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1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 700 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,330,009 ratings — published 1949
To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 642 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.26 — 6,771,026 ratings — published 1960
The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 467 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,834,892 ratings — published 2005
Pride and Prejudice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 448 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.29 — 4,709,954 ratings — published 1813
Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 404 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.01 — 4,440,502 ratings — published 1945
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 370 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.35 — 9,727,284 ratings — published 2008
The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 350 times as must-read)
avg rating 3.80 — 3,841,800 ratings — published 1951
The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 346 times as must-read)
avg rating 3.93 — 5,809,382 ratings — published 1925
The Fault in Our Stars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 344 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.12 — 5,640,564 ratings — published 2012
Fahrenheit 451 (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 338 times as must-read)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,769,413 ratings — published 1953
Crime and Punishment (Paperback)
by (shelved 334 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,049,257 ratings — published 1866
Taming Flame (Paperback)
by (shelved 330 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.28 — 16,860 ratings — published 2022
Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
by (shelved 325 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.37 — 852,066 ratings — published 1946
The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 315 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.35 — 3,442,274 ratings — published 2003
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Paperback)
by (shelved 314 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.34 — 1,228,767 ratings — published 2011
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 309 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,086,088 ratings — published 1967
The Alchemist (Paperback)
by (shelved 309 times as must-read)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,491,951 ratings — published 1988
The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 304 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,125,140 ratings — published 1947
Jane Eyre (Paperback)
by (shelved 299 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,287,467 ratings — published 1847
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by (shelved 297 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.47 — 11,210,436 ratings — published 1997
Brave New World (Paperback)
by (shelved 296 times as must-read)
avg rating 3.99 — 2,044,277 ratings — published 1932
Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 287 times as must-read)
avg rating 3.70 — 3,152,767 ratings — published 1954
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
by (shelved 285 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,826,048 ratings — published 1890
The Little Prince (Hardcover)
by (shelved 276 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.33 — 2,418,522 ratings — published 1943
The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 275 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,367,481 ratings — published 1985
Wuthering Heights (Paperback)
by (shelved 267 times as must-read)
avg rating 3.90 — 1,992,663 ratings — published 1847
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 265 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,236,336 ratings — published 2018
Anna Karenina (Paperback)
by (shelved 260 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.10 — 917,803 ratings — published 1878
The Zombie Room (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 259 times as must-read)
avg rating 3.92 — 39,149 ratings — published 2012
The Count of Monte Cristo (Paperback)
by (shelved 258 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,005,991 ratings — published 1846
Thinking, Fast and Slow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 254 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.17 — 575,482 ratings — published 2011
Lolita (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 247 times as must-read)
avg rating 3.87 — 931,280 ratings — published 1955
Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)
by (shelved 242 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,126,214 ratings — published 2015
The Elephant Tree (Paperback)
by (shelved 239 times as must-read)
avg rating 3.90 — 39,346 ratings — published 2010
The Brothers Karamazov (Paperback)
by (shelved 238 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.39 — 377,659 ratings — published 1880
How to Win Friends & Influence People (Paperback)
by (shelved 236 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,128,106 ratings — published 1936
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 233 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.24 — 1,971,465 ratings — published 1999
Chasing Headlines (Chasing Victory #1)
by (shelved 232 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.25 — 9,665 ratings — published 2025
The Bell Jar (Paperback)
by (shelved 231 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,185,322 ratings — published 1963
The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 228 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,919,520 ratings — published 2011
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 227 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.40 — 3,953,499 ratings — published 2017
The Stranger (Paperback)
by (shelved 223 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,352,469 ratings — published 1942
Little Women (Little Women, #1)
by (shelved 222 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.17 — 2,420,434 ratings — published 1868
The Secret History (Paperback)
by (shelved 222 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.16 — 985,251 ratings — published 1992
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (Paperback)
by (shelved 220 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,394,892 ratings — published 1937
Catch-22 (Paperback)
by (shelved 219 times as must-read)
avg rating 3.99 — 879,644 ratings — published 1961
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 218 times as must-read)
avg rating 3.89 — 1,807,886 ratings — published 1818
War and Peace (Paperback)
by (shelved 211 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.17 — 360,883 ratings — published 1869
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)
by (shelved 208 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,990,342 ratings — published 1979
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Hardcover)
by (shelved 207 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,706,954 ratings — published 2007
“I’m not going to push for more than you’re ready for. Right now, just take the time to figure things out. Hopefully you can start to see me not just as your friend but as the guy who is hopelessly in love with you.”
― Glad You Exist
― Glad You Exist
