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Lolita (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.87 — 980,774 ratings — published 1955
The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
by (shelved 56 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.94 — 2,587,547 ratings — published 2003
And Tango Makes Three (Hardcover)
by (shelved 51 times as controversial)
avg rating 4.36 — 14,374 ratings — published 2005
The Satanic Verses (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.71 — 73,694 ratings — published 1988
The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.80 — 4,018,840 ratings — published 1951
1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as controversial)
avg rating 4.21 — 5,779,868 ratings — published 1949
All the Ugly and Wonderful Things (Hardcover)
by (shelved 32 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.96 — 220,258 ratings — published 2016
The Secret Gospel of Jesus, AD 0-78 (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 32 times as controversial)
avg rating 4.67 — 69 ratings — published 2020
A Clockwork Orange (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as controversial)
avg rating 4.00 — 793,630 ratings — published 1962
Forbidden (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.95 — 76,922 ratings — published 2010
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 31 times as controversial)
avg rating 4.24 — 2,076,818 ratings — published 1999
Thirteen Reasons Why (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.83 — 1,038,315 ratings — published 2007
The Giving Tree (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as controversial)
avg rating 4.39 — 1,265,790 ratings — published 1964
The God Delusion: A Study of Religious Belief and Skepticism (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.90 — 288,539 ratings — published 2006
American Psycho (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.80 — 383,035 ratings — published 1991
Fifty Shades of Grey (Fifty Shades, #1)
by (shelved 23 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.67 — 2,930,792 ratings — published 2011
The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as controversial)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,567,874 ratings — published 1985
Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as controversial)
avg rating 4.03 — 4,822,498 ratings — published 1945
Brave New World (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.98 — 2,158,231 ratings — published 1932
I Hate My Bow! (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as controversial)
avg rating 2.42 — 316 ratings — published 1996
Tampa (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 20 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.33 — 63,480 ratings — published 2013
Mein Kampf (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 20 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.18 — 44,548 ratings — published 1925
Love You Forever (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as controversial)
avg rating 4.38 — 250,815 ratings — published 1986
To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as controversial)
avg rating 4.26 — 7,134,415 ratings — published 1960
Battersea Parker (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.53 — 7,739 ratings — published
My Dark Vanessa (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as controversial)
avg rating 4.09 — 452,392 ratings — published 2020
Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.67 — 54,733 ratings — published 2011
Fahrenheit 451 (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,998,989 ratings — published 1963
The Communist Manifesto (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.70 — 210,405 ratings — published 1848
Lady Chatterley’s Lover (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.50 — 142,511 ratings — published 1928
Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.71 — 3,321,720 ratings — published 1954
American Dirt (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as controversial)
avg rating 4.36 — 727,069 ratings — published 2020
Battersea Parker 2 (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.59 — 4,466 ratings — published
The Hate U Give (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as controversial)
avg rating 4.44 — 1,044,962 ratings — published 2017
My Sister's Keeper (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as controversial)
avg rating 4.11 — 1,292,817 ratings — published 2004
Of Mice and Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.90 — 2,958,099 ratings — published 1937
Tropic of Cancer (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.65 — 80,204 ratings — published 1934
The Lorax (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as controversial)
avg rating 4.35 — 377,333 ratings — published 1971
The Bluest Eye (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as controversial)
avg rating 4.14 — 325,464 ratings — published 1970
Speak (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as controversial)
avg rating 4.06 — 645,386 ratings — published 1999
Go Ask Alice (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.73 — 296,791 ratings — published 1971
The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as controversial)
avg rating 4.28 — 83,343 ratings — published 1995
Flowers in the Attic (Dollanganger, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.86 — 247,109 ratings — published 1979
Walter the Farting Dog (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.95 — 3,907 ratings — published 2001
Me Before You (Me Before You, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as controversial)
avg rating 4.26 — 1,849,664 ratings — published 2012
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.95 — 261,087 ratings — published 1970
Naked Lunch: The Restored Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.46 — 100,969 ratings — published 1959
Fight Club (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as controversial)
avg rating 4.18 — 665,281 ratings — published 1996
Bridge to Terabithia (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 12 times as controversial)
avg rating 4.07 — 604,554 ratings — published 1977
Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as controversial)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,530,344 ratings — published 1969
“I can’t believe it.’ I whispered.
‘You can’t let him lure you back in, Felicia. He’s wrong. He’s wrong!’ Vanian pleaded, I could feel the quiver of his magic, the wisps that were fighting against the iron burning into his wrists, I could feel the crackle as it fought in the air, against his emotions, against his pain. I shook my head, was about to speak but Adam grabbed him by the front of his shirt; as if a few more tears and shreds couldn’t go amiss. The tightness of his grip paled the Faerie’s cheeks, caused the blood to trickle down faster, dropping to the floor.
‘My wife.’ He yelled, ‘She’s my wife, silverblood.’ With each growl of a syllable he accented it with a punch to Vanian’s face.
I couldn’t take much more. I jumped over and pulled at Adam’s shoulders, fingertips driving into the nook of his collarbone, pressing down with as much as I had in me, anything to break his hold. He recoiled and rose his hand to me, at first I flinched but I stopped. He wouldn’t hurt me. He wouldn’t.”
― Requiem City: The Butcher
‘You can’t let him lure you back in, Felicia. He’s wrong. He’s wrong!’ Vanian pleaded, I could feel the quiver of his magic, the wisps that were fighting against the iron burning into his wrists, I could feel the crackle as it fought in the air, against his emotions, against his pain. I shook my head, was about to speak but Adam grabbed him by the front of his shirt; as if a few more tears and shreds couldn’t go amiss. The tightness of his grip paled the Faerie’s cheeks, caused the blood to trickle down faster, dropping to the floor.
‘My wife.’ He yelled, ‘She’s my wife, silverblood.’ With each growl of a syllable he accented it with a punch to Vanian’s face.
I couldn’t take much more. I jumped over and pulled at Adam’s shoulders, fingertips driving into the nook of his collarbone, pressing down with as much as I had in me, anything to break his hold. He recoiled and rose his hand to me, at first I flinched but I stopped. He wouldn’t hurt me. He wouldn’t.”
― Requiem City: The Butcher
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