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avg rating 4.20 — 5,287,205 ratings — published 1949
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To Kill a Mockingbird To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 870 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.26 — 6,736,608 ratings — published 1960
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Animal Farm Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 814 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.01 — 4,405,782 ratings — published 1945
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The Catcher in the Rye The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 789 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.80 — 3,824,847 ratings — published 1951
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The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 768 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.93 — 5,777,271 ratings — published 1925
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The Handmaid's Tale The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 669 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,349,402 ratings — published 1985
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The Bell Jar The Bell Jar (Paperback)
by (shelved 663 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,172,690 ratings — published 1963
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Fahrenheit 451 Fahrenheit 451 (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 637 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,748,637 ratings — published 1953
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Lord of the Flies Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 601 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.70 — 3,138,184 ratings — published 1954
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Lolita Lolita (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 550 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.87 — 925,994 ratings — published 1955
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Of Mice and Men Of Mice and Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 544 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.89 — 2,772,089 ratings — published 1937
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Brave New World Brave New World (Paperback)
by (shelved 500 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.88 — 1,262,192 ratings — published 1932
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Slaughterhouse-Five Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
by (shelved 468 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,459,586 ratings — published 1969
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A Clockwork Orange A Clockwork Orange (Paperback)
by (shelved 466 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.00 — 757,640 ratings — published 1962
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The Stranger The Stranger (Paperback)
by (shelved 440 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,337,047 ratings — published 1942
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One Hundred Years of Solitude One Hundred Years of Solitude (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 435 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,079,600 ratings — published 1967
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Catch-22 Catch-22 (Paperback)
by (shelved 418 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.99 — 876,947 ratings — published 1961
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Hardcover)
by (shelved 363 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.20 — 771,045 ratings — published 1962
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The Secret History The Secret History (Paperback)
by (shelved 363 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.16 — 968,752 ratings — published 1992
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The Old Man and the Sea The Old Man and the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 343 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,278,009 ratings — published 1952
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Rebecca Rebecca (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 331 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.25 — 704,711 ratings — published 1938
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The Grapes of Wrath The Grapes of Wrath (Hardcover)
by (shelved 315 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.02 — 977,351 ratings — published 1939
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The Book Thief The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 314 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,820,955 ratings — published 2005
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On the Road On the Road (Paperback)
by (shelved 309 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.61 — 441,389 ratings — published 1957
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The Color Purple The Color Purple (Paperback)
by (shelved 307 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.28 — 741,364 ratings — published 1982
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East of Eden East of Eden (Paperback)
by (shelved 301 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.43 — 611,632 ratings — published 1952
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Mrs. Dalloway Mrs. Dalloway (Hardcover)
by (shelved 298 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.78 — 346,253 ratings — published 1923
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The Alchemist The Alchemist (Paperback)
by (shelved 291 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,466,013 ratings — published 1988
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Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1) Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 283 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.97 — 480,450 ratings — published 1987
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Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 255 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.83 — 288,224 ratings — published 1958
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The Kite Runner The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 251 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.35 — 3,425,694 ratings — published 2003
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The Hobbit, or There and Back Again The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (Paperback)
by (shelved 249 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,374,112 ratings — published 1937
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Giovanni’s Room Giovanni’s Room (Paperback)
by (shelved 246 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.34 — 233,580 ratings — published 1956
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The Metamorphosis The Metamorphosis (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 245 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.90 — 1,360,920 ratings — published 1915
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In Cold Blood In Cold Blood (Paperback)
by (shelved 238 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.09 — 715,118 ratings — published 1966
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We Have Always Lived in the Castle We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 235 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.92 — 277,911 ratings — published 1962
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To the Lighthouse To the Lighthouse (Paperback)
by (shelved 233 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.81 — 209,369 ratings — published 1927
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Love in the Time of Cholera Love in the Time of Cholera (Paperback)
by (shelved 221 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.94 — 538,940 ratings — published 1985
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The Diary of a Young Girl The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 220 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,103,309 ratings — published 1947
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The Remains of the Day The Remains of the Day (Paperback)
by (shelved 218 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.14 — 348,257 ratings — published 1989
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The Master and Margarita The Master and Margarita (Paperback)
by (shelved 218 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.28 — 406,360 ratings — published 1967
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Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1) Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 217 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.74 — 405,474 ratings — published 1958
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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1) The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)
by (shelved 210 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,981,636 ratings — published 1979
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The Haunting of Hill House The Haunting of Hill House (Paperback)
by (shelved 207 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.81 — 370,412 ratings — published 1959
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The Unbearable Lightness of Being The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Paperback)
by (shelved 205 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.11 — 530,210 ratings — published 1984
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The Outsiders The Outsiders (Paperback)
by (shelved 203 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.14 — 1,554,124 ratings — published 1967
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The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1) The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
by (shelved 203 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.40 — 3,075,715 ratings — published 1954
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Wide Sargasso Sea Wide Sargasso Sea (Paperback)
by (shelved 195 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.59 — 104,310 ratings — published 1966
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Harry Potter, #1) Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by (shelved 192 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.47 — 11,148,392 ratings — published 1997
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The Little Prince The Little Prince (Hardcover)
by (shelved 185 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.33 — 2,400,366 ratings — published 1943
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