210 books
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166 voters
Challenge Books
Showing 1-50 of 47,443
1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 88 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,587,721 ratings — published 1948
To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 75 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.26 — 6,982,291 ratings — published 1960
Pride and Prejudice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 74 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,891,506 ratings — published 1813
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 70 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.39 — 4,226,008 ratings — published 2017
The Midnight Library (The Midnight World, #1)
by (shelved 63 times as challenge)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,543,088 ratings — published 2020
The Silent Patient (Hardcover)
by (shelved 62 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.16 — 3,407,812 ratings — published 2019
Babel (Hardcover)
by (shelved 61 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.14 — 501,593 ratings — published 2022
Lessons in Chemistry (Paperback)
by (shelved 61 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,832,661 ratings — published 2022
The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 61 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,480,698 ratings — published 1985
The Secret History (Paperback)
by (shelved 61 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,067,126 ratings — published 1992
The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 60 times as challenge)
avg rating 3.93 — 6,008,759 ratings — published 1925
Circe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 57 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,393,500 ratings — published 2018
Jane Eyre (Paperback)
by (shelved 57 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,361,129 ratings — published 1847
Daisy Jones & The Six (Hardcover)
by (shelved 56 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.20 — 1,894,460 ratings — published 2019
All the Light We Cannot See (Hardcover)
by (shelved 56 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.31 — 2,015,480 ratings — published 2014
The Housemaid (The Housemaid, #1)
by (shelved 55 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.27 — 3,696,509 ratings — published 2022
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by (shelved 55 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.47 — 11,576,212 ratings — published 1997
Wuthering Heights (Paperback)
by (shelved 55 times as challenge)
avg rating 3.90 — 2,213,344 ratings — published 1847
Fahrenheit 451 (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 54 times as challenge)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,900,423 ratings — published 1953
Gone Girl (Paperback)
by (shelved 53 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.15 — 3,492,109 ratings — published 2012
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 53 times as challenge)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,941,989 ratings — published 1818
Little Women (Little Women, #1)
by (shelved 52 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.17 — 2,495,474 ratings — published 1868
Where the Crawdads Sing (ebook)
by (shelved 51 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.37 — 3,697,785 ratings — published 2018
The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 50 times as challenge)
avg rating 3.80 — 3,942,601 ratings — published 1951
Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 50 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.02 — 4,656,428 ratings — published 1945
The God of the Woods (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 49 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.10 — 892,077 ratings — published 2024
Yellowface (Paperback)
by (shelved 49 times as challenge)
avg rating 3.72 — 1,088,385 ratings — published 2023
Remarkably Bright Creatures (Hardcover)
by (shelved 49 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.36 — 1,352,683 ratings — published 2022
Crime and Punishment (Paperback)
by (shelved 49 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,111,701 ratings — published 1866
Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)
by (shelved 47 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.57 — 3,714,769 ratings — published 2023
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 47 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.11 — 1,404,612 ratings — published 2022
A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1)
by (shelved 46 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.15 — 4,367,331 ratings — published 2015
The Night Circus (Hardcover)
by (shelved 46 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,114,632 ratings — published 2011
James (Hardcover)
by (shelved 45 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.42 — 549,754 ratings — published 2024
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue (Hardcover)
by (shelved 44 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,561,234 ratings — published 2020
The Women (Hardcover)
by (shelved 43 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.59 — 1,679,269 ratings — published 2024
Demon Copperhead (Hardcover)
by (shelved 43 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.46 — 839,488 ratings — published 2022
I'm Glad My Mom Died (Hardcover)
by (shelved 43 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.43 — 1,538,201 ratings — published 2022
The Bell Jar (Paperback)
by (shelved 43 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,259,271 ratings — published 1963
It Ends with Us (It Ends with Us, #1)
by (shelved 43 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.07 — 4,710,414 ratings — published 2016
The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 43 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,920,983 ratings — published 2005
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,929,128 ratings — published 1890
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 41 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.35 — 10,062,990 ratings — published 2008
The Nightingale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 41 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.65 — 2,226,259 ratings — published 2015
Book Lovers (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.09 — 1,609,492 ratings — published 2022
Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as challenge)
avg rating 3.70 — 3,245,617 ratings — published 1954
The Wedding People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 39 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.07 — 1,197,418 ratings — published 2024
Anna Karenina (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.11 — 946,355 ratings — published 1878
The Alchemist (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as challenge)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,645,047 ratings — published 1988
The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as challenge)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,066,643 ratings — published 2011
“Name the different kinds of people,’ said Miss Lupescu. ‘Now.’
Bod thought for a moment. ‘The living,’ he said. ‘Er. The dead.’ He stopped. Then, ‘... Cats?’ he offered, uncertainly.”
― The Graveyard Book
Bod thought for a moment. ‘The living,’ he said. ‘Er. The dead.’ He stopped. Then, ‘... Cats?’ he offered, uncertainly.”
― The Graveyard Book
“Be a bit of a challenge; not because you're playing games but because you realize you're worth the extra effort.”
― The Single Woman–Life, Love, and a Dash of Sass: Embracing Singleness with Confidence
― The Single Woman–Life, Love, and a Dash of Sass: Embracing Singleness with Confidence












