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1984 1984 (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.20 — 5,623,648 ratings — published 1948
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Fahrenheit 451 Fahrenheit 451 (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 53 times as essentials)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,918,848 ratings — published 1963
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To Kill a Mockingbird To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.26 — 7,011,575 ratings — published 1960
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Crime and Punishment Crime and Punishment (Paperback)
by (shelved 43 times as essentials)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,120,187 ratings — published 1866
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Animal Farm Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 43 times as essentials)
avg rating 4.03 — 4,687,864 ratings — published 1945
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Brave New World Brave New World (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as essentials)
avg rating 3.98 — 2,117,791 ratings — published 1932
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The Catcher in the Rye The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.80 — 3,956,598 ratings — published 1951
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Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones 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 — 1,367,477 ratings — published 2018
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Lord of the Flies Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as essentials)
avg rating 3.70 — 3,261,076 ratings — published 1954
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The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as essentials)
avg rating 3.93 — 6,036,643 ratings — published 1925
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Pride and Prejudice Pride and Prejudice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 38 times as essentials)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,916,161 ratings — published 1813
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Frankenstein: The 1818 Text Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as essentials)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,954,999 ratings — published 1818
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1) The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)
by (shelved 31 times as essentials)
avg rating 4.22 — 2,048,209 ratings — published 1979
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The Picture of Dorian Gray The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as essentials)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,943,525 ratings — published 1890
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The Bell Jar The Bell Jar (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as essentials)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,270,172 ratings — published 1963
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Slaughterhouse-Five Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as essentials)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,506,512 ratings — published 1969
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The Brothers Karamazov The Brothers Karamazov (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as essentials)
avg rating 4.39 — 401,717 ratings — published 1880
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One Hundred Years of Solitude One Hundred Years of Solitude (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as essentials)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,128,392 ratings — published 1967
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Don Quixote Don Quixote (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as essentials)
avg rating 3.91 — 310,810 ratings — published 1605
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The Little Prince The Little Prince (Hardcover)
by (shelved 29 times as essentials)
avg rating 4.33 — 2,544,307 ratings — published 1943
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Hamlet Hamlet (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as essentials)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,073,909 ratings — published 1601
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The Stranger The Stranger (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as essentials)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,465,001 ratings — published 1942
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War and Peace War and Peace (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as essentials)
avg rating 4.17 — 372,399 ratings — published 1869
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Beloved Beloved (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as essentials)
avg rating 3.98 — 502,810 ratings — published 1987
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Man's Search for Meaning Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as essentials)
avg rating 4.37 — 910,664 ratings — published 1946
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Moby-Dick or, The Whale Moby-Dick or, The Whale (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as essentials)
avg rating 3.57 — 626,151 ratings — published 1851
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The Book Thief The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 26 times as essentials)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,933,289 ratings — published 2005
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Catch-22 Catch-22 (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as essentials)
avg rating 3.99 — 896,406 ratings — published 1961
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Meditations Meditations (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as essentials)
avg rating 4.28 — 366,653 ratings — published 180
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The Hobbit, or There and Back Again The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as essentials)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,545,946 ratings — published 1937
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Jane Eyre Jane Eyre (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as essentials)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,372,468 ratings — published 1847
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The Prince The Prince (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as essentials)
avg rating 3.84 — 391,022 ratings — published 1532
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Wuthering Heights Wuthering Heights (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as essentials)
avg rating 3.89 — 2,233,902 ratings — published 1847
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The Diary of a Young Girl The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as essentials)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,265,344 ratings — published 1947
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The Alchemist The Alchemist (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.92 — 3,667,183 ratings — published 1988
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The Count of Monte Cristo The Count of Monte Cristo (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.33 — 1,053,291 ratings — published 1846
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Little Women (Little Women, #1) Little Women (Little Women, #1)
by (shelved 24 times as essentials)
avg rating 4.17 — 2,504,828 ratings — published 1868
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Anna Karenina Anna Karenina (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as essentials)
avg rating 4.11 — 951,026 ratings — published 1878
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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as essentials)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,297,349 ratings — published 2011
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The Odyssey The Odyssey (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as essentials)
avg rating 3.84 — 1,222,910 ratings — published -700
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The Divine Comedy: Inferno - Purgatorio - Paradiso The Divine Comedy: Inferno - Purgatorio - Paradiso (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as essentials)
avg rating 4.09 — 176,252 ratings — published 1320
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The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1) The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
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avg rating 4.41 — 3,201,634 ratings — published 1954
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East of Eden East of Eden (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.45 — 673,871 ratings — published 1952
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The Grapes of Wrath The Grapes of Wrath (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as essentials)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,011,140 ratings — published 1939
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The Republic The Republic (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as essentials)
avg rating 3.97 — 229,822 ratings — published -400
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The Master and Margarita The Master and Margarita (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as essentials)
avg rating 4.28 — 435,765 ratings — published 1967
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The Secret History The Secret History (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as essentials)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,079,145 ratings — published 1992
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Dune (Dune, #1) Dune (Dune, #1)
by (shelved 21 times as essentials)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,670,342 ratings — published 1965
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Ulysses Ulysses (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as essentials)
avg rating 3.76 — 140,017 ratings — published 1922
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Lolita Lolita (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 20 times as essentials)
avg rating 3.87 — 964,136 ratings — published 1955
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“It’s hurtful somehow to admit this thing and anyway that doesn’t mean i’m losing my faith in this beautiful world. But these days now is the time where people have become so much more-excuse me-shallow. When all of the fancy things and outer beauty are demanded, and those who are lost enough to chase and manage to get those things, they will happen to get very nice response from social and able to expand their images and get famous and be seen as someone who has value. Meanwhile those who could see deeper and their souls are insecure of this mad world, they will have smaller space in width but they will dig deeper and deeper into their self, making space in height, finding the true meaning of their souls, the true essential unshakable truth that’s beyond the fragile material worldly things.”
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Steven Magee
“The USA is a workaholics culture, as life essentials depend on having a job like health care, dental care and the pension plan.”
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