139 books
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390 voters
Challenge Books
Showing 1-50 of 42,577
1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 83 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,334,418 ratings — published 1949
To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 75 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.26 — 6,774,521 ratings — published 1960
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 72 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.40 — 3,958,146 ratings — published 2017
Pride and Prejudice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 68 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.29 — 4,713,165 ratings — published 1813
Lessons in Chemistry (Paperback)
by (shelved 66 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,728,194 ratings — published 2022
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by (shelved 60 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.47 — 11,216,997 ratings — published 1997
The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 60 times as challenge)
avg rating 3.93 — 5,812,611 ratings — published 1925
The Midnight Library (Hardcover)
by (shelved 56 times as challenge)
avg rating 3.98 — 2,366,018 ratings — published 2020
The Secret History (Paperback)
by (shelved 54 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.16 — 987,167 ratings — published 1992
Where the Crawdads Sing (ebook)
by (shelved 53 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.37 — 3,544,575 ratings — published 2018
Wuthering Heights (Paperback)
by (shelved 51 times as challenge)
avg rating 3.90 — 1,994,344 ratings — published 1847
The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 49 times as challenge)
avg rating 3.80 — 3,843,530 ratings — published 1951
Little Women (Little Women, #1)
by (shelved 48 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.17 — 2,421,619 ratings — published 1868
Daisy Jones & The Six (Hardcover)
by (shelved 48 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.20 — 1,812,718 ratings — published 2019
Fahrenheit 451 (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 48 times as challenge)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,771,597 ratings — published 1953
Gone Girl (Paperback)
by (shelved 47 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.14 — 3,398,499 ratings — published 2012
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 47 times as challenge)
avg rating 3.89 — 1,811,080 ratings — published 1818
The Silent Patient (Hardcover)
by (shelved 46 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.17 — 3,116,638 ratings — published 2019
Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 46 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.01 — 4,444,056 ratings — published 1945
A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1)
by (shelved 45 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.16 — 4,030,206 ratings — published 2015
The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 45 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,369,273 ratings — published 1985
Babel (Hardcover)
by (shelved 44 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.15 — 435,018 ratings — published 2022
All the Light We Cannot See (Hardcover)
by (shelved 44 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,936,502 ratings — published 2014
Jane Eyre (Paperback)
by (shelved 44 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,288,680 ratings — published 1847
Remarkably Bright Creatures (Hardcover)
by (shelved 42 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.36 — 1,144,802 ratings — published 2022
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 42 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,304,991 ratings — published 2022
It Ends with Us (It Ends with Us, #1)
by (shelved 41 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.09 — 4,496,291 ratings — published 2016
The Women (Hardcover)
by (shelved 40 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.59 — 1,447,191 ratings — published 2024
Crime and Punishment (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,050,299 ratings — published 1866
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,827,915 ratings — published 1890
The Alchemist (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as challenge)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,494,616 ratings — published 1988
The Bell Jar (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,186,564 ratings — published 1963
Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as challenge)
avg rating 3.70 — 3,154,306 ratings — published 1954
Anna Karenina (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.10 — 918,381 ratings — published 1878
Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)
by (shelved 37 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.57 — 3,321,829 ratings — published 2023
The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 37 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,836,305 ratings — published 2005
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 36 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.35 — 9,732,606 ratings — published 2008
Catch-22 (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as challenge)
avg rating 3.99 — 879,923 ratings — published 1961
The Housemaid (The Housemaid, #1)
by (shelved 35 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.28 — 2,825,082 ratings — published 2022
The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,127,296 ratings — published 1947
The Fault in Our Stars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 35 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.12 — 5,642,994 ratings — published 2012
War and Peace (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.17 — 361,052 ratings — published 1869
Me Before You (Me Before You, #1)
by (shelved 35 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.26 — 1,780,176 ratings — published 2012
Brave New World (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as challenge)
avg rating 3.99 — 2,045,405 ratings — published 1932
The Color Purple (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.28 — 744,697 ratings — published 1982
James (Hardcover)
by (shelved 33 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.45 — 441,162 ratings — published 2024
I’m Glad My Mom Died (Hardcover)
by (shelved 33 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.44 — 1,402,109 ratings — published 2022
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue (Hardcover)
by (shelved 33 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.17 — 1,446,615 ratings — published 2020
Great Expectations (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as challenge)
avg rating 3.80 — 865,138 ratings — published 1861
The Girl on the Train (Hardcover)
by (shelved 33 times as challenge)
avg rating 3.96 — 3,243,232 ratings — published 2015
“A man either lives life as it happens to him, meets it head-on and licks it, or he turns his back on it and starts to wither away.”
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