202,856 ratings
score: 362,
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Jane Eyre
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4.16 avg rating — 2,277,464 ratings
score: 355,
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The Kite Runner
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Khaled Hosseini (Goodreads Author)
4.35 avg rating — 3,427,878 ratings
score: 354,
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The Princess Bride
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4.27 avg rating — 940,046 ratings
score: 348,
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #3)
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4.30 avg rating — 322,071 ratings
score: 342,
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Realm of the Goddess
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Sabina Khan (Goodreads Author)
3.69 avg rating — 84 ratings
score: 300,
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A Storm Rises (Bloodlines Legacy #1)
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Rose Garcia (Goodreads Author)
4.45 avg rating — 100 ratings
score: 296,
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Out of the Silent Planet (The Space Trilogy, #1)
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3.93 avg rating — 104,526 ratings
score: 281,
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Rape Girl
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Alina Klein (Goodreads Author)
3.98 avg rating — 599 ratings
score: 279,
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Faking Normal (Faking Normal, #1)
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Courtney C. Stevens (Goodreads Author)
4.10 avg rating — 8,725 ratings
score: 276,
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The Lord of the Rings
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4.54 avg rating — 720,602 ratings
score: 274,
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I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
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Malala Yousafzai (Goodreads Author)
4.16 avg rating — 615,065 ratings
score: 272,
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Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock
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Matthew Quick (Goodreads Author)
3.87 avg rating — 48,424 ratings
score: 272,
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The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, #1)
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4.03 avg rating — 1,600,445 ratings
score: 265,
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The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride, #1)
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James Patterson (Goodreads Author)
4.07 avg rating — 232,403 ratings
score: 264,
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Tuck Everlasting
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3.91 avg rating — 291,346 ratings
score: 260,
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Great Expectations
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3.80 avg rating — 862,101 ratings
score: 259,
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The Help
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Kathryn Stockett (Goodreads Author)
4.47 avg rating — 2,978,131 ratings
score: 258,
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Go Set a Watchman
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3.31 avg rating — 288,056 ratings
score: 258,
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To Kill a Mockingbird
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4.26 avg rating — 6,740,971 ratings
score: 255,
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The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
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4.17 avg rating — 3,398,221 ratings
score: 253,
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Gulliver's Travels and ''A Modest Proposal''
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3.92 avg rating — 5,854 ratings
score: 250,
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The Neverending Story
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4.18 avg rating — 217,532 ratings
score: 249,
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Marked (House of Night, #1)
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P.C. Cast (Goodreads Author)
3.82 avg rating — 519,480 ratings
score: 248,
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Holes (Holes, #1)
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Louis Sachar (Goodreads Author)
4.01 avg rating — 1,342,933 ratings
score: 248,
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Perfect Chemistry (Perfect Chemistry, #1)
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Simone Elkeles (Goodreads Author)
4.04 avg rating — 262,982 ratings
score: 247,
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Impulse (Impulse, #1)
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Ellen Hopkins (Goodreads Author)
4.25 avg rating — 82,061 ratings
score: 246,
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The Complete Sherlock Holmes
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4.51 avg rating — 215,112 ratings
score: 243,
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The Witch of Blackbird Pond
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4.03 avg rating — 158,590 ratings
score: 241,
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Stargirl (Stargirl, #1)
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3.77 avg rating — 334,869 ratings
score: 228,
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Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)
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4.32 avg rating — 1,089,040 ratings
score: 227,
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Fahrenheit 451
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3.97 avg rating — 2,751,266 ratings
score: 224,
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The Historian
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3.80 avg rating — 274,391 ratings
score: 220,
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Boy Meets Boy
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David Levithan (Goodreads Author)
3.81 avg rating — 76,261 ratings
score: 200,
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The Consequences of Forever
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Kaitlyn Oruska (Goodreads Author)
4.08 avg rating — 292 ratings
score: 200,
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The Skinwalker's Apprentice
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3.97 avg rating — 125 ratings
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Final Life (The Final Life, #1)
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Rose Garcia (Goodreads Author)
4.04 avg rating — 426 ratings
score: 200,
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Rainbow Boys (Rainbow Trilogy, #1)
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Alex Sanchez (Goodreads Author)
3.83 avg rating — 14,132 ratings
score: 199,
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The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
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Michael Pollan (Goodreads Author)
4.19 avg rating — 209,337 ratings
score: 199,
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The Sword of Sighs (The Age of the Flame, #1)
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Greg James (Goodreads Author)
3.37 avg rating — 377 ratings
score: 199,
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The Heart of a Girl
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Kaitlyn Oruska (Goodreads Author)
4.18 avg rating — 160 ratings
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Daughter of Xanadu (Daughter of Xanadu #1)
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Dori Jones Yang (Goodreads Author)
3.59 avg rating — 646 ratings
score: 198,
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Prisoner B-3087
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Alan Gratz (Goodreads Author)
4.44 avg rating — 43,172 ratings
score: 198,
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Mar 21, 2013 06:28AM
Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank would be my choice.
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This is such a good list and I totally agree with it. I am slowly making my way down this list. Not enough time in the day to read!
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How to Vote
To vote on existing books from the list, beside each book there is a link vote for this book clicking it will add that book to your votes.
To vote on books not in the list or books you couldn't find in the list, you can click on the tab add books to this list and then choose from your books, or simply search.
