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Essential Classics for Your Bookshelf
The title says it all: books that every bibliophile must have on his/her bookshelf.
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Kokoro
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4.04 avg rating — 40,123 ratings
score: 70,
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Murder at the Vicarage (Miss Marple, #1)
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4.04 avg rating — 206,718 ratings
score: 69,
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The Mysterious Affair at Styles
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A Doll's House
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3.77 avg rating — 160,069 ratings
score: 64,
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Nineteen Eighty-Four
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4.20 avg rating — 5,280,544 ratings
score: 63,
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Lolita
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3.87 avg rating — 925,258 ratings
score: 59,
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The Count of Monte Cristo
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4.32 avg rating — 999,350 ratings
score: 58,
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Frankenstein
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3.89 avg rating — 1,786,756 ratings
score: 56,
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Lord of the Flies
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3.70 avg rating — 3,136,037 ratings
score: 55,
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Of Mice and Men
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3.89 avg rating — 2,769,864 ratings
score: 53,
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