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3.93 avg rating — 88,517 ratings

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3.30 avg rating — 22,344 ratings

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3.42 avg rating — 6,886 ratings

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3.86 avg rating — 18,350 ratings

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3.60 avg rating — 1,202 ratings

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4.22 avg rating — 183,853 ratings

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3.76 avg rating — 306,464 ratings

""Satire at it’s finest.""

3.74 avg rating — 582 ratings

""A brilliant comedic writer. If you’ve never read his stuff, this is a good place to start.""

3.90 avg rating — 27,307 ratings

""Written by the mastermind behind the Stanford Prison Project. A fascinating study on human behavior.""

4.01 avg rating — 862,407 ratings

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3.88 avg rating — 40,084 ratings

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3.90 avg rating — 76,973 ratings

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3.90 avg rating — 24,540 ratings

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4.23 avg rating — 334,306 ratings

""Words to live by.""

4.15 avg rating — 443,768 ratings

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3.94 avg rating — 585,831 ratings

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3.93 avg rating — 6,039,426 ratings

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4.09 avg rating — 270,519 ratings

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4.33 avg rating — 2,545,590 ratings

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4.21 avg rating — 225,244 ratings

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3.89 avg rating — 339,738 ratings

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3.80 avg rating — 373,083 ratings

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4.10 avg rating — 557,111 ratings

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3.80 avg rating — 87,672 ratings

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3.90 avg rating — 95,552 ratings

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3.87 avg rating — 964,522 ratings

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3.78 avg rating — 8,170 ratings

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4.02 avg rating — 170,319 ratings

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3.89 avg rating — 303,561 ratings

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4.34 avg rating — 1,132,300 ratings

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3.88 avg rating — 433,460 ratings

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4.18 avg rating — 349,196 ratings

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