Intellectually Engaging Books

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Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as intellectually-engaging)
avg rating 4.35 — 98,759 ratings — published 2015
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The Knight and the Moth (The Stonewater Kingdom, #1) The Knight and the Moth (The Stonewater Kingdom, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as intellectually-engaging)
avg rating 4.22 — 232,832 ratings — published 2025
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A Walk With Me A Walk With Me (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as intellectually-engaging)
avg rating 4.43 — 96 ratings — published 1958
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Wild Embers: Poems of Rebellion, Fire and Beauty Wild Embers: Poems of Rebellion, Fire and Beauty (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as intellectually-engaging)
avg rating 4.06 — 12,508 ratings — published 2017
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Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as intellectually-engaging)
avg rating 4.19 — 392,039 ratings — published 2000
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Circe Circe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as intellectually-engaging)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,411,449 ratings — published 2018
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Ariadne Ariadne (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as intellectually-engaging)
avg rating 3.78 — 151,974 ratings — published 2021
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Averno Averno (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as intellectually-engaging)
avg rating 4.18 — 7,461 ratings — published 2006
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If Beale Street Could Talk If Beale Street Could Talk (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as intellectually-engaging)
avg rating 4.26 — 86,622 ratings — published 1974
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Island of Shattered Dreams Island of Shattered Dreams (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as intellectually-engaging)
avg rating 4.18 — 430 ratings — published 1991
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Dune (Dune, #1) Dune (Dune, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as intellectually-engaging)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,675,467 ratings — published 1965
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The Stranger The Stranger (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as intellectually-engaging)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,473,285 ratings — published 1942
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Read This to Get Smarter: About Race, Class, Gender, Disability, and More Read This to Get Smarter: About Race, Class, Gender, Disability, and More (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as intellectually-engaging)
avg rating 4.26 — 1,463 ratings — published
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Atmosphere Atmosphere (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as intellectually-engaging)
avg rating 4.32 — 900,714 ratings — published 2025
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Fight Club Fight Club (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as intellectually-engaging)
avg rating 4.18 — 655,712 ratings — published 1996
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The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as intellectually-engaging)
avg rating 4.35 — 10,131,658 ratings — published 2008
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The Materialist The Materialist (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as intellectually-engaging)
avg rating 4.00 — 1 rating — published 2008
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In Cold Blood In Cold Blood (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as intellectually-engaging)
avg rating 4.09 — 745,738 ratings — published 1966
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Fast Talking PI Fast Talking PI (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as intellectually-engaging)
avg rating 4.04 — 75 ratings — published 2009
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Cannery Row (Cannery Row, #1) Cannery Row (Cannery Row, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as intellectually-engaging)
avg rating 4.06 — 158,723 ratings — published 1943
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Atalanta Atalanta (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as intellectually-engaging)
avg rating 3.74 — 37,538 ratings — published 2023
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National Geographic Atlas of the World National Geographic Atlas of the World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as intellectually-engaging)
avg rating 4.54 — 507 ratings — published 1975
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Pilgrim at Tinker Creek Pilgrim at Tinker Creek (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as intellectually-engaging)
avg rating 4.07 — 30,497 ratings — published 1974
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The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as intellectually-engaging)
avg rating 3.93 — 6,051,368 ratings — published 1925
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Watch Me (Shatter Me: The New Republic, #1) Watch Me (Shatter Me: The New Republic, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as intellectually-engaging)
avg rating 4.26 — 70,317 ratings — published 2025
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Astrophysics for People in a Hurry Astrophysics for People in a Hurry (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as intellectually-engaging)
avg rating 4.08 — 212,952 ratings — published 2017
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Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as intellectually-engaging)
avg rating 3.90 — 203,051 ratings — published 2025
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Frankenstein: The 1818 Text Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as intellectually-engaging)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,961,411 ratings — published 1818
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Who Cooked the Last Supper? The Women's History of the World Who Cooked the Last Supper? The Women's History of the World (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as intellectually-engaging)
avg rating 3.79 — 4,810 ratings — published 1989
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Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games, #0.5) Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games, #0.5)
by (shelved 1 time as intellectually-engaging)
avg rating 4.50 — 1,215,678 ratings — published 2025
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The Awakening The Awakening (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as intellectually-engaging)
avg rating 3.69 — 231,280 ratings — published 1899
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I Who Have Never Known Men I Who Have Never Known Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as intellectually-engaging)
avg rating 4.06 — 608,184 ratings — published 1995
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Everything I Never Told You Everything I Never Told You (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as intellectually-engaging)
avg rating 3.83 — 621,034 ratings — published 2014
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Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as intellectually-engaging)
avg rating 4.07 — 206,363 ratings — published 2006
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Bluebeard Bluebeard (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as intellectually-engaging)
avg rating 4.07 — 45,303 ratings — published 1987
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The Castle of Otranto The Castle of Otranto (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as intellectually-engaging)
avg rating 3.19 — 44,472 ratings — published 1764
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Tess of the D’Urbervilles Tess of the D’Urbervilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as intellectually-engaging)
avg rating 3.84 — 306,566 ratings — published 1891
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Madame Bovary Madame Bovary (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as intellectually-engaging)
avg rating 3.71 — 383,747 ratings — published 1856
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The Nightingale and the Rose The Nightingale and the Rose (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as intellectually-engaging)
avg rating 4.27 — 12,731 ratings — published 1888
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The Picture of Dorian Gray The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as intellectually-engaging)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,951,015 ratings — published 1890
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Wuthering Heights Wuthering Heights (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as intellectually-engaging)
avg rating 3.89 — 2,243,448 ratings — published 1847
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To the Lighthouse To the Lighthouse (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as intellectually-engaging)
avg rating 3.81 — 221,259 ratings — published 1927
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Democracy Democracy (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as intellectually-engaging)
avg rating 3.85 — 4,483 ratings — published 1984
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Melymbrosia Melymbrosia (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as intellectually-engaging)
avg rating 3.83 — 175 ratings — published 1981
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Mrs. Dalloway Mrs. Dalloway (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as intellectually-engaging)
avg rating 3.77 — 367,467 ratings — published 1925
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The Importance of Being Earnest The Importance of Being Earnest (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as intellectually-engaging)
avg rating 4.17 — 412,315 ratings — published 1895
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The Garden of Eden The Garden of Eden (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as intellectually-engaging)
avg rating 3.69 — 24,281 ratings — published 1986
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Salomé Salomé (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as intellectually-engaging)
avg rating 3.71 — 21,596 ratings — published 1891
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The Penelopiad The Penelopiad (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as intellectually-engaging)
avg rating 3.71 — 91,913 ratings — published 2005
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Play It As It Lays Play It As It Lays (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as intellectually-engaging)
avg rating 3.90 — 96,050 ratings — published 1970
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