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The Hate U Give The Hate U Give (Hardcover)
by (shelved 93 times as debut)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,010,354 ratings — published 2017
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Lessons in Chemistry Lessons in Chemistry (Paperback)
by (shelved 84 times as debut)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,777,394 ratings — published 2022
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Remarkably Bright Creatures Remarkably Bright Creatures (Hardcover)
by (shelved 83 times as debut)
avg rating 4.36 — 1,225,944 ratings — published 2022
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Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine (Paperback)
by (shelved 79 times as debut)
avg rating 4.23 — 1,422,163 ratings — published 2017
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The Silent Patient The Silent Patient (Hardcover)
by (shelved 76 times as debut)
avg rating 4.17 — 3,240,181 ratings — published 2019
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Homegoing Homegoing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 72 times as debut)
avg rating 4.47 — 402,373 ratings — published 2016
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The Girl on the Train The Girl on the Train (Hardcover)
by (shelved 70 times as debut)
avg rating 3.96 — 3,285,169 ratings — published 2015
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The Dry (Aaron Falk, #1) The Dry (Aaron Falk, #1)
by (shelved 65 times as debut)
avg rating 4.06 — 266,749 ratings — published 2016
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The Night Circus The Night Circus (Hardcover)
by (shelved 65 times as debut)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,096,962 ratings — published 2011
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Such a Fun Age Such a Fun Age (Hardcover)
by (shelved 62 times as debut)
avg rating 3.77 — 575,761 ratings — published 2019
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by (shelved 61 times as debut)
avg rating 4.47 — 11,397,965 ratings — published 1997
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The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle (Hardcover)
by (shelved 60 times as debut)
avg rating 3.78 — 480,401 ratings — published 2018
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There There There There (Hardcover)
by (shelved 59 times as debut)
avg rating 3.97 — 224,595 ratings — published 2018
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Black Cake Black Cake (Hardcover)
by (shelved 59 times as debut)
avg rating 4.08 — 226,226 ratings — published 2022
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My Dark Vanessa My Dark Vanessa (Hardcover)
by (shelved 59 times as debut)
avg rating 4.10 — 424,527 ratings — published 2020
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The Kiss Quotient (The Kiss Quotient, #1) The Kiss Quotient (The Kiss Quotient, #1)
by (shelved 58 times as debut)
avg rating 3.87 — 496,934 ratings — published 2018
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Everything I Never Told You Everything I Never Told You (Hardcover)
by (shelved 57 times as debut)
avg rating 3.83 — 610,678 ratings — published 2014
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The Lost Apothecary The Lost Apothecary (Hardcover)
by (shelved 54 times as debut)
avg rating 3.76 — 495,770 ratings — published 2021
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The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1) The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
by (shelved 54 times as debut)
avg rating 4.16 — 478,970 ratings — published 2018
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Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orïsha, #1) Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orïsha, #1)
by (shelved 54 times as debut)
avg rating 4.11 — 250,693 ratings — published 2018
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To Kill a Mockingbird To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 53 times as debut)
avg rating 4.26 — 6,876,458 ratings — published 1960
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The Ministry of Time The Ministry of Time (Hardcover)
by (shelved 52 times as debut)
avg rating 3.57 — 217,512 ratings — published 2024
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The Help The Help (Hardcover)
by (shelved 52 times as debut)
avg rating 4.47 — 3,018,200 ratings — published 2009
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The Names The Names (Hardcover)
by (shelved 51 times as debut)
avg rating 4.15 — 154,313 ratings — published 2025
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The Mothers The Mothers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 51 times as debut)
avg rating 3.88 — 128,632 ratings — published 2016
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The Song of Achilles The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 51 times as debut)
avg rating 4.30 — 1,978,739 ratings — published 2011
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The Berry Pickers The Berry Pickers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 50 times as debut)
avg rating 4.08 — 304,784 ratings — published 2023
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The Bear and the Nightingale (The Winternight Trilogy, #1) The Bear and the Nightingale (The Winternight Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 50 times as debut)
avg rating 4.08 — 233,325 ratings — published 2017
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Everything, Everything Everything, Everything (Hardcover)
by (shelved 50 times as debut)
avg rating 3.96 — 678,028 ratings — published 2015
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The Maid (Molly the Maid, #1) The Maid (Molly the Maid, #1)
by (shelved 49 times as debut)
avg rating 3.75 — 705,846 ratings — published 2022
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My Sister, the Serial Killer My Sister, the Serial Killer (Hardcover)
by (shelved 49 times as debut)
avg rating 3.64 — 351,959 ratings — published 2018
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Firekeeper’s Daughter (Firekeeper's Daughter, #1) Firekeeper’s Daughter (Firekeeper's Daughter, #1)
by (shelved 48 times as debut)
avg rating 4.31 — 201,281 ratings — published 2021
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An Ishmael of Syria An Ishmael of Syria (Paperback)
by (shelved 48 times as debut)
avg rating 3.81 — 634 ratings — published 2016
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Divergent (Divergent, #1) Divergent (Divergent, #1)
by (shelved 48 times as debut)
avg rating 4.13 — 4,376,026 ratings — published 2011
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Weyward Weyward (Paperback)
by (shelved 47 times as debut)
avg rating 4.05 — 396,626 ratings — published 2023
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Tell the Wolves I'm Home Tell the Wolves I'm Home (Hardcover)
by (shelved 47 times as debut)
avg rating 4.03 — 149,286 ratings — published 2012
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Shuggie Bain Shuggie Bain (Hardcover)
by (shelved 46 times as debut)
avg rating 4.30 — 190,716 ratings — published 2020
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Where the Crawdads Sing Where the Crawdads Sing (ebook)
by (shelved 46 times as debut)
avg rating 4.37 — 3,619,527 ratings — published 2018
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The Secret History The Secret History (Paperback)
by (shelved 46 times as debut)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,024,949 ratings — published 1992
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The Woman in the Window The Woman in the Window (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 45 times as debut)
avg rating 3.94 — 885,362 ratings — published 2018
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The Martian The Martian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 45 times as debut)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,285,122 ratings — published 2011
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Shadow and Bone (Shadow and Bone, #1) Shadow and Bone (Shadow and Bone, #1)
by (shelved 44 times as debut)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,104,505 ratings — published 2012
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An Ember in the Ashes (An Ember in the Ashes, #1) An Ember in the Ashes (An Ember in the Ashes, #1)
by (shelved 43 times as debut)
avg rating 4.24 — 346,803 ratings — published 2015
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Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1) Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)
by (shelved 42 times as debut)
avg rating 4.23 — 1,298,279 ratings — published 2011
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A Burning A Burning (Hardcover)
by (shelved 42 times as debut)
avg rating 3.72 — 53,504 ratings — published 2020
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A Flicker in the Dark A Flicker in the Dark (Hardcover)
by (shelved 41 times as debut)
avg rating 3.97 — 599,093 ratings — published 2022
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The Bluest Eye The Bluest Eye (Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as debut)
avg rating 4.13 — 300,435 ratings — published 1970
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Red, White & Royal Blue Red, White & Royal Blue (Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as debut)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,224,179 ratings — published 2019
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Educated Educated (Hardcover)
by (shelved 41 times as debut)
avg rating 4.47 — 1,856,030 ratings — published 2018
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The Kite Runner The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as debut)
avg rating 4.36 — 3,488,985 ratings — published 2003
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Gregory Nalpon
“There used to be a rubbish heap under the great tree in Dhoby Ghaut with a sarabat stall parked next to it. It was a low, sprawling rubbish heap made up of the usual things—refuse from dustbins, paper, old tins and slippers and leaves from the tree above. Then one day, people forgot about it. They found a new dumping place and the old rubbish heap settled low on the ground. Time passed and its contents became warm and rich and fertile and people living in the area would take away potfuls of it to plant flowers in.

Somehow, a rose cutting, slim as a cheeping chicken’s leg and almost brown, appeared on the rubbish heap one day.”
Gregory Nalpon, The Wayang at Eight Milestone: Stories & Essays

Jolene Tan
“Brian organised for the body to be flown back.”
Jolene Tan, A Certain Exposure

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