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Lolita (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 131 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.87 — 949,443 ratings — published 1955
The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
by (shelved 56 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.94 — 2,530,768 ratings — published 2003
And Tango Makes Three (Hardcover)
by (shelved 51 times as controversial)
avg rating 4.36 — 14,146 ratings — published 2005
The Satanic Verses (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.71 — 71,987 ratings — published 1988
Forbidden (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.95 — 76,178 ratings — published 2010
The Secret Gospel of Jesus, AD 0-78 (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 32 times as controversial)
avg rating 4.66 — 68 ratings — published 2020
The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.80 — 3,906,627 ratings — published 1951
A Clockwork Orange (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as controversial)
avg rating 4.00 — 772,371 ratings — published 1962
1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as controversial)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,497,240 ratings — published 1948
All the Ugly and Wonderful Things (Hardcover)
by (shelved 29 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.97 — 211,047 ratings — published 2016
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as controversial)
avg rating 4.24 — 2,008,871 ratings — published 1999
The Giving Tree (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as controversial)
avg rating 4.39 — 1,238,978 ratings — published 1964
The God Delusion (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.90 — 283,897 ratings — published 2006
Thirteen Reasons Why (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.84 — 1,026,348 ratings — published 2007
Fifty Shades of Grey (Fifty Shades, #1)
by (shelved 24 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.67 — 2,873,616 ratings — published 2011
American Psycho (Vintage Contemporaries)
by (shelved 24 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.80 — 364,405 ratings — published 1991
The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as controversial)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,438,945 ratings — published 1985
Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as controversial)
avg rating 4.02 — 4,581,131 ratings — published 1945
I Hate My Bow! (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as controversial)
avg rating 2.41 — 314 ratings — published 1996
Tampa (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 20 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.34 — 59,005 ratings — published 2013
Mein Kampf: Adolf Hitler's Totalitarian Vision—Essential Lessons in Vigilance, Responsibility, and Opposing Evil (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 20 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.18 — 43,685 ratings — published 1925
Brave New World (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.99 — 2,085,797 ratings — published 1932
Love You Forever (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as controversial)
avg rating 4.38 — 247,927 ratings — published 1986
To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as controversial)
avg rating 4.26 — 6,912,855 ratings — published 1960
Battersea Parker (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.54 — 7,511 ratings — published
Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.67 — 54,236 ratings — published 2011
The Communist Manifesto (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.68 — 199,439 ratings — published 1848
Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.70 — 3,212,412 ratings — published 1954
Fahrenheit 451 (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 16 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,854,700 ratings — published 1953
My Dark Vanessa (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as controversial)
avg rating 4.10 — 428,849 ratings — published 2020
American Dirt (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as controversial)
avg rating 4.36 — 690,818 ratings — published 2020
Battersea Parker 2 (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.59 — 4,401 ratings — published
The Hate U Give (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as controversial)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,015,381 ratings — published 2017
Go Ask Alice (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.73 — 292,601 ratings — published 1971
My Sister's Keeper (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as controversial)
avg rating 4.11 — 1,277,796 ratings — published 2004
Of Mice and Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.90 — 2,848,667 ratings — published 1937
The Lorax (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as controversial)
avg rating 4.35 — 370,520 ratings — published 1971
Lady Chatterley’s Lover (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.50 — 138,337 ratings — published 1928
The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as controversial)
avg rating 4.29 — 80,666 ratings — published 1995
The Bluest Eye (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as controversial)
avg rating 4.13 — 303,145 ratings — published 1970
Walter the Farting Dog (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.95 — 3,846 ratings — published 2001
Me Before You (Me Before You, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as controversial)
avg rating 4.26 — 1,807,417 ratings — published 2012
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.95 — 256,414 ratings — published 1970
Speak (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as controversial)
avg rating 4.05 — 632,899 ratings — published 1999
Bridge to Terabithia (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 12 times as controversial)
avg rating 4.06 — 591,780 ratings — published 1977
Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as controversial)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,487,950 ratings — published 1969
Time to Pee! (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.74 — 1,565 ratings — published
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as controversial)
avg rating 4.35 — 9,954,771 ratings — published 2008
Fight Club (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as controversial)
avg rating 4.18 — 645,311 ratings — published 1996
A Million Little Pieces (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.69 — 263,893 ratings — published 2003
“John Lennon once claimed that his band, The Beatles were more popular than Jesus. Lennon’s life paralleled Christ’s - both came from nothing, became figureheads of worldwide cults and changed the world. They also had premature, painful and undeserved deaths at the hands of others who envied and craved their abilities, influence and popularity. In the late Sixties, Lennon even seemed to adopt a Christ-like image with his long hair, beard and the various robes he started wearing, perhaps as a sly visual parody of his previous remarks.”
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“Kate’s eyes grow dim as the past envelops her, pulling her into the silent black void of the desolate mother and her winged emissaries. Rustling their feathers, the ever-vigilant ravens sink their claws into the deepest recesses of her mind as they seek control of her consciousness.”
― Victorian Songlight: The Birthings of Magic & Mystery
― Victorian Songlight: The Birthings of Magic & Mystery
