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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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The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
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4.47 avg rating — 11,138,820 ratings
score: 681,
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The Magician's Nephew (The Chronicles of Narnia, #6)
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4.05 avg rating — 591,716 ratings
score: 680,
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To Kill a Mockingbird
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4.26 avg rating — 6,731,200 ratings
score: 639,
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Animal Farm
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4.01 avg rating — 4,400,374 ratings
score: 627,
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Jane Eyre
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4.16 avg rating — 2,274,134 ratings
score: 531,
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
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4.58 avg rating — 4,713,439 ratings
score: 485,
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The Diary of a Young Girl
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4.20 avg rating — 4,099,801 ratings
score: 463,
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Fahrenheit 451
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3.97 avg rating — 2,745,282 ratings
score: 458,
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
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3.92 avg rating — 1,002,029 ratings
score: 381,
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Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)
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4.32 avg rating — 1,087,217 ratings
score: 378,
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Winnie-the-Pooh (Winnie-the-Pooh, #1)
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4.38 avg rating — 390,719 ratings
score: 375,
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
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4.57 avg rating — 4,096,805 ratings
score: 370,
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
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4.43 avg rating — 4,380,134 ratings
score: 368,
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)
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4.58 avg rating — 3,585,031 ratings
score: 364,
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4 people voted
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)
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4.50 avg rating — 3,714,995 ratings
score: 362,
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The Lord of the Rings
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4.54 avg rating — 719,819 ratings
score: 282,
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3 people voted
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Anthem
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3.61 avg rating — 164,855 ratings
score: 280,
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3 people voted
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The Secret Garden
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4.17 avg rating — 1,270,691 ratings
score: 273,
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3 people voted
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
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4.62 avg rating — 4,032,413 ratings
score: 268,
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3 people voted
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The Old Man and the Sea
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3.81 avg rating — 1,276,684 ratings
score: 266,
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
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3.83 avg rating — 646,564 ratings
score: 262,
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The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)
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4.14 avg rating — 378,967 ratings
score: 259,
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3 people voted
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
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4.13 avg rating — 1,803,870 ratings
score: 236,
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3 people voted
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Hamlet
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4.03 avg rating — 1,026,184 ratings
score: 228,
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3 people voted
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Romeo and Juliet
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3.74 avg rating — 2,780,453 ratings
score: 217,
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3 people voted
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The Catcher in the Rye
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3.80 avg rating — 3,822,161 ratings
score: 214,
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3 people voted
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Betsy-Tacy (Betsy-Tacy, #1)
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4.09 avg rating — 25,073 ratings
score: 193,
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2 people voted
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Dubliners
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3.84 avg rating — 171,412 ratings
score: 191,
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2 people voted
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I Capture the Castle
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3.99 avg rating — 113,668 ratings
score: 186,
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2 people voted
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Daddy-Long-Legs
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4.13 avg rating — 74,162 ratings
score: 180,
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2 people voted
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Dracula
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4.02 avg rating — 1,425,941 ratings
score: 176,
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2 people voted
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The Little Prince
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4.33 avg rating — 2,397,386 ratings
score: 176,
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2 people voted
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The Canterbury Tales
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3.52 avg rating — 235,373 ratings
score: 174,
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2 people voted
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Redwall (Redwall, #1)
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4.14 avg rating — 127,268 ratings
score: 173,
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2 people voted
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1984
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4.20 avg rating — 5,280,348 ratings
score: 173,
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2 people voted
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Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
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3.74 avg rating — 405,183 ratings
score: 172,
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2 people voted
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The House at Pooh Corner (Winnie-the-Pooh, #2)
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4.38 avg rating — 90,355 ratings
score: 170,
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2 people voted
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The Raven
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4.29 avg rating — 164,667 ratings
score: 166,
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2 people voted
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Of Mice and Men
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3.89 avg rating — 2,769,795 ratings
score: 165,
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2 people voted
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A Man for All Seasons: A Play in Two Acts
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3.89 avg rating — 14,762 ratings
score: 164,
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The Bell Jar
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4.05 avg rating — 1,170,636 ratings
score: 162,
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2 people voted
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The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
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4.40 avg rating — 3,072,817 ratings
score: 161,
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2 people voted
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The Postman Always Rings Twice
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3.76 avg rating — 47,443 ratings
score: 161,
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2 people voted
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The Hiding Place
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4.48 avg rating — 350,241 ratings
score: 160,
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Pride and Prejudice
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4.29 avg rating — 4,672,698 ratings
score: 159,
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2 people voted
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For Whom the Bell Tolls
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3.99 avg rating — 313,044 ratings
score: 159,
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2 people voted
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The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2)
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4.50 avg rating — 1,093,593 ratings
score: 156,
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2 people voted
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The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3)
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4.58 avg rating — 1,012,862 ratings
score: 154,
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2 people voted
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Waiting for Godot
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3.84 avg rating — 218,248 ratings
score: 152,
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2 people voted
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Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1)
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4.41 avg rating — 208,119 ratings
score: 151,
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2 people voted
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The Elements of Style
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4.18 avg rating — 86,426 ratings
score: 148,
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2 people voted
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Tess of the D’Urbervilles
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3.84 avg rating — 298,935 ratings
score: 143,
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The Once and Future King (The Once and Future King, #1-5)
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4.07 avg rating — 116,769 ratings
score: 139,
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2 people voted
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A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes, #1)
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4.13 avg rating — 485,095 ratings
score: 127,
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2 people voted
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Little Women (Little Women, #1)
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4.17 avg rating — 2,407,820 ratings
score: 124,
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A Tale of Two Cities
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3.88 avg rating — 999,993 ratings
score: 114,
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The Great Gatsby
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3.93 avg rating — 5,772,124 ratings
score: 107,
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The Secret Language
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4.14 avg rating — 986 ratings
score: 100,
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Stranger in a Strange Land
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3.92 avg rating — 324,126 ratings
score: 100,
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Wuthering Heights
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3.90 avg rating — 1,973,017 ratings
score: 100,
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Candide
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3.76 avg rating — 296,180 ratings
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A Room of One's Own
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4.22 avg rating — 249,774 ratings
score: 100,
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All Quiet on the Western Front
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4.10 avg rating — 508,634 ratings
score: 98,
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The Cask of Amontillado
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4.07 avg rating — 86,259 ratings
score: 98,
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A Song of Ice and Fire (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1-5)
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4.60 avg rating — 64,405 ratings
score: 98,
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The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
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3.97 avg rating — 62,014 ratings
score: 97,
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The Ballad of Reading Gaol
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4.28 avg rating — 7,440 ratings
score: 96,
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Generals Die in Bed
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3.82 avg rating — 1,639 ratings
score: 96,
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Slaughterhouse-Five
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4.10 avg rating — 1,458,630 ratings
score: 96,
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The Painted Veil
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3.97 avg rating — 50,689 ratings
score: 95,
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Dear Enemy (Daddy-Long-Legs, #2)
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3.92 avg rating — 12,975 ratings
score: 94,
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The Things They Carried
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4.14 avg rating — 339,122 ratings
score: 94,
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Metamorphoses
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4.10 avg rating — 76,836 ratings
score: 93,
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Death on the Nile (Hercule Poirot, #18)
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4.12 avg rating — 297,060 ratings
score: 93,
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East of Eden
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4.43 avg rating — 610,551 ratings
score: 93,
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The Divine Comedy: Inferno - Purgatorio - Paradiso
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4.08 avg rating — 168,388 ratings
score: 92,
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Quiet American
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3.98 avg rating — 69,435 ratings
score: 92,
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The Body in the Library (Miss Marple, #3)
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3.82 avg rating — 123,369 ratings
score: 91,
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Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)
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4.27 avg rating — 288,939 ratings
score: 91,
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Charlotte’s Web
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4.21 avg rating — 2,005,567 ratings
score: 90,
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A Modest Proposal
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4.02 avg rating — 48,589 ratings
score: 90,
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Burmese Days
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3.87 avg rating — 31,550 ratings
score: 90,
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
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3.76 avg rating — 75,609 ratings
score: 89,
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Picnic at Hanging Rock
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3.66 avg rating — 29,542 ratings
score: 89,
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The Stand
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4.35 avg rating — 818,953 ratings
score: 89,
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New Oxford Dictionary of English
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Judy Pearsall (Chief Editor)
4.13 avg rating — 15 ratings
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The Invisible Man
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3.63 avg rating — 212,574 ratings
score: 86,
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Lost Horizon
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3.95 avg rating — 24,404 ratings
score: 86,
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Flowers for Algernon
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4.23 avg rating — 770,707 ratings
score: 85,
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Beowulf
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3.50 avg rating — 339,679 ratings
score: 84,
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The Time Machine
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3.89 avg rating — 555,585 ratings
score: 83,
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The Turn of the Screw
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3.38 avg rating — 173,519 ratings
score: 79,
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Carmilla
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3.87 avg rating — 171,439 ratings
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The Art of War
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3.95 avg rating — 555,340 ratings
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Confessions of a Mask
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3.95 avg rating — 37,753 ratings
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The Sound of the Mountain
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3.84 avg rating — 9,310 ratings
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The Makioka Sisters
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4.03 avg rating — 11,374 ratings
score: 73,
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No Longer Human
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3.95 avg rating — 234,430 ratings
score: 72,
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Tales of Moonlight and Rain
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3.79 avg rating — 2,891 ratings
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