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1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 712 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,390,315 ratings — published 1949
To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 647 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.26 — 6,819,369 ratings — published 1960
The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 472 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,854,189 ratings — published 2005
Pride and Prejudice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 451 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.29 — 4,750,550 ratings — published 1813
Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 415 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.02 — 4,490,460 ratings — published 1945
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 373 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.35 — 9,802,886 ratings — published 2008
The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 354 times as must-read)
avg rating 3.80 — 3,865,017 ratings — published 1951
The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 349 times as must-read)
avg rating 3.93 — 5,854,985 ratings — published 1925
The Fault in Our Stars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 346 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.12 — 5,673,656 ratings — published 2012
Crime and Punishment (Paperback)
by (shelved 341 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,064,971 ratings — published 1866
Fahrenheit 451 (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 338 times as must-read)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,800,478 ratings — published 1953
Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
by (shelved 329 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.37 — 864,110 ratings — published 1946
Taming Flame (Paperback)
by (shelved 322 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.28 — 16,709 ratings — published 2022
The Alchemist (Paperback)
by (shelved 315 times as must-read)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,527,464 ratings — published 1988
The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 315 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.36 — 3,464,973 ratings — published 2003
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Paperback)
by (shelved 312 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.34 — 1,244,115 ratings — published 2011
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 310 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,094,982 ratings — published 1967
Jane Eyre (Paperback)
by (shelved 305 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,304,513 ratings — published 1847
Brave New World (Paperback)
by (shelved 304 times as must-read)
avg rating 3.99 — 2,059,780 ratings — published 1932
The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 302 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,153,818 ratings — published 1947
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by (shelved 296 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.47 — 11,299,418 ratings — published 1997
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
by (shelved 293 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,851,412 ratings — published 1890
Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 289 times as must-read)
avg rating 3.70 — 3,174,025 ratings — published 1954
The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 281 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,393,062 ratings — published 1985
The Little Prince (Hardcover)
by (shelved 280 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.33 — 2,444,651 ratings — published 1943
Wuthering Heights (Paperback)
by (shelved 271 times as must-read)
avg rating 3.90 — 2,019,061 ratings — published 1847
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 267 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,262,665 ratings — published 2018
The Count of Monte Cristo (Paperback)
by (shelved 266 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,014,569 ratings — published 1844
Anna Karenina (Paperback)
by (shelved 265 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.10 — 924,101 ratings — published 1878
Thinking, Fast and Slow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 257 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.17 — 581,672 ratings — published 2011
The Zombie Room (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 255 times as must-read)
avg rating 3.91 — 39,637 ratings — published 2012
Lolita (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 249 times as must-read)
avg rating 3.87 — 938,338 ratings — published 1955
Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)
by (shelved 240 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,139,905 ratings — published 2015
The Brothers Karamazov (Paperback)
by (shelved 239 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.39 — 381,778 ratings — published 1880
How to Win Friends & Influence People (Paperback)
by (shelved 237 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,137,780 ratings — published 1936
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 236 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.24 — 1,984,536 ratings — published 1999
The Bell Jar (Paperback)
by (shelved 235 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,202,682 ratings — published 1963
The Elephant Tree (Paperback)
by (shelved 234 times as must-read)
avg rating 3.90 — 39,754 ratings — published 2010
The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 232 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.30 — 1,949,499 ratings — published 2011
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 230 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.40 — 4,014,750 ratings — published 2017
The Secret History (Paperback)
by (shelved 229 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,008,568 ratings — published 1992
The Stranger (Paperback)
by (shelved 227 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,376,361 ratings — published 1942
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 225 times as must-read)
avg rating 3.90 — 1,859,491 ratings — published 1818
Little Women (Little Women, #1)
by (shelved 223 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.17 — 2,437,356 ratings — published 1868
Catch-22 (Paperback)
by (shelved 219 times as must-read)
avg rating 3.99 — 883,257 ratings — published 1961
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (Paperback)
by (shelved 218 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,423,591 ratings — published 1937
War and Peace (Paperback)
by (shelved 218 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.17 — 363,360 ratings — published 1869
Chasing Headlines (Chasing Victory #1)
by (shelved 207 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.24 — 9,433 ratings — published 2025
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)
by (shelved 207 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.22 — 2,002,842 ratings — published 1979
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Hardcover)
by (shelved 206 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,720,593 ratings — published 2007
“Because you live to love and love to live/ And because of what your heardrum will give/ Now we might love to live and live to love.”
― For the Love of Art
― For the Love of Art
“Love can’t exist without fear. If the thought of losing someone does not scare you, then it’s not love.”
― I Lost My Soul
― I Lost My Soul
