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The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 100 times as canon)
avg rating 3.93 — 5,893,805 ratings — published 1925
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The Odyssey The Odyssey (Paperback)
by (shelved 82 times as canon)
avg rating 3.83 — 1,188,342 ratings — published -700
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The Catcher in the Rye The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 81 times as canon)
avg rating 3.80 — 3,882,768 ratings — published 1951
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Pride and Prejudice Pride and Prejudice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 74 times as canon)
avg rating 4.29 — 4,782,171 ratings — published 1813
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To Kill a Mockingbird To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 74 times as canon)
avg rating 4.26 — 6,861,137 ratings — published 1960
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1984 1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 72 times as canon)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,433,603 ratings — published 1949
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Frankenstein: The 1818 Text Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 70 times as canon)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,876,439 ratings — published 1818
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Wuthering Heights Wuthering Heights (Paperback)
by (shelved 67 times as canon)
avg rating 3.90 — 2,036,684 ratings — published 1847
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Hamlet Hamlet (Paperback)
by (shelved 66 times as canon)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,047,470 ratings — published 1601
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Jane Eyre Jane Eyre (Paperback)
by (shelved 66 times as canon)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,316,168 ratings — published 1847
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The Metamorphosis The Metamorphosis (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 65 times as canon)
avg rating 3.90 — 1,416,402 ratings — published 1915
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The Picture of Dorian Gray The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
by (shelved 65 times as canon)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,868,058 ratings — published 1890
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Moby-Dick or, The Whale Moby-Dick or, The Whale (Paperback)
by (shelved 59 times as canon)
avg rating 3.57 — 614,586 ratings — published 1851
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The Iliad The Iliad (Hardcover)
by (shelved 57 times as canon)
avg rating 3.93 — 508,129 ratings — published -800
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Don Quixote Don Quixote (Paperback)
by (shelved 54 times as canon)
avg rating 3.91 — 304,485 ratings — published 1615
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The Stranger The Stranger (Paperback)
by (shelved 54 times as canon)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,391,512 ratings — published 1942
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Crime and Punishment Crime and Punishment (Paperback)
by (shelved 53 times as canon)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,074,392 ratings — published 1866
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Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 53 times as canon)
avg rating 3.74 — 2,816,229 ratings — published 1590
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Anna Karenina Anna Karenina (Paperback)
by (shelved 52 times as canon)
avg rating 4.10 — 928,682 ratings — published 1878
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Macbeth Macbeth (Paperback)
by (shelved 52 times as canon)
avg rating 3.89 — 1,017,252 ratings — published 1623
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The Scarlet Letter The Scarlet Letter (Paperback)
by (shelved 51 times as canon)
avg rating 3.44 — 917,601 ratings — published 1850
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Animal Farm Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 51 times as canon)
avg rating 4.02 — 4,528,167 ratings — published 1945
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Of Mice and Men Of Mice and Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 49 times as canon)
avg rating 3.90 — 2,825,640 ratings — published 1937
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Adventures of Tom and Huck, #2) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Adventures of Tom and Huck, #2)
by (shelved 48 times as canon)
avg rating 3.83 — 1,335,465 ratings — published 1885
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Brave New World Brave New World (Paperback)
by (shelved 47 times as canon)
avg rating 3.99 — 2,070,296 ratings — published 1932
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Lolita Lolita (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 47 times as canon)
avg rating 3.87 — 942,758 ratings — published 1955
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The Grapes of Wrath The Grapes of Wrath (Hardcover)
by (shelved 47 times as canon)
avg rating 4.03 — 991,888 ratings — published 1939
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Great Expectations Great Expectations (Paperback)
by (shelved 46 times as canon)
avg rating 3.80 — 872,177 ratings — published 1861
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Fahrenheit 451 Fahrenheit 451 (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 45 times as canon)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,823,046 ratings — published 1953
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The Aeneid The Aeneid (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 45 times as canon)
avg rating 3.87 — 143,098 ratings — published -19
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The Old Man and the Sea The Old Man and the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 44 times as canon)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,307,584 ratings — published 1952
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Ulysses Ulysses (Paperback)
by (shelved 43 times as canon)
avg rating 3.76 — 137,618 ratings — published 1922
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Madame Bovary Madame Bovary (Paperback)
by (shelved 43 times as canon)
avg rating 3.71 — 373,787 ratings — published 1856
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Paradise Lost Paradise Lost (Paperback)
by (shelved 43 times as canon)
avg rating 3.86 — 182,109 ratings — published 1667
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Heart of Darkness Heart of Darkness (Paperback)
by (shelved 43 times as canon)
avg rating 3.43 — 557,229 ratings — published 1899
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Mrs. Dalloway Mrs. Dalloway (Hardcover)
by (shelved 43 times as canon)
avg rating 3.78 — 355,408 ratings — published 1925
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Dracula Dracula (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as canon)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,470,851 ratings — published 1897
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as canon)
avg rating 3.94 — 577,491 ratings — published 1595
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The Bell Jar The Bell Jar (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as canon)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,213,691 ratings — published 1963
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Little Women (Little Women, #1) Little Women (Little Women, #1)
by (shelved 40 times as canon)
avg rating 4.17 — 2,452,091 ratings — published 1868
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The Brothers Karamazov The Brothers Karamazov (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as canon)
avg rating 4.39 — 384,660 ratings — published 1880
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War and Peace War and Peace (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as canon)
avg rating 4.17 — 365,009 ratings — published 1869
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A Tale of Two Cities A Tale of Two Cities (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as canon)
avg rating 3.88 — 1,010,807 ratings — published 1859
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The Divine Comedy: Inferno - Purgatorio - Paradiso The Divine Comedy: Inferno - Purgatorio - Paradiso (Hardcover)
by (shelved 39 times as canon)
avg rating 4.09 — 171,834 ratings — published 1320
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The Sound and the Fury The Sound and the Fury (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as canon)
avg rating 3.86 — 195,680 ratings — published 1929
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The Canterbury Tales The Canterbury Tales (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as canon)
avg rating 3.53 — 237,615 ratings — published 1400
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One Hundred Years of Solitude One Hundred Years of Solitude (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as canon)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,100,961 ratings — published 1967
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Catch-22 Catch-22 (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as canon)
avg rating 3.99 — 885,309 ratings — published 1961
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Middlemarch Middlemarch (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as canon)
avg rating 4.04 — 178,833 ratings — published 1872
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The Hobbit, or There and Back Again The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as canon)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,442,748 ratings — published 1937
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Pavel Florensky
“Художник, по невежествыу воображающий, будто без канонической формы он сотворит великое, подобен пешеходу, которому мешает, по его мнению, твердая почва и который мнит, что вися в воздухе, он ушел бы дальше, чем по земле. На самом же деле такой художник, отбросив форму совершенную, бессознательно хватается за обрывки и обломки тоже форм, но случайных и несовершенных, и к этим-то бессознательным реминисценциям притягивает эпитет «творчества».”
Pavel Florensky, Iconostasis

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