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avg rating 4.20 — 5,488,720 ratings — published 1948
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To Kill a Mockingbird To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 881 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.26 — 6,906,698 ratings — published 1960
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Animal Farm Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 821 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.02 — 4,574,178 ratings — published 1945
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The Catcher in the Rye The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 800 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.80 — 3,903,734 ratings — published 1951
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The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 780 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.93 — 5,936,497 ratings — published 1925
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The Handmaid's Tale The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 692 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,435,320 ratings — published 1985
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The Bell Jar The Bell Jar (Paperback)
by (shelved 679 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,229,191 ratings — published 1963
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Fahrenheit 451 Fahrenheit 451 (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 650 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,850,753 ratings — published 1953
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Lord of the Flies Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 610 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.70 — 3,209,595 ratings — published 1954
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Lolita Lolita (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 554 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.87 — 948,487 ratings — published 1955
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Of Mice and Men Of Mice and Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 552 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.90 — 2,845,748 ratings — published 1937
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Brave New World Brave New World (Paperback)
by (shelved 514 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.99 — 2,083,753 ratings — published 1932
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Slaughterhouse-Five Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
by (shelved 476 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,486,807 ratings — published 1969
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A Clockwork Orange A Clockwork Orange (Paperback)
by (shelved 470 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.00 — 771,660 ratings — published 1962
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The Stranger The Stranger (Paperback)
by (shelved 447 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,410,755 ratings — published 1942
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One Hundred Years of Solitude One Hundred Years of Solitude (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 441 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,108,651 ratings — published 1967
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Catch-22 Catch-22 (Paperback)
by (shelved 418 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.99 — 888,195 ratings — published 1961
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The Secret History The Secret History (Paperback)
by (shelved 380 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,036,030 ratings — published 1992
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Hardcover)
by (shelved 365 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.20 — 781,391 ratings — published 1962
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The Old Man and the Sea The Old Man and the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 351 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,317,908 ratings — published 1952
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Rebecca Rebecca (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 331 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.25 — 724,207 ratings — published 1938
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The Grapes of Wrath The Grapes of Wrath (Hardcover)
by (shelved 321 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.03 — 996,896 ratings — published 1939
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The Book Thief The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 318 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,888,045 ratings — published 2005
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The Color Purple The Color Purple (Paperback)
by (shelved 317 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.28 — 753,950 ratings — published 1982
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East of Eden East of Eden (Paperback)
by (shelved 312 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.44 — 643,244 ratings — published 1952
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On the Road On the Road (Paperback)
by (shelved 308 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.61 — 449,267 ratings — published 1957
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The Alchemist The Alchemist (Paperback)
by (shelved 297 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,585,080 ratings — published 1988
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Mrs. Dalloway Mrs. Dalloway (Hardcover)
by (shelved 295 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.78 — 358,020 ratings — published 1925
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Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1) Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 292 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.98 — 492,135 ratings — published 1987
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The Kite Runner The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 260 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.36 — 3,503,393 ratings — published 2003
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The Hobbit, or There and Back Again The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (Paperback)
by (shelved 259 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,467,520 ratings — published 1937
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Giovanni’s Room Giovanni’s Room (Paperback)
by (shelved 256 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.34 — 255,571 ratings — published 1956
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The Metamorphosis The Metamorphosis (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 248 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,437,761 ratings — published 1915
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We Have Always Lived in the Castle We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 243 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.91 — 297,420 ratings — published 1962
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In Cold Blood In Cold Blood (Paperback)
by (shelved 240 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.09 — 731,701 ratings — published 1966
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To the Lighthouse To the Lighthouse (Paperback)
by (shelved 238 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.81 — 215,560 ratings — published 1927
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Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 229 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.85 — 252,114 ratings — published 1958
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The Diary of a Young Girl The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 224 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,203,723 ratings — published 1947
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Love in the Time of Cholera Love in the Time of Cholera (Paperback)
by (shelved 224 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.94 — 548,194 ratings — published 1985
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Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1) Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 224 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.75 — 413,673 ratings — published 1958
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The Master and Margarita The Master and Margarita (Paperback)
by (shelved 223 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.28 — 422,747 ratings — published 1967
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The Remains of the Day The Remains of the Day (Paperback)
by (shelved 222 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.14 — 361,800 ratings — published 1989
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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1) The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)
by (shelved 219 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.22 — 2,020,947 ratings — published 1979
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The Outsiders The Outsiders (Paperback)
by (shelved 214 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,610,809 ratings — published 1967
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The Haunting of Hill House The Haunting of Hill House (Paperback)
by (shelved 214 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.81 — 396,869 ratings — published 1959
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The Unbearable Lightness of Being The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Paperback)
by (shelved 208 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.11 — 546,023 ratings — published 1984
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The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1) The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
by (shelved 205 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.41 — 3,160,788 ratings — published 1954
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by (shelved 198 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.47 — 11,450,042 ratings — published 1997
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The Little Prince The Little Prince (Hardcover)
by (shelved 198 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.33 — 2,489,376 ratings — published 1943
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Wide Sargasso Sea Wide Sargasso Sea (Paperback)
by (shelved 198 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.59 — 107,278 ratings — published 1966
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