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The Help
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Kathryn Stockett (Goodreads Author)
4.47 avg rating — 2,975,083 ratings
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The Secret Garden
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Wuthering Heights
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
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Brave New World
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3.88 avg rating — 1,260,154 ratings
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To Kill a Mockingbird
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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia, #1)
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1984
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Pride and Prejudice
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Jane Eyre
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The Diary of a Young Girl
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Night
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4.38 avg rating — 1,340,616 ratings
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower
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The Book Thief
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Markus Zusak (Goodreads Author)
4.39 avg rating — 2,818,762 ratings
score: 273,
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Fahrenheit 451
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3.97 avg rating — 2,745,249 ratings
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The Giver (The Giver, #1)
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Lois Lowry (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 2,749,494 ratings
score: 265,
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
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The Catcher in the Rye
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Black Beauty
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Great Expectations
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The Road
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Slaughterhouse-Five
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All Quiet on the Western Front
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Siddhartha
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4.08 avg rating — 853,916 ratings
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Dracula
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4.02 avg rating — 1,425,935 ratings
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Animal Farm
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4.01 avg rating — 4,400,323 ratings
score: 190,
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Life of Pi
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3.94 avg rating — 1,734,062 ratings
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Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)
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Ernest Cline (Goodreads Author)
4.23 avg rating — 1,274,507 ratings
score: 185,
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East of Eden
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4.43 avg rating — 610,546 ratings
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The Poisonwood Bible
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4.11 avg rating — 783,314 ratings
score: 182,
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Gulliver’s Travels
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3.59 avg rating — 295,070 ratings
score: 176,
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The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)
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The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
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4.40 avg rating — 3,072,791 ratings
score: 175,
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The Five People You Meet in Heaven
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Mitch Albom (Goodreads Author)
4.01 avg rating — 786,959 ratings
score: 174,
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The Color Purple
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4.28 avg rating — 740,867 ratings
score: 174,
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Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
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4.31 avg rating — 1,455,532 ratings
score: 169,
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The Fault in Our Stars
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John Green (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 5,612,722 ratings
score: 169,
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And Then There Were None
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4.28 avg rating — 1,559,769 ratings
score: 169,
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Dune (Dune #1)
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4.29 avg rating — 1,584,051 ratings
score: 166,
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The Star of Kazan
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4.04 avg rating — 9,005 ratings
score: 163,
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Flowers for Algernon
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4.23 avg rating — 770,703 ratings
score: 163,
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Outlander (Outlander, #1)
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Diana Gabaldon (Goodreads Author)
4.26 avg rating — 1,136,571 ratings
score: 163,
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The Shining (The Shining, #1)
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Stephen King (Goodreads Author)
4.28 avg rating — 1,660,881 ratings
score: 160,
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Matilda
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4.33 avg rating — 1,083,054 ratings
score: 143,
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Vampire Academy (Vampire Academy, #1)
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Richelle Mead (Goodreads Author)
4.10 avg rating — 675,278 ratings
score: 141,
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Lord of the Flies
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3.70 avg rating — 3,135,947 ratings
score: 134,
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A Monster Calls
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4.35 avg rating — 285,499 ratings
score: 129,
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Still Alice
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Lisa Genova (Goodreads Author)
4.32 avg rating — 357,150 ratings
score: 100,
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A Prayer for Owen Meany
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John Irving (Goodreads Author)
4.24 avg rating — 333,499 ratings
score: 98,
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Redwall (Redwall, #1)
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4.14 avg rating — 127,268 ratings
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The Reader
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3.79 avg rating — 227,590 ratings
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The Dark Portal (The Deptford Mice, #1)
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3.83 avg rating — 2,614 ratings
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The Metamorphosis
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3.90 avg rating — 1,358,265 ratings
score: 96,
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Quiet American
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3.98 avg rating — 69,435 ratings
score: 96,
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Burmese Days
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3.87 avg rating — 31,550 ratings
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Kindred
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4.31 avg rating — 261,498 ratings
score: 94,
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Picnic at Hanging Rock
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3.66 avg rating — 29,542 ratings
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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)
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4.22 avg rating — 1,980,368 ratings
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All the President’s Men
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4.18 avg rating — 57,181 ratings
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Roots: The Saga of an American Family
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4.45 avg rating — 163,895 ratings
score: 92,
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I, Robot (Robot, #0.1)
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4.21 avg rating — 372,012 ratings
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Their Eyes Were Watching God
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3.99 avg rating — 379,774 ratings
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Generals Die in Bed
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3.82 avg rating — 1,639 ratings
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A Little Princess
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4.23 avg rating — 321,394 ratings
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The Lottery
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4.02 avg rating — 82,936 ratings
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The Mists of Avalon (Avalon, #1)
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4.13 avg rating — 211,643 ratings
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The Remains of the Day
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Kazuo Ishiguro (Goodreads Author)
4.14 avg rating — 347,792 ratings
score: 89,
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Uncle Tom’s Cabin
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3.92 avg rating — 240,235 ratings
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Jubilee
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4.37 avg rating — 6,858 ratings
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The Painted Veil
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3.97 avg rating — 50,689 ratings
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Death Be Not Proud
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3.86 avg rating — 12,802 ratings
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The Red Tent
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Anita Diamant (Goodreads Author)
4.20 avg rating — 625,889 ratings
score: 87,
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Never Let Me Go
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Kazuo Ishiguro (Goodreads Author)
3.85 avg rating — 823,532 ratings
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The Animal Family
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4.19 avg rating — 1,511 ratings
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The House on Mango Street
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X
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Heart of Darkness
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Lost Horizon
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The House of the Scorpion (Matteo Alacran, #1)
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Nancy Farmer (Goodreads Author)
4.08 avg rating — 95,774 ratings
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Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
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Nicholas D. Kristof (Goodreads Author)
4.28 avg rating — 55,497 ratings
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This Perfect Day
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Atlas Shrugged
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3.69 avg rating — 403,796 ratings
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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 — 2,346,476 ratings
score: 84,
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Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (Aristotle and Dante, #1)
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Benjamin Alire Sáenz (Goodreads Author)
4.29 avg rating — 666,476 ratings
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The Grapes of Wrath
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The Little Prince
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4.33 avg rating — 2,397,377 ratings
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Stolen (Stolen, #1)
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Lucy Christopher (Goodreads Author)
3.89 avg rating — 86,385 ratings
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Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
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The Clan of the Cave Bear (Earth's Children, #1)
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Go Tell It on the Mountain
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Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
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Good Night, Mr. Tom
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Wild Seed (Patternmaster, #1)
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Lost Boys
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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
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The Joy Luck Club
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Amy Tan (Goodreads Author)
3.97 avg rating — 704,939 ratings
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Fahrenheit 451
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Uncle Tom's Children
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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
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Rebecca Skloot (Goodreads Author)
4.13 avg rating — 791,204 ratings
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