4.39 avg rating — 382,621 ratings

"Maybe my all-time favorite book. I lack the articulation to even say why, but it is deeply affecting. "

4.03 avg rating — 1,380,513 ratings

"Existentialism, yo. "

4.33 avg rating — 55,596 ratings

"Highlight: "On the shortness of life""

3.93 avg rating — 93,184 ratings

"Still resonates more than 50 years after publication. "

4.29 avg rating — 181,343 ratings

"Deceptively simple, powerful."

4.29 avg rating — 1,614,001 ratings

"Fear is the mind killer, indeed. "

4.40 avg rating — 959 ratings

"Evocative."

3.98 avg rating — 70,781 ratings

"Makes you wistful for a place you've never even been to."

3.93 avg rating — 68,718 ratings

"Childhood. "

really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,028,616 ratings

"A warning. "

4.37 avg rating — 26,479 ratings

"Triumph of the human spirit. And, you know, cannibalism. "

3.85 avg rating — 73,931 ratings

"Sensuous. "

4.11 avg rating — 517,046 ratings

"The horror. "

4.11 avg rating — 83,672 ratings

"The horror, in more detail. "

4.23 avg rating — 29,758 ratings

"Fascinating. "

4.14 avg rating — 313,243 ratings

"Surreal, evocative. "

4.12 avg rating — 544,270 ratings

"Murakami really stays with you. "

3.92 avg rating — 6,703 ratings

"I was here once. I am here now. I will be here again. "

3.95 avg rating — 71,734 ratings

"Close to perfect. "

4.08 avg rating — 472,899 ratings

"Empowering. "

4.02 avg rating — 217,252 ratings

"Quasimodo may be the least interesting part. "

4.19 avg rating — 1,834 ratings

"What a storytelling opportunity. "

3.98 avg rating — 129,423 ratings

"Still processing this one."

3.89 avg rating — 98,149 ratings

"Keef tells it like it is."

4.28 avg rating — 162 ratings

"Jargon-free."

4.41 avg rating — 211,184 ratings

"Epic, magnificent. "

4.35 avg rating — 643,703 ratings

"Blew me away. "

4.22 avg rating — 10,186 ratings

"Gripping. "