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The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 570 times as literary)
avg rating 3.93 — 5,777,491 ratings — published 1925
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To Kill a Mockingbird To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 526 times as literary)
avg rating 4.26 — 6,736,886 ratings — published 1960
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The Secret History The Secret History (Paperback)
by (shelved 500 times as literary)
avg rating 4.16 — 968,886 ratings — published 1992
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The Handmaid's Tale The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 448 times as literary)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,349,559 ratings — published 1985
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Never Let Me Go Never Let Me Go (Paperback)
by (shelved 433 times as literary)
avg rating 3.85 — 824,892 ratings — published 2005
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The Catcher in the Rye The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 414 times as literary)
avg rating 3.80 — 3,824,998 ratings — published 1951
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1984 1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 413 times as literary)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,287,522 ratings — published 1949
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Animal Farm Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 411 times as literary)
avg rating 4.01 — 4,406,053 ratings — published 1945
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Pride and Prejudice Pride and Prejudice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 407 times as literary)
avg rating 4.29 — 4,677,729 ratings — published 1813
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The Goldfinch The Goldfinch (Hardcover)
by (shelved 403 times as literary)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,018,778 ratings — published 2013
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Normal People Normal People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 402 times as literary)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,789,341 ratings — published 2018
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The Bell Jar The Bell Jar (Paperback)
by (shelved 383 times as literary)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,172,796 ratings — published 1963
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Lord of the Flies Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 342 times as literary)
avg rating 3.70 — 3,138,302 ratings — published 1954
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Of Mice and Men Of Mice and Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 340 times as literary)
avg rating 3.89 — 2,772,211 ratings — published 1937
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One Hundred Years of Solitude One Hundred Years of Solitude (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 337 times as literary)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,079,654 ratings — published 1967
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The Road The Road (Hardcover)
by (shelved 335 times as literary)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,010,515 ratings — published 2006
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Yellowface Yellowface (Paperback)
by (shelved 331 times as literary)
avg rating 3.73 — 940,860 ratings — published 2023
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A Little Life A Little Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 330 times as literary)
avg rating 4.29 — 879,323 ratings — published 2015
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All the Light We Cannot See All the Light We Cannot See (Hardcover)
by (shelved 330 times as literary)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,922,704 ratings — published 2014
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Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 325 times as literary)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,283,627 ratings — published 2022
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The Picture of Dorian Gray The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
by (shelved 324 times as literary)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,806,796 ratings — published 1890
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The Stranger The Stranger (Paperback)
by (shelved 319 times as literary)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,337,169 ratings — published 1942
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Jane Eyre Jane Eyre (Paperback)
by (shelved 318 times as literary)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,276,026 ratings — published 1846
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On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous (Hardcover)
by (shelved 313 times as literary)
avg rating 4.02 — 383,238 ratings — published 2019
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Life of Pi Life of Pi (Paperback)
by (shelved 310 times as literary)
avg rating 3.94 — 1,734,939 ratings — published 2001
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Wuthering Heights Wuthering Heights (Paperback)
by (shelved 307 times as literary)
avg rating 3.90 — 1,975,326 ratings — published 1847
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Lolita Lolita (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 302 times as literary)
avg rating 3.87 — 926,032 ratings — published 1955
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My Year of Rest and Relaxation My Year of Rest and Relaxation (Paperback)
by (shelved 298 times as literary)
avg rating 3.61 — 536,221 ratings — published 2018
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Station Eleven Station Eleven (Hardcover)
by (shelved 298 times as literary)
avg rating 4.07 — 596,488 ratings — published 2014
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Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1) Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 297 times as literary)
avg rating 3.97 — 480,472 ratings — published 1987
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Slaughterhouse-Five Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
by (shelved 296 times as literary)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,459,638 ratings — published 1969
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The Kite Runner The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 292 times as literary)
avg rating 4.35 — 3,425,816 ratings — published 2003
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Crime and Punishment Crime and Punishment (Paperback)
by (shelved 290 times as literary)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,038,906 ratings — published 1866
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The Remains of the Day The Remains of the Day (Paperback)
by (shelved 281 times as literary)
avg rating 4.14 — 348,275 ratings — published 1989
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The Vanishing Half The Vanishing Half (Hardcover)
by (shelved 268 times as literary)
avg rating 4.13 — 838,379 ratings — published 2020
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Frankenstein: The 1818 Text Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 268 times as literary)
avg rating 3.89 — 1,788,892 ratings — published 1818
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Atonement Atonement (Paperback)
by (shelved 257 times as literary)
avg rating 3.95 — 555,344 ratings — published 2001
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Middlesex Middlesex (Paperback)
by (shelved 249 times as literary)
avg rating 4.04 — 658,939 ratings — published 2002
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The Old Man and the Sea The Old Man and the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 247 times as literary)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,278,071 ratings — published 1952
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Convenience Store Woman Convenience Store Woman (Hardcover)
by (shelved 240 times as literary)
avg rating 3.68 — 355,802 ratings — published 2016
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The Alchemist The Alchemist (Paperback)
by (shelved 240 times as literary)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,466,210 ratings — published 1988
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The Metamorphosis The Metamorphosis (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 239 times as literary)
avg rating 3.90 — 1,361,042 ratings — published 1915
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Little Fires Everywhere Little Fires Everywhere (Hardcover)
by (shelved 236 times as literary)
avg rating 4.07 — 1,290,432 ratings — published 2017
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The Vegetarian The Vegetarian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 235 times as literary)
avg rating 3.65 — 339,043 ratings — published 2007
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Fahrenheit 451 Fahrenheit 451 (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 234 times as literary)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,748,799 ratings — published 1953
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Norwegian Wood Norwegian Wood (Paperback)
by (shelved 230 times as literary)
avg rating 3.99 — 706,357 ratings — published 1987
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The Grapes of Wrath The Grapes of Wrath (Hardcover)
by (shelved 230 times as literary)
avg rating 4.02 — 977,387 ratings — published 1939
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Piranesi Piranesi (Hardcover)
by (shelved 229 times as literary)
avg rating 4.22 — 423,181 ratings — published 2020
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Cloud Atlas Cloud Atlas (Paperback)
by (shelved 228 times as literary)
avg rating 4.01 — 264,079 ratings — published 2004
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Pachinko Pachinko (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 224 times as literary)
avg rating 4.34 — 593,854 ratings — published 2017
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Roman Payne
“What is a Wanderess? Bound by no boundaries, contained by no countries, tamed by no time, she is the force of nature’s course.”
Roman Payne, The Wanderess

“You realize assuming can often lead to getting into trouble.”
March Lions, The Last Sunset

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