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Red Russia (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 218 times as modern)
avg rating 4.05 — 9,230 ratings — published 2017
The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 194 times as modern)
avg rating 4.35 — 3,443,244 ratings — published 2003
The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 153 times as modern)
avg rating 3.93 — 5,811,395 ratings — published 1925
The Fault in Our Stars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 143 times as modern)
avg rating 4.12 — 5,642,028 ratings — published 2012
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Paperback)
by (shelved 141 times as modern)
avg rating 3.89 — 1,581,835 ratings — published 2003
1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 137 times as modern)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,332,639 ratings — published 1949
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by (shelved 126 times as modern)
avg rating 4.47 — 11,214,358 ratings — published 1997
Never Let Me Go (Paperback)
by (shelved 121 times as modern)
avg rating 3.85 — 833,150 ratings — published 2005
Life of Pi (Paperback)
by (shelved 119 times as modern)
avg rating 3.94 — 1,739,679 ratings — published 2001
The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
by (shelved 118 times as modern)
avg rating 3.93 — 2,497,706 ratings — published 2003
The Time Traveler's Wife (ebook)
by (shelved 116 times as modern)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,850,130 ratings — published 2003
To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 114 times as modern)
avg rating 4.26 — 6,773,167 ratings — published 1960
The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 112 times as modern)
avg rating 3.80 — 3,842,848 ratings — published 1951
American Gods: Tenth Anniversary (American Gods, #1)
by (shelved 112 times as modern)
avg rating 4.10 — 984,668 ratings — published 2001
The Road (Hardcover)
by (shelved 112 times as modern)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,017,755 ratings — published 2006
The Alchemist (Paperback)
by (shelved 111 times as modern)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,493,499 ratings — published 1988
The Secret History (Paperback)
by (shelved 110 times as modern)
avg rating 4.16 — 986,411 ratings — published 1992
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 106 times as modern)
avg rating 4.24 — 1,972,005 ratings — published 1999
Fight Club (Paperback)
by (shelved 106 times as modern)
avg rating 4.18 — 635,630 ratings — published 1996
Gone Girl (Paperback)
by (shelved 103 times as modern)
avg rating 4.14 — 3,397,884 ratings — published 2012
The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 102 times as modern)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,835,752 ratings — published 2005
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
by (shelved 99 times as modern)
avg rating 4.17 — 3,410,683 ratings — published 2005
The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 98 times as modern)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,368,566 ratings — published 1985
The Stranger (Paperback)
by (shelved 98 times as modern)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,353,411 ratings — published 1942
The Lovely Bones (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 98 times as modern)
avg rating 3.86 — 2,450,074 ratings — published 2002
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 96 times as modern)
avg rating 4.40 — 3,956,301 ratings — published 2017
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 96 times as modern)
avg rating 4.35 — 9,730,560 ratings — published 2008
The Goldfinch (Hardcover)
by (shelved 95 times as modern)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,024,981 ratings — published 2013
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Hardcover)
by (shelved 95 times as modern)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,707,603 ratings — published 2007
Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
by (shelved 94 times as modern)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,466,129 ratings — published 1969
Norwegian Wood (Paperback)
by (shelved 93 times as modern)
avg rating 3.99 — 713,053 ratings — published 1987
Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1)
by (shelved 92 times as modern)
avg rating 3.95 — 3,367,496 ratings — published 2000
Normal People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 92 times as modern)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,811,347 ratings — published 2018
Lolita (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 90 times as modern)
avg rating 3.87 — 931,618 ratings — published 1955
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
by (shelved 84 times as modern)
avg rating 4.58 — 4,749,874 ratings — published 1999
Twilight (The Twilight Saga, #1)
by (shelved 84 times as modern)
avg rating 3.67 — 7,206,331 ratings — published 2005
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
by (shelved 83 times as modern)
avg rating 4.43 — 4,412,022 ratings — published 1998
A Little Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 82 times as modern)
avg rating 4.28 — 893,242 ratings — published 2015
The Midnight Library (Hardcover)
by (shelved 82 times as modern)
avg rating 3.98 — 2,364,628 ratings — published 2020
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
by (shelved 82 times as modern)
avg rating 4.57 — 4,125,045 ratings — published 2000
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
by (shelved 82 times as modern)
avg rating 4.62 — 4,055,117 ratings — published 2007
Catch-22 (Paperback)
by (shelved 78 times as modern)
avg rating 3.99 — 879,810 ratings — published 1961
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)
by (shelved 78 times as modern)
avg rating 4.50 — 3,738,350 ratings — published 2003
Memoirs of a Geisha (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 77 times as modern)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,095,473 ratings — published 1997
Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 76 times as modern)
avg rating 4.01 — 4,442,681 ratings — published 1945
The Bell Jar (Paperback)
by (shelved 76 times as modern)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,186,059 ratings — published 1963
A Clockwork Orange (Paperback)
by (shelved 75 times as modern)
avg rating 4.00 — 760,967 ratings — published 1962
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)
by (shelved 75 times as modern)
avg rating 4.58 — 3,606,072 ratings — published 2005
The Trial (Paperback)
by (shelved 75 times as modern)
avg rating 3.94 — 385,246 ratings — published 1925
The Love Hypothesis (Paperback)
by (shelved 74 times as modern)
avg rating 4.11 — 1,802,003 ratings — published 2021
“OBSOLETE, adj. No longer used by the timid. Said chiefly of words. A word which some lexicographer has marked obsolete is ever thereafter an object of dread and loathing to the fool writer, but if it is a good word and has no exact modern equivalent equally good, it is good enough for the good writer. Indeed, a writer's attitude toward "obsolete" words is as true a measure of his literary ability as anything except the character of his work. A dictionary of obsolete and obsolescent words would not only be singularly rich in strong and sweet parts of speech; it would add large possessions to the vocabulary of every competent writer who might not happen to be a competent reader.”
― The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
― The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
“It is really a matter of ending this silence and solitude, of breathing and stretching one's arms again.”
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