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Naked Lunch: The Restored Text Naked Lunch: The Restored Text (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.46 — 98,982 ratings — published 1959
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Project Hail Mary Project Hail Mary (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.50 — 1,206,327 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 4.54 — 404,230 ratings — published 2016
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Artemis Artemis (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.68 — 330,888 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 4.26 — 127,109 ratings — published 2016
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The Martian The Martian (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.42 — 1,299,678 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 — 501,060 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 — 115,591 ratings — published 2002
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Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1) Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1)
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avg rating 3.89 — 366,689 ratings — published 1984
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Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1) Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)
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avg rating 4.31 — 322,254 ratings — published 2011
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Foundation (Foundation, #1) Foundation (Foundation, #1)
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avg rating 4.17 — 599,729 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 — 174,434 ratings — published 2010
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The Windup Girl The Windup Girl (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.75 — 78,357 ratings — published 2009
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Abaddon’s Gate (The Expanse, #3) Abaddon’s Gate (The Expanse, #3)
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avg rating 4.28 — 155,980 ratings — published 2013
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Cryptonomicon Cryptonomicon (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.23 — 117,176 ratings — published 1999
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Blindsight (Firefall, #1) Blindsight (Firefall, #1)
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avg rating 4.00 — 54,875 ratings — published 2006
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Junky Junky (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.84 — 71,809 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 — 74,597 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 — 222,905 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 — 317,247 ratings — published 2018
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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 — 177,829 ratings — published 2015
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Cibola Burn (The Expanse, #4) Cibola Burn (The Expanse, #4)
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avg rating 4.23 — 128,987 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 — 380,325 ratings — published 1971
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Aurora Aurora (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.78 — 27,935 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 4.23 — 1,307,979 ratings — published 2011
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Pandora's Star (Commonwealth Saga, #1) Pandora's Star (Commonwealth Saga, #1)
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avg rating 4.23 — 54,069 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 — 7,667 ratings — published 1954
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Diaspora Diaspora (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.10 — 11,329 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 — 41,085 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 — 80,755 ratings — published 1986
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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 — 63,084 ratings — published 2019
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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 — 2,534,774 ratings — published 2003
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Anathem Anathem (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.17 — 75,844 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 — 66,998 ratings — published 1992
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Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.00 — 12,405 ratings — published 2001
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Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1) Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1)
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avg rating 4.12 — 185,262 ratings — published 1973
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Revelation Space (Revelation Space, #1) Revelation Space (Revelation Space, #1)
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avg rating 3.99 — 62,084 ratings — published 2000
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Ringworld's Children (Ringworld #4) Ringworld's Children (Ringworld #4)
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avg rating 3.77 — 9,640 ratings — published 2004
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The Name of the Rose The Name of the Rose (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.14 — 397,415 ratings — published 1980
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Forward the Foundation (Foundation, #7) Forward the Foundation (Foundation, #7)
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avg rating 4.16 — 62,065 ratings — published 1993
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Trainspotting Trainspotting (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.11 — 180,328 ratings — published 1993
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Lolita Lolita (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.87 — 951,676 ratings — published 1955
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Heaven's River (Bobiverse, #4) Heaven's River (Bobiverse, #4)
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avg rating 4.28 — 37,198 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 — 196,910 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 — 888,416 ratings — published 1946
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Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5) Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)
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avg rating 4.46 — 128,231 ratings — published 2020
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Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries, #3) Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries, #3)
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avg rating 4.24 — 174,736 ratings — published 2018
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All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1) All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
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avg rating 4.12 — 376,205 ratings — published 2017
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Exit Strategy (The Murderbot Diaries, #4) Exit Strategy (The Murderbot Diaries, #4)
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avg rating 4.36 — 153,717 ratings — published 2018
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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
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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
Hard and Soft
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“Why is this so hard?” I whispered.

His pulse leaped crazily at my admission. “Everything worth fighting for is hard.”
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