210 books
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147 voters
Hard Hitting Books
Showing 1-50 of 1,717
The Hate U Give (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as hard-hitting)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,028,491 ratings — published 2017
A Little Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as hard-hitting)
avg rating 4.27 — 970,250 ratings — published 2015
My Dark Vanessa (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as hard-hitting)
avg rating 4.10 — 440,598 ratings — published 2020
A List of Cages (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as hard-hitting)
avg rating 4.24 — 27,650 ratings — published 2017
We Are the Ants (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as hard-hitting)
avg rating 4.10 — 54,548 ratings — published 2016
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as hard-hitting)
avg rating 4.24 — 2,036,120 ratings — published 1999
It Ends with Us (It Ends with Us, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as hard-hitting)
avg rating 4.07 — 4,731,876 ratings — published 2016
Beartown (Beartown, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as hard-hitting)
avg rating 4.28 — 632,465 ratings — published 2016
Long Way Down (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as hard-hitting)
avg rating 4.24 — 140,887 ratings — published 2017
We Are Okay (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as hard-hitting)
avg rating 3.93 — 101,821 ratings — published 2017
A Monster Calls (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as hard-hitting)
avg rating 4.34 — 293,812 ratings — published 2011
The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 8 times as hard-hitting)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,931,620 ratings — published 2005
Dear Martin (Dear Martin, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as hard-hitting)
avg rating 4.33 — 86,464 ratings — published 2017
The Fault in Our Stars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as hard-hitting)
avg rating 4.12 — 5,805,031 ratings — published 2012
Thirteen Reasons Why (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as hard-hitting)
avg rating 3.84 — 1,031,436 ratings — published 2007
I'm Glad My Mom Died (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as hard-hitting)
avg rating 4.43 — 1,554,574 ratings — published 2022
The Midnight Library (The Midnight World, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as hard-hitting)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,564,080 ratings — published 2020
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as hard-hitting)
avg rating 4.39 — 4,257,516 ratings — published 2017
Far from the Tree (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as hard-hitting)
avg rating 4.24 — 49,982 ratings — published 2017
Sadie (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as hard-hitting)
avg rating 4.02 — 132,378 ratings — published 2018
The Wicker King (The Wicker King, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as hard-hitting)
avg rating 3.97 — 13,293 ratings — published 2017
Turtles All the Way Down (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as hard-hitting)
avg rating 3.87 — 652,186 ratings — published 2017
The Female of the Species (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as hard-hitting)
avg rating 4.14 — 39,241 ratings — published 2016
Eliza and Her Monsters (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as hard-hitting)
avg rating 4.14 — 65,458 ratings — published 2017
The Names They Gave Us (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as hard-hitting)
avg rating 4.06 — 10,042 ratings — published 2017
Clap When You Land (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as hard-hitting)
avg rating 4.22 — 110,964 ratings — published 2020
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as hard-hitting)
avg rating 4.00 — 427,103 ratings — published 2019
How to Make Friends with the Dark (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as hard-hitting)
avg rating 4.07 — 43,508 ratings — published 2019
The First Time She Drowned (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as hard-hitting)
avg rating 3.98 — 8,009 ratings — published 2016
The Way I Used to Be (The Way I Used to Be, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as hard-hitting)
avg rating 4.14 — 242,691 ratings — published 2016
Salt to the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as hard-hitting)
avg rating 4.35 — 263,553 ratings — published 2016
I'll Give You the Sun (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as hard-hitting)
avg rating 4.15 — 360,439 ratings — published 2014
The Last Time We Say Goodbye (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as hard-hitting)
avg rating 4.07 — 27,743 ratings — published 2015
They Both Die at the End (They Both Die at the End, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as hard-hitting)
avg rating 3.75 — 889,568 ratings — published 2017
More Happy Than Not (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as hard-hitting)
avg rating 3.95 — 68,885 ratings — published 2015
Girl in Pieces (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as hard-hitting)
avg rating 3.93 — 278,558 ratings — published 2016
All the Bright Places (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as hard-hitting)
avg rating 4.11 — 637,024 ratings — published 2015
All the Light We Cannot See (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as hard-hitting)
avg rating 4.31 — 2,026,491 ratings — published 2014
Night (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as hard-hitting)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,385,852 ratings — published 1956
I Who Have Never Known Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as hard-hitting)
avg rating 4.06 — 590,774 ratings — published 1995
Crying in H Mart (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as hard-hitting)
avg rating 4.23 — 625,171 ratings — published 2021
Concrete Rose (The Hate U Give, #0)
by (shelved 5 times as hard-hitting)
avg rating 4.37 — 68,252 ratings — published 2021
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as hard-hitting)
avg rating 4.35 — 10,101,902 ratings — published 2008
Monday's Not Coming (ebook)
by (shelved 5 times as hard-hitting)
avg rating 4.26 — 86,329 ratings — published 2018
On the Come Up (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as hard-hitting)
avg rating 4.26 — 101,268 ratings — published 2019
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as hard-hitting)
avg rating 4.16 — 987,500 ratings — published 2006
The Astonishing Color of After (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as hard-hitting)
avg rating 4.04 — 34,189 ratings — published 2018
All American Boys (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as hard-hitting)
avg rating 4.28 — 50,912 ratings — published 2015
Wonder (Wonder, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as hard-hitting)
avg rating 4.35 — 1,211,427 ratings — published 2012
The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as hard-hitting)
avg rating 4.36 — 3,552,465 ratings — published 2003
“He began to sink, gazing up at the fading light.
Darkness swept over Flametail and the sunlight vanished forever.”
― Night Whispers
Darkness swept over Flametail and the sunlight vanished forever.”
― Night Whispers
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