166 books
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157 voters
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Showing 1-50 of 46,181
1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 91 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,483,508 ratings — published 1949
Pride and Prejudice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 83 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,818,617 ratings — published 1813
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 75 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.39 — 4,119,544 ratings — published 2017
To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 74 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.26 — 6,902,850 ratings — published 1960
The Midnight Library (The Midnight World, #1)
by (shelved 68 times as challenge)
avg rating 3.98 — 2,472,654 ratings — published 2020
The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 67 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,433,030 ratings — published 1985
Lessons in Chemistry (Paperback)
by (shelved 61 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,791,661 ratings — published 2022
Daisy Jones & The Six (Hardcover)
by (shelved 61 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.20 — 1,857,647 ratings — published 2019
The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 58 times as challenge)
avg rating 3.93 — 5,932,916 ratings — published 1925
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by (shelved 55 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.47 — 11,443,331 ratings — published 1997
Where the Crawdads Sing (ebook)
by (shelved 55 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.37 — 3,640,625 ratings — published 2018
The Silent Patient (Hardcover)
by (shelved 53 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.17 — 3,283,165 ratings — published 2019
Remarkably Bright Creatures (ebook)
by (shelved 53 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.36 — 1,251,846 ratings — published 2022
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 53 times as challenge)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,898,237 ratings — published 1818
Circe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 52 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,355,067 ratings — published 2018
The Housemaid (The Housemaid, #1)
by (shelved 51 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.27 — 3,422,764 ratings — published 2022
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue (Hardcover)
by (shelved 51 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,513,540 ratings — published 2020
Wuthering Heights (Paperback)
by (shelved 51 times as challenge)
avg rating 3.90 — 2,071,419 ratings — published 1847
Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 51 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.02 — 4,569,803 ratings — published 1945
Gone Girl (Paperback)
by (shelved 50 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.15 — 3,455,452 ratings — published 2012
Fahrenheit 451 (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 50 times as challenge)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,848,179 ratings — published 1953
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 49 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,362,400 ratings — published 2022
Little Women (Little Women, #1)
by (shelved 49 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.17 — 2,467,037 ratings — published 1868
The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 49 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.30 — 1,998,547 ratings — published 2011
The Secret History (Paperback)
by (shelved 49 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,034,566 ratings — published 1992
The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 47 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,886,403 ratings — published 2005
The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 47 times as challenge)
avg rating 3.80 — 3,901,931 ratings — published 1951
A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1)
by (shelved 46 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.16 — 4,230,111 ratings — published 2015
All the Light We Cannot See (Hardcover)
by (shelved 46 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,982,551 ratings — published 2014
Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)
by (shelved 45 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.57 — 3,559,207 ratings — published 2023
Jane Eyre (Paperback)
by (shelved 45 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,329,472 ratings — published 1847
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 44 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.35 — 9,938,576 ratings — published 2008
The Nightingale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 44 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.65 — 2,126,912 ratings — published 2015
Crime and Punishment (Paperback)
by (shelved 43 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,085,760 ratings — published 1866
It Ends with Us (It Ends with Us, #1)
by (shelved 43 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.08 — 4,633,987 ratings — published 2016
The Women (Hardcover)
by (shelved 42 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.59 — 1,582,856 ratings — published 2024
Babel (Hardcover)
by (shelved 42 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.14 — 475,552 ratings — published 2022
The House in the Cerulean Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #1)
by (shelved 41 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.36 — 978,421 ratings — published 2020
The Bell Jar (Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,227,708 ratings — published 1963
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,887,317 ratings — published 1890
Atmosphere (Hardcover)
by (shelved 39 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.34 — 663,745 ratings — published 2025
Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as challenge)
avg rating 3.70 — 3,207,888 ratings — published 1954
The Alchemist (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as challenge)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,582,055 ratings — published 1988
Anna Karenina (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.10 — 934,026 ratings — published 1878
James (Hardcover)
by (shelved 37 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.43 — 502,000 ratings — published 2024
Demon Copperhead (Hardcover)
by (shelved 37 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.47 — 801,248 ratings — published 2022
Yellowface (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as challenge)
avg rating 3.73 — 1,039,832 ratings — published 2023
I’m Glad My Mom Died (Hardcover)
by (shelved 37 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.43 — 1,477,213 ratings — published 2022
The Wedding People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 36 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.08 — 1,052,191 ratings — published 2024
The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,201,288 ratings — published 1947
“One thing I have learnt is that you may do a lot of evil things, but if you are ever afforded a chance to be good, then you should take it. You will feel better about yourself.”
― The Polymorph
― The Polymorph
“When you're following your inner voice, doors tend to eventually open for you, even if they mostly slam at first.”
― If You Have to Cry, Go Outside: And Other Things Your Mother Never Told You
― If You Have to Cry, Go Outside: And Other Things Your Mother Never Told You












