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Animal Farm
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4.01 avg rating — 4,429,020 ratings
score: 298,
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3 people voted
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1984
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4.20 avg rating — 5,315,829 ratings
score: 295,
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3 people voted
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
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4.30 avg rating — 573,888 ratings
score: 291,
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3 people voted
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
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4.43 avg rating — 4,401,692 ratings
score: 283,
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3 people voted
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
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4.58 avg rating — 4,737,963 ratings
score: 279,
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3 people voted
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
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4.57 avg rating — 4,115,651 ratings
score: 277,
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3 people voted
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
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4.47 avg rating — 11,190,181 ratings
score: 277,
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3 people voted
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The Kite Runner
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Khaled Hosseini (Goodreads Author)
4.35 avg rating — 3,436,817 ratings
score: 276,
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3 people voted
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)
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4.58 avg rating — 3,599,140 ratings
score: 275,
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3 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 — 3,730,706 ratings
score: 274,
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3 people voted
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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 — 2,361,723 ratings
score: 274,
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3 people voted
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Slaughterhouse-Five
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4.10 avg rating — 1,463,753 ratings
score: 191,
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2 people voted
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
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4.62 avg rating — 4,047,710 ratings
score: 184,
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2 people voted
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Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
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4.35 avg rating — 4,069,278 ratings
score: 181,
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2 people voted
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Bridge to Terabithia
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4.06 avg rating — 583,744 ratings
score: 181,
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2 people voted
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The Giver (The Giver, #1)
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Lois Lowry (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 2,760,311 ratings
score: 173,
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2 people voted
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Lolita
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3.87 avg rating — 929,569 ratings
score: 171,
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2 people voted
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The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
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4.35 avg rating — 9,710,528 ratings
score: 169,
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2 people voted
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The Great Gatsby
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3.93 avg rating — 5,798,876 ratings
score: 169,
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2 people voted
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To Kill a Mockingbird
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4.26 avg rating — 6,759,822 ratings
score: 167,
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2 people voted
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Fahrenheit 451
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3.97 avg rating — 2,762,594 ratings
score: 163,
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2 people voted
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The Color Purple
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4.28 avg rating — 743,468 ratings
score: 161,
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2 people voted
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To the Survivors: One Man's Journey as a Rape Crisis Counselor with True Stories of Sexual Violence
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Robert Uttaro (Goodreads Author)
4.03 avg rating — 188 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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Heather Has Two Mommies
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Lesléa Newman (Goodreads Author)
3.95 avg rating — 2,003 ratings
score: 99,
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1 person voted
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The Sun Also Rises
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3.79 avg rating — 486,850 ratings
score: 97,
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1 person voted
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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (National Book Award Winner)
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4.06 avg rating — 282,832 ratings
score: 95,
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1 person voted
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Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
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4.12 avg rating — 3,644,743 ratings
score: 92,
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1 person voted
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Speak
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Laurie Halse Anderson (Goodreads Author)
4.05 avg rating — 626,028 ratings
score: 81,
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1 person voted
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Looking for Alaska
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John Green (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 1,728,406 ratings
score: 75,
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1 person voted
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The Catcher in the Rye
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3.80 avg rating — 3,836,078 ratings
score: 74,
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1 person voted
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Scary Stories 3: More Tales to Chill Your Bones
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4.15 avg rating — 17,762 ratings
score: 71,
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1 person voted
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Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
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4.06 avg rating — 71,919 ratings
score: 70,
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1 person voted
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More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
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Alvin Schwartz (Adapter)
4.11 avg rating — 20,330 ratings
score: 69,
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1 person voted
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower
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4.24 avg rating — 1,968,232 ratings
score: 68,
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1 person voted
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Thirteen Reasons Why
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Jay Asher (Goodreads Author)
3.84 avg rating — 1,018,401 ratings
score: 67,
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1 person voted
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A Vocation and a Voice: Stories
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3.88 avg rating — 240 ratings
score: 66,
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1 person voted
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