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Lolita (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 130 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.87 — 974,454 ratings — published 1955
The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
by (shelved 57 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.94 — 2,576,619 ratings — published 2003
And Tango Makes Three (Hardcover)
by (shelved 51 times as controversial)
avg rating 4.36 — 14,325 ratings — published 2005
The Satanic Verses (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.71 — 73,331 ratings — published 1988
The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.80 — 3,997,186 ratings — published 1951
Forbidden (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.95 — 76,824 ratings — published 2010
1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as controversial)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,724,628 ratings — published 1949
The Secret Gospel of Jesus, AD 0-78 (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 32 times as controversial)
avg rating 4.66 — 68 ratings — published 2020
A Clockwork Orange (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as controversial)
avg rating 4.00 — 789,911 ratings — published 1962
All the Ugly and Wonderful Things (Hardcover)
by (shelved 31 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.97 — 218,991 ratings — published 2016
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 31 times as controversial)
avg rating 4.24 — 2,063,826 ratings — published 1999
Thirteen Reasons Why (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.83 — 1,036,183 ratings — published 2007
The Giving Tree (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as controversial)
avg rating 4.39 — 1,260,964 ratings — published 1964
The God Delusion: A Study of Religious Belief and Skepticism (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.90 — 287,658 ratings — published 2006
American Psycho (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.80 — 379,598 ratings — published 1991
Fifty Shades of Grey (Fifty Shades, #1)
by (shelved 23 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.67 — 2,920,418 ratings — published 2011
Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as controversial)
avg rating 4.03 — 4,770,740 ratings — published 1945
The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as controversial)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,544,252 ratings — published 1985
Tampa (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 21 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.33 — 62,675 ratings — published 2013
Brave New World (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.98 — 2,143,809 ratings — published 1932
I Hate My Bow! (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as controversial)
avg rating 2.42 — 316 ratings — published 1996
Mein Kampf (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 20 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.18 — 44,439 ratings — published 1925
Love You Forever (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as controversial)
avg rating 4.38 — 250,266 ratings — published 1986
To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as controversial)
avg rating 4.26 — 7,093,857 ratings — published 1960
Battersea Parker (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.53 — 7,656 ratings — published
My Dark Vanessa (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as controversial)
avg rating 4.09 — 448,771 ratings — published 2020
Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.67 — 54,638 ratings — published 2011
Fahrenheit 451 (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,970,413 ratings — published 1963
The Communist Manifesto (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.69 — 208,322 ratings — published 1848
Lady Chatterley’s Lover (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.50 — 141,709 ratings — published 1928
Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.70 — 3,301,633 ratings — published 1954
American Dirt (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as controversial)
avg rating 4.36 — 720,653 ratings — published 2020
Battersea Parker 2 (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.59 — 4,430 ratings — published
The Hate U Give (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as controversial)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,039,996 ratings — published 2017
My Sister's Keeper (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as controversial)
avg rating 4.11 — 1,289,930 ratings — published 2004
Of Mice and Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.90 — 2,936,237 ratings — published 1937
Tropic of Cancer (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.65 — 79,782 ratings — published 1934
The Lorax (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as controversial)
avg rating 4.35 — 376,148 ratings — published 1971
The Bluest Eye (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as controversial)
avg rating 4.14 — 319,640 ratings — published 1970
Speak (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as controversial)
avg rating 4.05 — 643,119 ratings — published 1999
Go Ask Alice (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.73 — 296,114 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 — 82,809 ratings — published 1995
Flowers in the Attic (Dollanganger, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.86 — 245,608 ratings — published 1979
Walter the Farting Dog (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.95 — 3,897 ratings — published 2001
Me Before You (Me Before You, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as controversial)
avg rating 4.26 — 1,841,751 ratings — published 2012
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.95 — 260,345 ratings — published 1970
Naked Lunch: The Restored Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.46 — 100,548 ratings — published 1959
Fight Club (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as controversial)
avg rating 4.18 — 661,744 ratings — published 1996
Bridge to Terabithia (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 12 times as controversial)
avg rating 4.06 — 602,208 ratings — published 1977
Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as controversial)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,522,044 ratings — published 1969
“An element of human invention transforms the natural into the cultural, rendering a higher life form an invention, an effect of the operation of biopower.”
― Becoming Biosubjects: Bodies. Systems. Technology.
― Becoming Biosubjects: Bodies. Systems. Technology.
“...they needed someone to explain, to spin, the parts of the tale that couldn't be suppressed. Someone reputable and educated. Someone brilliant yet absolutely committed to the faith. Someone like my father.”
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