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Abandoned Books

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One Hundred Years of Solitude One Hundred Years of Solitude (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 1084 times as abandoned)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,087,430 ratings — published 1967
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Catch-22 Catch-22 (Paperback)
by (shelved 1057 times as abandoned)
avg rating 3.99 — 880,215 ratings — published 1961
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American Gods: Tenth Anniversary (American Gods, #1) American Gods: Tenth Anniversary (American Gods, #1)
by (shelved 997 times as abandoned)
avg rating 4.10 — 984,972 ratings — published 2001
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Dune (Dune #1) Dune (Dune #1)
by (shelved 959 times as abandoned)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,599,001 ratings — published 1965
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A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1) A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
by (shelved 896 times as abandoned)
avg rating 4.45 — 2,702,770 ratings — published 1996
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The Book Thief The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 890 times as abandoned)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,837,758 ratings — published 2005
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A Gentleman in Moscow A Gentleman in Moscow (Paperback)
by (shelved 883 times as abandoned)
avg rating 4.32 — 651,693 ratings — published 2016
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The Goldfinch The Goldfinch (Hardcover)
by (shelved 879 times as abandoned)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,025,747 ratings — published 2013
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A Little Life A Little Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 873 times as abandoned)
avg rating 4.28 — 895,103 ratings — published 2015
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Thinking, Fast and Slow Thinking, Fast and Slow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 845 times as abandoned)
avg rating 4.17 — 576,355 ratings — published 2011
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Pride and Prejudice Pride and Prejudice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 824 times as abandoned)
avg rating 4.29 — 4,716,768 ratings — published 1813
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Outlander (Outlander, #1) Outlander (Outlander, #1)
by (shelved 820 times as abandoned)
avg rating 4.26 — 1,142,231 ratings — published 1991
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The Casual Vacancy The Casual Vacancy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 819 times as abandoned)
avg rating 3.31 — 336,358 ratings — published 2012
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All the Light We Cannot See All the Light We Cannot See (Hardcover)
by (shelved 812 times as abandoned)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,937,906 ratings — published 2014
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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Paperback)
by (shelved 810 times as abandoned)
avg rating 4.34 — 1,231,078 ratings — published 2011
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1984 1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 799 times as abandoned)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,339,276 ratings — published 1949
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The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 788 times as abandoned)
avg rating 3.87 — 1,369,971 ratings — published 2016
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The Night Circus The Night Circus (Hardcover)
by (shelved 782 times as abandoned)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,083,570 ratings — published 2011
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The Song of Achilles The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 761 times as abandoned)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,924,145 ratings — published 2011
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A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1) A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1)
by (shelved 760 times as abandoned)
avg rating 4.16 — 4,037,146 ratings — published 2015
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The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue (Hardcover)
by (shelved 759 times as abandoned)
avg rating 4.17 — 1,449,197 ratings — published 2020
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Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1) Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1)
by (shelved 746 times as abandoned)
avg rating 3.91 — 230,543 ratings — published 2009
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Infinite Jest Infinite Jest (Paperback)
by (shelved 740 times as abandoned)
avg rating 4.25 — 100,126 ratings — published 1996
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Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (Paperback)
by (shelved 715 times as abandoned)
avg rating 3.87 — 252,641 ratings — published 2004
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Lolita Lolita (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 687 times as abandoned)
avg rating 3.87 — 932,402 ratings — published 1955
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Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (The Wicked Years, #1) Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (The Wicked Years, #1)
by (shelved 676 times as abandoned)
avg rating 3.51 — 675,557 ratings — published 1995
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Anna Karenina Anna Karenina (Paperback)
by (shelved 665 times as abandoned)
avg rating 4.10 — 918,819 ratings — published 1878
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The Handmaid's Tale The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 663 times as abandoned)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,371,540 ratings — published 1985
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The Midnight Library The Midnight Library (Hardcover)
by (shelved 639 times as abandoned)
avg rating 3.98 — 2,369,780 ratings — published 2020
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The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle (Hardcover)
by (shelved 630 times as abandoned)
avg rating 3.78 — 469,869 ratings — published 2018
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Fifty Shades of Grey (Fifty Shades, #1) Fifty Shades of Grey (Fifty Shades, #1)
by (shelved 622 times as abandoned)
avg rating 3.67 — 2,832,775 ratings — published 2011
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The Thursday Murder Club (Thursday Murder Club, #1) The Thursday Murder Club (Thursday Murder Club, #1)
by (shelved 609 times as abandoned)
avg rating 3.86 — 730,969 ratings — published 2020
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Where the Crawdads Sing Where the Crawdads Sing (ebook)
by (shelved 594 times as abandoned)
avg rating 4.37 — 3,547,350 ratings — published 2018
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Circe Circe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 592 times as abandoned)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,314,325 ratings — published 2018
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Lincoln in the Bardo Lincoln in the Bardo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 591 times as abandoned)
avg rating 3.75 — 172,643 ratings — published 2017
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Wuthering Heights Wuthering Heights (Paperback)
by (shelved 590 times as abandoned)
avg rating 3.90 — 1,996,322 ratings — published 1847
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My Brilliant Friend (Neapolitan Novels, #1) My Brilliant Friend (Neapolitan Novels, #1)
by (shelved 588 times as abandoned)
avg rating 4.05 — 454,087 ratings — published 2011
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Lessons in Chemistry Lessons in Chemistry (Paperback)
by (shelved 583 times as abandoned)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,730,542 ratings — published 2022
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The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1) The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
by (shelved 583 times as abandoned)
avg rating 4.17 — 3,412,403 ratings — published 2005
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A Discovery of Witches (All Souls, #1) A Discovery of Witches (All Souls, #1)
by (shelved 582 times as abandoned)
avg rating 4.02 — 550,177 ratings — published 2011
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Moby-Dick or, The Whale Moby-Dick or, The Whale (Paperback)
by (shelved 580 times as abandoned)
avg rating 3.56 — 609,262 ratings — published 1851
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Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1) Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)
by (shelved 576 times as abandoned)
avg rating 4.27 — 713,207 ratings — published 2014
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Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 568 times as abandoned)
avg rating 4.25 — 817,519 ratings — published 1990
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The Secret History The Secret History (Paperback)
by (shelved 562 times as abandoned)
avg rating 4.16 — 989,334 ratings — published 1992
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Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 551 times as abandoned)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,307,095 ratings — published 2022
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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 547 times as abandoned)
avg rating 4.08 — 477,569 ratings — published 2006
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Crime and Punishment Crime and Punishment (Paperback)
by (shelved 543 times as abandoned)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,052,002 ratings — published 1866
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The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1) The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1)
by (shelved 538 times as abandoned)
avg rating 4.31 — 708,716 ratings — published 2001
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The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 536 times as abandoned)
avg rating 4.00 — 749,213 ratings — published 2003
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Anxious People Anxious People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 534 times as abandoned)
avg rating 4.17 — 779,592 ratings — published 2019
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Jenim Dibie
“The sun loved me again when it saw that the stars would not abandon me.”
Jenim Dibie, The Calligraphy of God: A Collection of Love Poems

Nelson Algren
“So he bought tickets to the Greyhound and they climbed, painfully, inch by inch and with the knowledge that, once they reached the top, there would be one breath-taking moment when the car would tip precariously into space, over an incline six stories steep and then plunge, like a plunging plane. She buried her head against him, fearing to look at the park spread below. He forced himself to look: thousands of little people and hundreds of bright little stands, and over it all the coal-smoke pall of the river factories and railroad yards. He saw in that moment the whole dim-lit city on the last night of summer; the troubled streets that led to the abandoned beaches, the for-rent signs above overnight hotels and furnished basement rooms, moving trolleys and rising bridges: the cagework city, beneath a coalsmoke sky.”
Nelson Algren, Never Come Morning

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