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Naked Lunch: The Restored Text Naked Lunch: The Restored Text (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.46 — 100,101 ratings — published 1959
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Project Hail Mary Project Hail Mary (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.51 — 1,707,854 ratings — published 2021
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Morning Star (Red Rising Saga, #3) Morning Star (Red Rising Saga, #3)
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avg rating 4.55 — 457,309 ratings — published 2016
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Artemis Artemis (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.68 — 353,002 ratings — published 2017
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We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1) We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1)
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avg rating 4.25 — 138,556 ratings — published 2016
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The Martian The Martian (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.42 — 1,349,681 ratings — published 2011
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The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1) The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)
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avg rating 4.08 — 522,447 ratings — published 2006
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Altered Carbon (Takeshi Kovacs, #1) Altered Carbon (Takeshi Kovacs, #1)
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avg rating 4.03 — 117,191 ratings — published 2002
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Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1) Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)
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avg rating 4.31 — 332,520 ratings — published 2011
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Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1) Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1)
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avg rating 3.89 — 373,460 ratings — published 1984
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Foundation (Foundation, #1) Foundation (Foundation, #1)
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avg rating 4.17 — 609,139 ratings — published 1951
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Death's End (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #3) Death's End (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #3)
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avg rating 4.40 — 182,240 ratings — published 2010
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The Windup Girl The Windup Girl (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.75 — 78,903 ratings — published 2009
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Cryptonomicon Cryptonomicon (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.23 — 118,046 ratings — published 1999
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Blindsight (Firefall, #1) Blindsight (Firefall, #1)
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avg rating 4.00 — 57,282 ratings — published 2006
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Junky Junky (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.84 — 72,956 ratings — published 1953
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For We Are Many (Bobiverse, #2) For We Are Many (Bobiverse, #2)
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avg rating 4.37 — 79,849 ratings — published 2017
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The Dark Forest (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #2) The Dark Forest (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #2)
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avg rating 4.40 — 235,807 ratings — published 2008
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Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.30 — 327,391 ratings — published 2018
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Cibola Burn (The Expanse, #4) Cibola Burn (The Expanse, #4)
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avg rating 4.24 — 132,826 ratings — published 2014
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.06 — 385,622 ratings — published 1971
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Aurora Aurora (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.78 — 28,357 ratings — published 2015
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Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1) Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)
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avg rating 4.22 — 1,331,037 ratings — published 2011
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Abaddon’s Gate (The Expanse, #3) Abaddon’s Gate (The Expanse, #3)
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avg rating 4.28 — 160,576 ratings — published 2013
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Pandora's Star (Commonwealth Saga, #1) Pandora's Star (Commonwealth Saga, #1)
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avg rating 4.22 — 54,721 ratings — published 2004
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Mission of Gravity (Mesklin #1) Mission of Gravity (Mesklin #1)
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avg rating 3.90 — 7,750 ratings — published 1954
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Diaspora Diaspora (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.10 — 11,739 ratings — published 1997
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Green Mars (Mars Trilogy, #2) Green Mars (Mars Trilogy, #2)
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avg rating 3.96 — 41,482 ratings — published 1993
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Foundation and Earth (Foundation, #5) Foundation and Earth (Foundation, #5)
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avg rating 4.07 — 82,084 ratings — published 1986
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Children of Time (Children of Time, #1) Children of Time (Children of Time, #1)
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avg rating 4.30 — 189,113 ratings — published 2015
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The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2) The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
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avg rating 3.94 — 2,564,845 ratings — published 2003
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Thinking, Fast and Slow Thinking, Fast and Slow (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.17 — 607,201 ratings — published 2011
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Anathem Anathem (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.17 — 76,518 ratings — published 2008
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A Fire Upon the Deep (Zones of Thought, #1) A Fire Upon the Deep (Zones of Thought, #1)
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avg rating 4.13 — 67,962 ratings — published 1992
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Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.00 — 12,596 ratings — published 2001
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Brave New World Brave New World (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.98 — 2,127,656 ratings — published 1932
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Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1) Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1)
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avg rating 4.12 — 188,592 ratings — published 1973
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Revelation Space (The Inhibitor Sequence, #1) Revelation Space (The Inhibitor Sequence, #1)
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avg rating 3.99 — 63,333 ratings — published 2000
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Ringworld's Children (Ringworld #4) Ringworld's Children (Ringworld #4)
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avg rating 3.78 — 9,733 ratings — published 2004
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Forward the Foundation (Foundation, #7) Forward the Foundation (Foundation, #7)
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avg rating 4.16 — 62,963 ratings — published 1993
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The Naked Sun (Robot, #2) The Naked Sun (Robot, #2)
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avg rating 4.20 — 65,214 ratings — published 1958
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Trainspotting Trainspotting (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.12 — 184,250 ratings — published 1993
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Heaven's River (Bobiverse, #4) Heaven's River (Bobiverse, #4)
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avg rating 4.28 — 40,253 ratings — published 2020
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The Sound and the Fury The Sound and the Fury (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.86 — 199,736 ratings — published 1929
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Man's Search for Meaning Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.37 — 918,615 ratings — published 1946
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Children of Ruin (Children of Time, #2) Children of Ruin (Children of Time, #2)
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avg rating 4.05 — 67,427 ratings — published 2019
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Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5) Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)
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avg rating 4.46 — 135,313 ratings — published 2020
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Mrs. Dalloway Mrs. Dalloway (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.77 — 368,870 ratings — published 1925
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All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1) All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
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avg rating 4.11 — 396,513 ratings — published 2017
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee WilliamsSmilla's Sense of Snow by Peter HøegThe Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le GuinHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. RowlingHard Times by Charles Dickens
Touch
329 books — 15 voters
Hard Times by Charles DickensA Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O'ConnorWhite Fragility by Robin DiAngeloThere Will Come Soft Rains by Ray BradburyMy Life and Hard Times by James Thurber
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Thomas  Harris
“In her way, she was a hard one. Faith in any sort of natural justice was nothing but a night light; she knew of that. Whatever she did, she would end the same way with everyone does: flat on her back with a tube in her nose, wondering, "Is this all?”
Thomas Harris, Red Dragon

Confucius
“It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works. All good things are difficult to achieve; and bad things are very easy to get.”
Confucius

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