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1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 707 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,379,139 ratings — published 1949
To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 647 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.26 — 6,810,563 ratings — published 1960
The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 471 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,850,694 ratings — published 2005
Pride and Prejudice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 452 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.29 — 4,744,388 ratings — published 1813
Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 408 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.01 — 4,481,042 ratings — published 1945
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 370 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.35 — 9,788,223 ratings — published 2008
The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 354 times as must-read)
avg rating 3.80 — 3,860,741 ratings — published 1951
The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 349 times as must-read)
avg rating 3.93 — 5,846,485 ratings — published 1925
The Fault in Our Stars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 346 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.12 — 5,667,542 ratings — published 2012
Crime and Punishment (Paperback)
by (shelved 341 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,062,252 ratings — published 1866
Fahrenheit 451 (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 340 times as must-read)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,794,489 ratings — published 1953
Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
by (shelved 328 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.37 — 861,876 ratings — published 1946
Taming Flame (Paperback)
by (shelved 324 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.28 — 16,790 ratings — published 2022
The Alchemist (Paperback)
by (shelved 315 times as must-read)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,520,770 ratings — published 1988
The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 314 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.36 — 3,460,755 ratings — published 2003
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Paperback)
by (shelved 313 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.34 — 1,241,247 ratings — published 2011
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 308 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,093,316 ratings — published 1967
The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 304 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,148,488 ratings — published 1947
Jane Eyre (Paperback)
by (shelved 304 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,301,424 ratings — published 1847
Brave New World (Paperback)
by (shelved 302 times as must-read)
avg rating 3.99 — 2,056,962 ratings — published 1932
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by (shelved 296 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.47 — 11,283,295 ratings — published 1997
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
by (shelved 293 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,846,692 ratings — published 1890
Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 289 times as must-read)
avg rating 3.70 — 3,170,033 ratings — published 1954
The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 281 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,388,425 ratings — published 1985
The Little Prince (Hardcover)
by (shelved 278 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.33 — 2,439,664 ratings — published 1943
Wuthering Heights (Paperback)
by (shelved 271 times as must-read)
avg rating 3.90 — 2,013,906 ratings — published 1847
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 269 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,257,671 ratings — published 2018
The Count of Monte Cristo (Paperback)
by (shelved 265 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,013,034 ratings — published 1844
Anna Karenina (Paperback)
by (shelved 263 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.10 — 922,896 ratings — published 1878
The Zombie Room (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 256 times as must-read)
avg rating 3.92 — 39,646 ratings — published 2012
Thinking, Fast and Slow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 256 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.17 — 580,534 ratings — published 2011
Lolita (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 249 times as must-read)
avg rating 3.87 — 937,062 ratings — published 1955
The Brothers Karamazov (Paperback)
by (shelved 241 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.39 — 381,749 ratings — published 1880
Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)
by (shelved 240 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,137,506 ratings — published 2015
How to Win Friends & Influence People (Paperback)
by (shelved 237 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,136,029 ratings — published 1936
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 236 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.24 — 1,982,126 ratings — published 1999
The Elephant Tree (Paperback)
by (shelved 236 times as must-read)
avg rating 3.90 — 39,789 ratings — published 2010
The Bell Jar (Paperback)
by (shelved 235 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,199,470 ratings — published 1963
The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 232 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.30 — 1,943,956 ratings — published 2011
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 231 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.40 — 4,003,601 ratings — published 2017
The Stranger (Paperback)
by (shelved 227 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,371,782 ratings — published 1942
The Secret History (Paperback)
by (shelved 227 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,004,688 ratings — published 1992
Little Women (Little Women, #1)
by (shelved 224 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.17 — 2,433,875 ratings — published 1868
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 223 times as must-read)
avg rating 3.90 — 1,852,181 ratings — published 1818
Catch-22 (Paperback)
by (shelved 219 times as must-read)
avg rating 3.99 — 882,667 ratings — published 1961
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (Paperback)
by (shelved 218 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,418,359 ratings — published 1937
War and Peace (Paperback)
by (shelved 218 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.17 — 362,928 ratings — published 1869
Chasing Headlines (Chasing Victory #1)
by (shelved 210 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.24 — 9,486 ratings — published 2025
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)
by (shelved 209 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.22 — 2,000,602 ratings — published 1979
Les Misérables (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 206 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.21 — 839,744 ratings — published 1862
“True assertiveness isn’t about speaking the loudest—it’s about standing firmly in your truth, even when the world whispers doubt. Navigate your life with nerve, and you’ll never be overlooked again.”
― Navigating with Nerve: Assertive Strategies for Life
― Navigating with Nerve: Assertive Strategies for Life
“All kinds of feelings go on arising and passing
– joy, anger, boredom, lust – but once you stop craving
particular feelings, you can just accept them for what they are”
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
– joy, anger, boredom, lust – but once you stop craving
particular feelings, you can just accept them for what they are”
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
