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The Handmaid's Tale The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 258 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,367,036 ratings — published 1985
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1984 1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 175 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,328,803 ratings — published 1949
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Station Eleven Station Eleven (Hardcover)
by (shelved 161 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.07 — 600,835 ratings — published 2014
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Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1) Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)
by (shelved 151 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.20 — 250,723 ratings — published 1993
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Never Let Me Go Never Let Me Go (Paperback)
by (shelved 148 times as speculative)
avg rating 3.85 — 832,479 ratings — published 2005
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Brave New World Brave New World (Paperback)
by (shelved 145 times as speculative)
avg rating 3.99 — 2,043,969 ratings — published 1932
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Fahrenheit 451 Fahrenheit 451 (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 140 times as speculative)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,768,849 ratings — published 1953
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Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1) Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1)
by (shelved 133 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.00 — 284,436 ratings — published 2003
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The Left Hand of Darkness The Left Hand of Darkness (Paperback)
by (shelved 132 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.10 — 214,660 ratings — published 1969
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The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 130 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.35 — 9,725,906 ratings — published 2008
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Annihilation (Southern Reach, #1) Annihilation (Southern Reach, #1)
by (shelved 119 times as speculative)
avg rating 3.79 — 291,122 ratings — published 2014
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Sea of Tranquility Sea of Tranquility (Hardcover)
by (shelved 108 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.06 — 288,706 ratings — published 2022
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The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth #1) The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth #1)
by (shelved 106 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.29 — 325,293 ratings — published 2015
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Klara and the Sun Klara and the Sun (Hardcover)
by (shelved 98 times as speculative)
avg rating 3.74 — 421,627 ratings — published 2021
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The Power The Power (Hardcover)
by (shelved 97 times as speculative)
avg rating 3.75 — 249,535 ratings — published 2016
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This Is How You Lose the Time War This Is How You Lose the Time War (ebook)
by (shelved 96 times as speculative)
avg rating 3.85 — 320,523 ratings — published 2019
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Kindred Kindred (Paperback)
by (shelved 94 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.31 — 264,563 ratings — published 1979
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Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2) Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
by (shelved 91 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.35 — 4,076,484 ratings — published 2009
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How High We Go in the Dark How High We Go in the Dark (Hardcover)
by (shelved 90 times as speculative)
avg rating 3.82 — 68,930 ratings — published 2022
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Piranesi Piranesi (Hardcover)
by (shelved 90 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.22 — 434,972 ratings — published 2020
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American Gods: Tenth Anniversary (American Gods, #1) American Gods: Tenth Anniversary (American Gods, #1)
by (shelved 89 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.10 — 984,489 ratings — published 2001
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The Road The Road (Hardcover)
by (shelved 88 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,017,125 ratings — published 2006
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The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1) The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)
by (shelved 86 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.08 — 476,013 ratings — published 2006
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Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3) Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
by (shelved 86 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.12 — 3,651,255 ratings — published 2010
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Dune (Dune #1) Dune (Dune #1)
by (shelved 86 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,596,240 ratings — published 1965
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Stories of Your Life and Others Stories of Your Life and Others (ebook)
by (shelved 83 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.25 — 122,545 ratings — published 2002
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Severance Severance (Hardcover)
by (shelved 83 times as speculative)
avg rating 3.89 — 127,011 ratings — published 2018
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The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia (Paperback)
by (shelved 83 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.26 — 146,820 ratings — published 1974
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The Giver (The Giver, #1) The Giver (The Giver, #1)
by (shelved 80 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.12 — 2,764,181 ratings — published 1993
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Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1) Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)
by (shelved 78 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.23 — 1,281,204 ratings — published 2011
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The Midnight Library The Midnight Library (Hardcover)
by (shelved 78 times as speculative)
avg rating 3.98 — 2,361,773 ratings — published 2020
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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (ebook)
by (shelved 77 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.09 — 504,105 ratings — published 1968
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Dark Matter Dark Matter (Hardcover)
by (shelved 77 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.13 — 690,205 ratings — published 2016
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I Who Have Never Known Men I Who Have Never Known Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 77 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.12 — 379,733 ratings — published 1995
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Slaughterhouse-Five Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
by (shelved 74 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,465,626 ratings — published 1969
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Babel Babel (Hardcover)
by (shelved 74 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.15 — 432,921 ratings — published 2022
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The Testaments (The Handmaid's Tale, #2) The Testaments (The Handmaid's Tale, #2)
by (shelved 74 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.20 — 412,973 ratings — published 2019
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The Year of the Flood (MaddAddam, #2) The Year of the Flood (MaddAddam, #2)
by (shelved 73 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.07 — 131,954 ratings — published 2009
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A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet, #1) A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet, #1)
by (shelved 73 times as speculative)
avg rating 3.97 — 1,271,145 ratings — published 1962
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Cloud Atlas Cloud Atlas (Paperback)
by (shelved 72 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.01 — 265,037 ratings — published 2004
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Frankenstein: The 1818 Text Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 72 times as speculative)
avg rating 3.89 — 1,807,099 ratings — published 1818
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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1) The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)
by (shelved 72 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,990,093 ratings — published 1979
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The Martian The Martian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 70 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,260,442 ratings — published 2011
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Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1) Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
by (shelved 70 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,460,722 ratings — published 1985
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The City & the City The City & the City (Hardcover)
by (shelved 69 times as speculative)
avg rating 3.90 — 77,369 ratings — published 2009
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Snow Crash Snow Crash (Hardcover)
by (shelved 69 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.01 — 295,566 ratings — published 1992
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All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1) All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
by (shelved 68 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.12 — 351,825 ratings — published 2017
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A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot, #1) A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot, #1)
by (shelved 67 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.22 — 175,331 ratings — published 2021
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The Memory Police The Memory Police (Hardcover)
by (shelved 67 times as speculative)
avg rating 3.70 — 131,389 ratings — published 1994
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The Man in the High Castle The Man in the High Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 67 times as speculative)
avg rating 3.59 — 232,180 ratings — published 1962
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Holly Walrath
“We live in a world of unfulfilled fairytales.”
Holly Walrath, Glimmerglass Girl

Carrie Butler
“My hopes for pie died on the sidewalk. There went my grin.”
Carrie Butler, Strength

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