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The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 347 times as lit)
avg rating 3.93 — 5,846,640 ratings — published 1925
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1984 1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 338 times as lit)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,379,350 ratings — published 1949
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To Kill a Mockingbird To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 317 times as lit)
avg rating 4.26 — 6,810,746 ratings — published 1960
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The Catcher in the Rye The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 311 times as lit)
avg rating 3.80 — 3,860,845 ratings — published 1951
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Animal Farm Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 299 times as lit)
avg rating 4.01 — 4,481,243 ratings — published 1945
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Pride and Prejudice Pride and Prejudice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 286 times as lit)
avg rating 4.29 — 4,744,510 ratings — published 1813
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Lord of the Flies Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 239 times as lit)
avg rating 3.70 — 3,170,113 ratings — published 1954
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The Picture of Dorian Gray The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
by (shelved 232 times as lit)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,846,785 ratings — published 1890
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Crime and Punishment Crime and Punishment (Paperback)
by (shelved 230 times as lit)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,062,326 ratings — published 1866
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The Stranger The Stranger (Paperback)
by (shelved 228 times as lit)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,371,862 ratings — published 1942
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Jane Eyre Jane Eyre (Paperback)
by (shelved 223 times as lit)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,301,482 ratings — published 1847
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Slaughterhouse-Five Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
by (shelved 219 times as lit)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,472,857 ratings — published 1969
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Lolita Lolita (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 211 times as lit)
avg rating 3.87 — 937,088 ratings — published 1955
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The Metamorphosis The Metamorphosis (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 210 times as lit)
avg rating 3.90 — 1,396,233 ratings — published 1915
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One Hundred Years of Solitude One Hundred Years of Solitude (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 208 times as lit)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,093,365 ratings — published 1967
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Frankenstein: The 1818 Text Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 205 times as lit)
avg rating 3.90 — 1,852,322 ratings — published 1818
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Brave New World Brave New World (Paperback)
by (shelved 202 times as lit)
avg rating 3.99 — 2,057,016 ratings — published 1932
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Of Mice and Men Of Mice and Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 200 times as lit)
avg rating 3.89 — 2,804,605 ratings — published 1937
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Fahrenheit 451 Fahrenheit 451 (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 197 times as lit)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,794,591 ratings — published 1953
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Wuthering Heights Wuthering Heights (Paperback)
by (shelved 191 times as lit)
avg rating 3.90 — 2,014,009 ratings — published 1847
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The Handmaid's Tale The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 178 times as lit)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,388,521 ratings — published 1985
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Catch-22 Catch-22 (Paperback)
by (shelved 176 times as lit)
avg rating 3.99 — 882,675 ratings — published 1961
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The Brothers Karamazov The Brothers Karamazov (Paperback)
by (shelved 163 times as lit)
avg rating 4.39 — 381,766 ratings — published 1880
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The Old Man and the Sea The Old Man and the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 161 times as lit)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,297,005 ratings — published 1952
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Anna Karenina Anna Karenina (Paperback)
by (shelved 155 times as lit)
avg rating 4.10 — 922,927 ratings — published 1878
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Adventures of Tom and Huck, #2) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Adventures of Tom and Huck, #2)
by (shelved 150 times as lit)
avg rating 3.83 — 1,332,560 ratings — published 1885
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Heart of Darkness Heart of Darkness (Paperback)
by (shelved 145 times as lit)
avg rating 3.43 — 554,608 ratings — published 1899
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The Odyssey The Odyssey (Paperback)
by (shelved 145 times as lit)
avg rating 3.83 — 1,179,738 ratings — published -700
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The Bell Jar The Bell Jar (Paperback)
by (shelved 145 times as lit)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,199,539 ratings — published 1963
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Hardcover)
by (shelved 144 times as lit)
avg rating 4.20 — 776,375 ratings — published 1962
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Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 143 times as lit)
avg rating 3.74 — 2,803,034 ratings — published 1590
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The Grapes of Wrath The Grapes of Wrath (Hardcover)
by (shelved 142 times as lit)
avg rating 4.03 — 986,911 ratings — published 1939
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East of Eden East of Eden (Paperback)
by (shelved 138 times as lit)
avg rating 4.44 — 626,619 ratings — published 1952
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Little Women (Little Women, #1) Little Women (Little Women, #1)
by (shelved 138 times as lit)
avg rating 4.17 — 2,433,926 ratings — published 1868
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A Tale of Two Cities A Tale of Two Cities (Paperback)
by (shelved 137 times as lit)
avg rating 3.88 — 1,007,089 ratings — published 1859
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The Unbearable Lightness of Being The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Paperback)
by (shelved 137 times as lit)
avg rating 4.11 — 538,105 ratings — published 1984
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Moby-Dick or, The Whale Moby-Dick or, The Whale (Paperback)
by (shelved 135 times as lit)
avg rating 3.56 — 611,871 ratings — published 1851
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Great Expectations Great Expectations (Paperback)
by (shelved 135 times as lit)
avg rating 3.80 — 868,374 ratings — published 1861
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The Count of Monte Cristo The Count of Monte Cristo (Paperback)
by (shelved 134 times as lit)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,013,068 ratings — published 1844
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Hamlet Hamlet (Paperback)
by (shelved 132 times as lit)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,040,138 ratings — published 1601
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War and Peace War and Peace (Paperback)
by (shelved 132 times as lit)
avg rating 4.17 — 362,932 ratings — published 1869
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The Trial The Trial (Paperback)
by (shelved 132 times as lit)
avg rating 3.94 — 389,444 ratings — published 1925
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Macbeth Macbeth (Paperback)
by (shelved 124 times as lit)
avg rating 3.89 — 1,010,685 ratings — published 1623
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Siddhartha Siddhartha (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 123 times as lit)
avg rating 4.08 — 867,654 ratings — published 1922
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Don Quixote Don Quixote (Paperback)
by (shelved 121 times as lit)
avg rating 3.91 — 302,940 ratings — published 1615
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Dracula Dracula (Paperback)
by (shelved 120 times as lit)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,457,619 ratings — published 1897
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The Master and Margarita The Master and Margarita (Paperback)
by (shelved 120 times as lit)
avg rating 4.28 — 414,580 ratings — published 1967
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The Scarlet Letter The Scarlet Letter (Paperback)
by (shelved 119 times as lit)
avg rating 3.44 — 913,127 ratings — published 1850
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Emma Emma (Paperback)
by (shelved 118 times as lit)
avg rating 4.05 — 972,841 ratings — published 1815
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To the Lighthouse To the Lighthouse (Paperback)
by (shelved 117 times as lit)
avg rating 3.81 — 212,720 ratings — published 1927
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Laura Miller
“If you've ever read one of those articles that asks notable people to list their favorite books, you may have been impressed or daunted to see them pick Proust or Thomas Mann or James Joyce. You might even feel sheepish about the fact that you reread Pride and Prejudice or The Lord of the Rings, or The Catcher in the Rye or Gone With the Wind every couple of years with some much pleasure. Perhaps, like me, you're even a little suspicious of their claims, because we all know that the books we've loved best are seldom the ones we esteem the most highly - or the ones we'd most like other people to think we read over and over again.”
Laura Miller, The Magician's Book: A Skeptic's Adventures in Narnia

Emil M. Cioran
“Les mystiques et leurs «  œuvres  complètes ». Quand on s'adresse à Dieu, et à Dieu seul, comme ils le prétendent, on devrait se garder d'écrire. Dieu ne lit pas...”
Emil Cioran, Del inconveniente de haber nacido

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