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1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 87 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.21 — 5,764,437 ratings — published 1949
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 79 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.39 — 4,434,395 ratings — published 2017
Pride and Prejudice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 76 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.30 — 5,009,830 ratings — published 1813
Lessons in Chemistry (Paperback)
by (shelved 75 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,903,020 ratings — published 2022
The Midnight Library (The Midnight World, #1)
by (shelved 75 times as challenge)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,676,198 ratings — published 2020
To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 74 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.26 — 7,123,204 ratings — published 1960
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by (shelved 62 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.47 — 11,810,747 ratings — published 1997
The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 62 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,561,064 ratings — published 1985
The Secret History (Paperback)
by (shelved 62 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.14 — 1,124,398 ratings — published 1992
Remarkably Bright Creatures (Hardcover)
by (shelved 61 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.35 — 1,582,373 ratings — published 2022
Wuthering Heights (Paperback)
by (shelved 61 times as challenge)
avg rating 3.89 — 2,293,677 ratings — published 1847
The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 60 times as challenge)
avg rating 3.93 — 6,142,830 ratings — published 1925
The Silent Patient (Hardcover)
by (shelved 58 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.16 — 3,615,125 ratings — published 2019
Circe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 58 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,473,412 ratings — published 2018
Jane Eyre (Paperback)
by (shelved 58 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,414,349 ratings — published 1847
Babel (Hardcover)
by (shelved 56 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.12 — 543,281 ratings — published 2022
The Housemaid (The Housemaid, #1)
by (shelved 56 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.26 — 3,976,309 ratings — published 2022
Fahrenheit 451 (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 56 times as challenge)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,991,025 ratings — published 1963
The God of the Woods (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 54 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.09 — 1,039,121 ratings — published 2024
The Women (Hardcover)
by (shelved 54 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.58 — 1,822,710 ratings — published 2024
Daisy Jones & The Six (Hardcover)
by (shelved 54 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.19 — 1,950,762 ratings — published 2019
Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 54 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.03 — 4,809,255 ratings — published 1945
Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)
by (shelved 53 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.56 — 3,960,462 ratings — published 2023
All the Light We Cannot See (Hardcover)
by (shelved 53 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,070,077 ratings — published 2014
Frankenstein (Paperback)
by (shelved 53 times as challenge)
avg rating 3.92 — 2,002,723 ratings — published 1818
Little Women (Little Women, #1)
by (shelved 52 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.18 — 2,542,589 ratings — published 1868
Where the Crawdads Sing (ebook)
by (shelved 52 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.37 — 3,794,636 ratings — published 2018
Gone Girl (Paperback)
by (shelved 52 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.15 — 3,557,702 ratings — published 2012
Crime and Punishment (Paperback)
by (shelved 51 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,158,038 ratings — published 1866
The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 51 times as challenge)
avg rating 3.80 — 4,012,682 ratings — published 1951
Atmosphere (Hardcover)
by (shelved 50 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,042,485 ratings — published 2025
Project Hail Mary (Hardcover)
by (shelved 49 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.51 — 1,869,115 ratings — published 2021
A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1)
by (shelved 49 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.15 — 4,592,527 ratings — published 2015
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue (Hardcover)
by (shelved 48 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,627,723 ratings — published 2020
Funny Story (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 47 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.18 — 1,446,466 ratings — published 2024
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow (Paperback)
by (shelved 47 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,467,889 ratings — published 2022
The Night Circus (Hardcover)
by (shelved 47 times as challenge)
avg rating 3.99 — 1,138,266 ratings — published 2011
James (Hardcover)
by (shelved 45 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.41 — 601,752 ratings — published 2024
The Bell Jar (Paperback)
by (shelved 45 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,315,087 ratings — published 1963
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
by (shelved 44 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.13 — 2,003,284 ratings — published 1890
The Nightingale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 44 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.65 — 2,381,590 ratings — published 2015
The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 44 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,180,644 ratings — published 2011
Yellowface (Paperback)
by (shelved 43 times as challenge)
avg rating 3.72 — 1,168,289 ratings — published 2023
People We Meet on Vacation (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 43 times as challenge)
avg rating 3.84 — 1,970,072 ratings — published 2021
It Ends with Us (It Ends with Us, #1)
by (shelved 43 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.06 — 4,833,287 ratings — published 2016
The Wedding People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 42 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.06 — 1,442,466 ratings — published 2024
I'm Glad My Mom Died (Hardcover)
by (shelved 42 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,623,210 ratings — published 2022
Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as challenge)
avg rating 3.71 — 3,315,841 ratings — published 1954
The Correspondent (Hardcover)
by (shelved 41 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.43 — 896,296 ratings — published 2025
Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #1)
by (shelved 41 times as challenge)
avg rating 3.64 — 774,265 ratings — published 2015
“We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard.
[Address at Rice University, September 12 1962]”
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“I think it only makes sense to seek out and identify structures of authority, hierarchy, and domination in every aspect of life, and to challenge them; unless a justification for them can be given, they are illegitimate, and should be dismantled, to increase the scope of human freedom.”
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