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The Fault in Our Stars (Hardcover)
by John Green (Goodreads Author) (shelved 1003 times as contemporary)
avg rating 4.52 — 425,464 ratings — published 2012
Anna and the French Kiss (Anna and the French Kiss, #1)
by Stephanie Perkins (Goodreads Author) (shelved 677 times as contemporary)
avg rating 4.19 — 131,959 ratings — published 2010
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Paperback)
by Stephen Chbosky (shelved 610 times as contemporary)
avg rating 4.16 — 407,035 ratings — published 1999
The Time Traveler's Wife (Paperback)
by Audrey Niffenegger (Goodreads Author) (shelved 600 times as contemporary)
avg rating 3.90 — 932,967 ratings — published 2003
The Lovely Bones (Mass Market Paperback)
by Alice Sebold (shelved 588 times as contemporary)
avg rating 3.69 — 1,049,294 ratings — published 2002
Easy (Paperback)
by Tammara Webber (Goodreads Author) (shelved 570 times as contemporary)
avg rating 4.23 — 43,988 ratings — published 2012
Looking for Alaska (Paperback)
by John Green (Goodreads Author) (shelved 562 times as contemporary)
avg rating 4.27 — 257,223 ratings — published 2005
Fifty Shades of Grey (Fifty Shades, #1)
by E.L. James (Goodreads Author) (shelved 556 times as contemporary)
avg rating 3.61 — 656,556 ratings — published 2011
Life of Pi (Paperback)
by Yann Martel (shelved 546 times as contemporary)
avg rating 3.84 — 681,749 ratings — published 2001
Beautiful Disaster (Beautiful, #1)
by Jamie McGuire (shelved 540 times as contemporary)
avg rating 4.25 — 203,774 ratings — published 2011
The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by Khaled Hosseini (shelved 538 times as contemporary)
avg rating 4.18 — 1,132,017 ratings — published 2003
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
by Stieg Larsson (shelved 513 times as contemporary)
avg rating 4.04 — 978,674 ratings — published 2000
If I Stay (If I Stay, #1)
by Gayle Forman (shelved 491 times as contemporary)
avg rating 4.00 — 130,044 ratings — published 2009
Thirteen Reasons Why (Hardcover)
by Jay Asher (Goodreads Author) (shelved 485 times as contemporary)
avg rating 4.07 — 236,714 ratings — published 2007
Pushing the Limits (Pushing the Limits, #1)
by Katie McGarry (Goodreads Author) (shelved 482 times as contemporary)
avg rating 4.18 — 62,117 ratings — published 2012
Lola and the Boy Next Door (Anna and the French Kiss, #2)
by Stephanie Perkins (Goodreads Author) (shelved 464 times as contemporary)
avg rating 4.02 — 68,080 ratings — published 2011
Perfect Chemistry (Perfect Chemistry, #1)
by Simone Elkeles (shelved 461 times as contemporary)
avg rating 4.16 — 145,370 ratings — published 2008
Room (Hardcover)
by Emma Donoghue (Goodreads Author) (shelved 431 times as contemporary)
avg rating 3.95 — 304,836 ratings — published 2010
The Help (Hardcover)
by Kathryn Stockett (Goodreads Author) (shelved 431 times as contemporary)
avg rating 4.44 — 958,073 ratings — published 2009
The Zombie Room (Hardcover)
by R.D. Ronald (shelved 428 times as contemporary)
avg rating 3.77 — 14,823 ratings — published 2012
The Elephant Tree (Paperback)
by R.D. Ronald (shelved 425 times as contemporary)
avg rating 3.78 — 11,914 ratings — published 2010
Fight Club (Paperback)
by Chuck Palahniuk (shelved 409 times as contemporary)
avg rating 4.17 — 250,569 ratings — published 1996
The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
by Dan Brown (shelved 400 times as contemporary)
avg rating 3.66 — 1,079,504 ratings — published 2003
The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight (Hardcover)
by Jennifer E. Smith (Goodreads Author) (shelved 398 times as contemporary)
avg rating 3.79 — 81,621 ratings — published 2012
Water for Elephants (Paperback)
by Sara Gruen (shelved 382 times as contemporary)
avg rating 4.05 — 841,213 ratings — published 2006
On Dublin Street (On Dublin Street, #1)
by Samantha Young (Goodreads Author) (shelved 372 times as contemporary)
avg rating 4.38 — 69,952 ratings — published 2012
The Casual Vacancy (Hardcover)
by J.K. Rowling (shelved 371 times as contemporary)
avg rating 3.26 — 238,757 ratings — published 2012
Bridget Jones's Diary (Bridget Jones, #1)
by Helen Fielding (shelved 368 times as contemporary)
avg rating 3.67 — 482,587 ratings — published 1996
Paper Towns (Hardcover)
by John Green (Goodreads Author) (shelved 367 times as contemporary)
avg rating 4.13 — 147,084 ratings — published 2008
Fifty Shades Darker (Fifty Shades, #2)
by E.L. James (Goodreads Author) (shelved 353 times as contemporary)
avg rating 3.95 — 335,318 ratings — published 2011
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (Paperback)
by Jonathan Safran Foer (shelved 349 times as contemporary)
avg rating 3.99 — 255,843 ratings — published 2005
Middlesex (Paperback)
by Jeffrey Eugenides (shelved 346 times as contemporary)
avg rating 3.90 — 462,207 ratings — published 2002
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Paperback)
by Mark Haddon (shelved 345 times as contemporary)
avg rating 3.80 — 524,340 ratings — published 2003
Where She Went (If I Stay, #2)
by Gayle Forman (shelved 345 times as contemporary)
avg rating 4.19 — 71,338 ratings — published 2010
Before I Fall (Paperback)
by Lauren Oliver (Goodreads Author) (shelved 344 times as contemporary)
avg rating 3.95 — 154,087 ratings — published 2010
Never Let Me Go (Paperback)
by Kazuo Ishiguro (shelved 336 times as contemporary)
avg rating 3.76 — 236,771 ratings — published 2005
The Truth About Forever (Paperback)
by Sarah Dessen (Goodreads Author) (shelved 326 times as contemporary)
avg rating 4.19 — 145,178 ratings — published 2004
Slammed (Slammed, #1)
by Colleen Hoover (Goodreads Author) (shelved 325 times as contemporary)
avg rating 4.39 — 91,645 ratings — published 2012
One Day (Hardcover)
by David Nicholls (shelved 319 times as contemporary)
avg rating 3.68 — 163,815 ratings — published 2009
Fifty Shades Freed (Fifty Shades, #3)
by E.L. James (Goodreads Author) (shelved 319 times as contemporary)
avg rating 3.93 — 113,968 ratings — published 2011
Bared to You (Crossfire, #1)
by Sylvia Day (Goodreads Author) (shelved 319 times as contemporary)
avg rating 4.25 — 91,733 ratings — published 2012
I Love Yous Are for White People (Paperback)
by Lac Su (shelved 314 times as contemporary)
avg rating 3.61 — 28,928 ratings — published 2009
Memoirs of a Geisha (Hardcover)
by Arthur Golden (shelved 309 times as contemporary)
avg rating 4.00 — 974,580 ratings — published 1997
Just Listen (Hardcover)
by Sarah Dessen (Goodreads Author) (shelved 306 times as contemporary)
avg rating 4.11 — 133,932 ratings — published 2006
Something About You (FBI / US Attorney, #1)
by Julie James (Goodreads Author) (shelved 305 times as contemporary)
avg rating 3.94 — 59,680 ratings — published 2010
Speak (Paperback)
by Laurie Halse Anderson (Goodreads Author) (shelved 301 times as contemporary)
avg rating 3.96 — 205,976 ratings — published 1999
“Is he following? Can you have a flaming gay moment or something and check?"
"Why do I have to be the flaming gay one?”
― Finn Marlowe, Forever in One Second
"Why do I have to be the flaming gay one?”
― Finn Marlowe, Forever in One Second
“She felt the cold blast from the sterile air conditioning on her bare arms and thighs, as she ambled down the center of the shopping complex's ground floor.
The scene was a swirl of candy bright lights--the Victoria's Secret fuchsia signboard, signboards which lured one to purchase "confidence," or "sexual appeal," or whatever it was that was being advertised--the fluorescent lights in each store, contrasting with the shiny, black-tiled walls and eye-catching speckled marble tiles on the ground.
One could lick the floor--the tiles were spotless, clean like the fake air she was breathing in, like the atoms and cells in her that were decaying in stale neglect.”
― Jess C. Scott, Jack in the Box
The scene was a swirl of candy bright lights--the Victoria's Secret fuchsia signboard, signboards which lured one to purchase "confidence," or "sexual appeal," or whatever it was that was being advertised--the fluorescent lights in each store, contrasting with the shiny, black-tiled walls and eye-catching speckled marble tiles on the ground.
One could lick the floor--the tiles were spotless, clean like the fake air she was breathing in, like the atoms and cells in her that were decaying in stale neglect.”
― Jess C. Scott, Jack in the Box
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