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1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 81 times as essentials)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,701,881 ratings — published 1949
Fahrenheit 451 (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 56 times as essentials)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,958,653 ratings — published 1963
To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 56 times as essentials)
avg rating 4.26 — 7,076,750 ratings — published 1960
Crime and Punishment (Paperback)
by (shelved 45 times as essentials)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,140,746 ratings — published 1866
Brave New World (Paperback)
by (shelved 44 times as essentials)
avg rating 3.98 — 2,137,696 ratings — published 1932
Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 44 times as essentials)
avg rating 4.03 — 4,762,741 ratings — published 1945
The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 43 times as essentials)
avg rating 3.80 — 3,987,918 ratings — published 1951
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 41 times as essentials)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,398,481 ratings — published 2018
Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as essentials)
avg rating 3.70 — 3,293,231 ratings — published 1954
The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as essentials)
avg rating 3.93 — 6,098,419 ratings — published 1925
Pride and Prejudice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 39 times as essentials)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,969,963 ratings — published 1813
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as essentials)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,982,346 ratings — published 1818
The Brothers Karamazov (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as essentials)
avg rating 4.40 — 409,153 ratings — published 1879
The Bell Jar (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as essentials)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,294,867 ratings — published 1963
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)
by (shelved 31 times as essentials)
avg rating 4.22 — 2,064,435 ratings — published 1979
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as essentials)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,139,979 ratings — published 1967
Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as essentials)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,518,527 ratings — published 1969
Don Quixote (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as essentials)
avg rating 3.91 — 313,040 ratings — published 1605
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as essentials)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,976,338 ratings — published 1890
The Little Prince (Hardcover)
by (shelved 30 times as essentials)
avg rating 4.34 — 2,578,547 ratings — published 1943
Hamlet (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as essentials)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,083,380 ratings — published 1601
War and Peace (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as essentials)
avg rating 4.17 — 375,595 ratings — published 1868
The Count of Monte Cristo (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as essentials)
avg rating 4.34 — 1,070,200 ratings — published 1846
Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as essentials)
avg rating 4.37 — 926,361 ratings — published 1946
The Stranger (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as essentials)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,498,119 ratings — published 1942
Moby-Dick or, The Whale (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as essentials)
avg rating 3.57 — 631,339 ratings — published 1851
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as essentials)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,594,626 ratings — published 1937
Jane Eyre (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as essentials)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,396,314 ratings — published 1847
The Prince (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as essentials)
avg rating 3.84 — 397,384 ratings — published 1513
Beloved (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as essentials)
avg rating 3.99 — 509,639 ratings — published 1987
Little Women (Little Women, #1)
by (shelved 26 times as essentials)
avg rating 4.18 — 2,526,634 ratings — published 1868
The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 26 times as essentials)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,959,741 ratings — published 2005
Catch-22 (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as essentials)
avg rating 3.99 — 901,197 ratings — published 1961
Meditations (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as essentials)
avg rating 4.27 — 375,181 ratings — published 180
Anna Karenina (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as essentials)
avg rating 4.11 — 960,306 ratings — published 1878
The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as essentials)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,303,467 ratings — published 1947
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as essentials)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,315,016 ratings — published 2011
The Divine Comedy: Inferno - Purgatorio - Paradiso (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as essentials)
avg rating 4.09 — 178,153 ratings — published 1320
Wuthering Heights (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as essentials)
avg rating 3.89 — 2,270,032 ratings — published 1847
East of Eden (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as essentials)
avg rating 4.45 — 700,622 ratings — published 1952
The Alchemist (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as essentials)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,715,534 ratings — published 1988
The Odyssey (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as essentials)
avg rating 3.85 — 1,255,257 ratings — published -750
The Grapes of Wrath (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as essentials)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,020,307 ratings — published 1939
The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
by (shelved 24 times as essentials)
avg rating 4.41 — 3,222,188 ratings — published 1954
Ulysses (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as essentials)
avg rating 3.76 — 141,034 ratings — published 1922
A Tale of Two Cities (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as essentials)
avg rating 3.88 — 1,029,984 ratings — published 1859
The Old Man and the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as essentials)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,362,073 ratings — published 1952
The Republic (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as essentials)
avg rating 3.97 — 231,589 ratings — published -400
Lolita (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 21 times as essentials)
avg rating 3.87 — 972,102 ratings — published 1955
The Master and Margarita (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as essentials)
avg rating 4.28 — 443,296 ratings — published 1967
“It is essential that you follow your own idea of passion, even if to others it looks like suffering.”
― Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life
― Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life
“A person's needs are met, and his appetite subsides. A person's wants are met, and his thirst swells greedily without end.”
― Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year
― Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year