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This was mainly written to remind me which classic books I want to read before I turn 30. Hope I can do it!
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The Great Gatsby
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3.93 avg rating — 5,804,045 ratings
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The Diary of a Young Girl
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4.20 avg rating — 4,121,484 ratings
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The Help
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Kathryn Stockett (Goodreads Author)
4.47 avg rating — 2,985,240 ratings
score: 537,
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Les Misérables
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4.21 avg rating — 836,278 ratings
score: 491,
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To Kill a Mockingbird
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4.26 avg rating — 6,765,241 ratings
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The Scarlet Letter
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3.44 avg rating — 908,360 ratings
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The Catcher in the Rye
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3.80 avg rating — 3,838,830 ratings
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A Christmas Carol
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4.09 avg rating — 903,649 ratings
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower
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4.24 avg rating — 1,969,778 ratings
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Fahrenheit 451
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3.97 avg rating — 2,765,887 ratings
score: 467,
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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia, #1)
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4.24 avg rating — 3,096,791 ratings
score: 460,
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Water for Elephants
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Sara Gruen (Goodreads Author)
4.11 avg rating — 1,689,052 ratings
score: 456,
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The Color Purple
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4.28 avg rating — 743,928 ratings
score: 384,
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Flowers for Algernon
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4.23 avg rating — 776,570 ratings
score: 370,
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Lord of the Flies
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3.70 avg rating — 3,150,351 ratings
score: 366,
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Romeo and Juliet
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3.74 avg rating — 2,789,846 ratings
score: 358,
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The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
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Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author)
4.15 avg rating — 2,364,571 ratings
score: 357,
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The Giver (The Giver, #1)
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Lois Lowry (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 2,762,305 ratings
score: 356,
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Amsterdam
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Ian McEwan (Goodreads Author)
3.47 avg rating — 59,274 ratings
score: 356,
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The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium #2)
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4.26 avg rating — 977,965 ratings
score: 350,
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The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
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4.35 avg rating — 9,718,744 ratings
score: 337,
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The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
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4.17 avg rating — 3,407,949 ratings
score: 318,
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Stranger in a Strange Land
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3.92 avg rating — 324,801 ratings
score: 272,
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The Grapes of Wrath
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4.02 avg rating — 981,075 ratings
score: 258,
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The Lover
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3.71 avg rating — 70,374 ratings
score: 254,
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Room
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Emma Donoghue (Goodreads Author)
4.08 avg rating — 829,377 ratings
score: 243,
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A Child Called "It" (Dave Pelzer, #1)
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Dave Pelzer (Goodreads Author)
4.14 avg rating — 457,553 ratings
score: 196,
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Gone with the Wind
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4.31 avg rating — 1,250,041 ratings
score: 195,
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Friday
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3.85 avg rating — 30,233 ratings
score: 194,
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The Iliad
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3.93 avg rating — 501,337 ratings
score: 190,
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Great Expectations
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3.80 avg rating — 864,276 ratings
score: 180,
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream
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4.06 avg rating — 374,143 ratings
score: 180,
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The Count of Monte Cristo
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4.32 avg rating — 1,005,007 ratings
score: 178,
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Moby-Dick or, The Whale
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3.56 avg rating — 608,206 ratings
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Infinite Jest
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4.25 avg rating — 99,902 ratings
score: 176,
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The Collector
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3.97 avg rating — 90,899 ratings
score: 174,
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Tess of the D’Urbervilles
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3.84 avg rating — 299,949 ratings
score: 174,
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Sister Carrie
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3.77 avg rating — 41,556 ratings
score: 172,
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Paradise Lost
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3.85 avg rating — 179,665 ratings
score: 169,
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Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson
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Mitch Albom (Goodreads Author)
4.20 avg rating — 1,173,149 ratings
score: 157,
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2 people voted
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Ham on Rye
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4.14 avg rating — 117,040 ratings
score: 100,
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Mary
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3.71 avg rating — 8,785 ratings
score: 99,
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Oliver Twist
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3.88 avg rating — 423,034 ratings
score: 94,
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Hot Water Music
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3.87 avg rating — 16,070 ratings
score: 93,
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Great Expectations
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3.80 avg rating — 864,276 ratings
score: 93,
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Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)
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4.02 avg rating — 640,205 ratings
score: 91,
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The Agony and the Ecstasy
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4.09 avg rating — 95,145 ratings
score: 91,
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I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
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3.90 avg rating — 35,203 ratings
score: 90,
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Lady Oracle
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Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author)
3.67 avg rating — 15,424 ratings
score: 88,
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Go Ask Alice
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Beatrice Sparks (as "Anonymous")
3.74 avg rating — 290,233 ratings
score: 87,
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1 person voted
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The Island of the Day Before
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3.49 avg rating — 16,244 ratings
score: 86,
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The Master and Margarita
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4.28 avg rating — 409,546 ratings
score: 83,
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Stieg Larsson's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: A Graphic Novel, Book 1
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4.45 avg rating — 13,261 ratings
score: 82,
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We Need to Talk About Kevin
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Lionel Shriver (Goodreads Author)
4.08 avg rating — 209,271 ratings
score: 80,
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Malled: My Unintentional Career in Retail
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Caitlin Kelly (Goodreads Author)
2.63 avg rating — 675 ratings
score: 79,
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Flowers in the Attic (Dollanganger, #1)
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3.85 avg rating — 234,780 ratings
score: 79,
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Sybil: The Classic True Story of a Woman Possessed by Sixteen Personalities
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3.99 avg rating — 90,616 ratings
score: 76,
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An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness
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Kay Redfield Jamison (Goodreads Author)
4.06 avg rating — 84,899 ratings
score: 75,
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Marley and Me: Life and Love With the World’s Worst Dog
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4.14 avg rating — 476,116 ratings
score: 74,
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The Time Traveler's Wife
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Audrey Niffenegger (Goodreads Author)
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score: 70,
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