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avg rating 4.20 — 5,343,470 ratings — published 1949
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To Kill a Mockingbird To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 875 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.26 — 6,781,420 ratings — published 1960
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Animal Farm Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 816 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.01 — 4,451,442 ratings — published 1945
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The Catcher in the Rye The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 792 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.80 — 3,846,811 ratings — published 1951
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The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 772 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.93 — 5,819,176 ratings — published 1925
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The Handmaid's Tale The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 678 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,373,267 ratings — published 1985
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The Bell Jar The Bell Jar (Paperback)
by (shelved 665 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,189,104 ratings — published 1963
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Fahrenheit 451 Fahrenheit 451 (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 640 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,776,071 ratings — published 1953
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Lord of the Flies Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 603 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.70 — 3,157,524 ratings — published 1954
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Lolita Lolita (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 550 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.87 — 932,941 ratings — published 1955
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Of Mice and Men Of Mice and Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 549 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.89 — 2,791,724 ratings — published 1937
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Brave New World Brave New World (Paperback)
by (shelved 504 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.99 — 2,047,700 ratings — published 1932
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Slaughterhouse-Five Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
by (shelved 471 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,467,595 ratings — published 1969
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A Clockwork Orange A Clockwork Orange (Paperback)
by (shelved 465 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.00 — 761,875 ratings — published 1962
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The Stranger The Stranger (Paperback)
by (shelved 441 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,357,589 ratings — published 1942
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One Hundred Years of Solitude One Hundred Years of Solitude (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 438 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,088,093 ratings — published 1967
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Catch-22 Catch-22 (Paperback)
by (shelved 419 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.99 — 880,439 ratings — published 1961
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The Secret History The Secret History (Paperback)
by (shelved 369 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.16 — 991,067 ratings — published 1992
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Hardcover)
by (shelved 366 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.20 — 774,276 ratings — published 1962
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The Old Man and the Sea The Old Man and the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 346 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,289,877 ratings — published 1952
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Rebecca Rebecca (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 328 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.25 — 706,135 ratings — published 1938
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The Grapes of Wrath The Grapes of Wrath (Hardcover)
by (shelved 316 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.02 — 983,234 ratings — published 1939
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The Book Thief The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 311 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,839,069 ratings — published 2005
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On the Road On the Road (Paperback)
by (shelved 311 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.61 — 443,932 ratings — published 1957
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The Color Purple The Color Purple (Paperback)
by (shelved 310 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.28 — 745,348 ratings — published 1982
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East of Eden East of Eden (Paperback)
by (shelved 304 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.43 — 620,837 ratings — published 1952
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Mrs. Dalloway Mrs. Dalloway (Hardcover)
by (shelved 299 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.78 — 349,818 ratings — published 1925
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The Alchemist The Alchemist (Paperback)
by (shelved 294 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,500,009 ratings — published 1988
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Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1) Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 287 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.98 — 483,877 ratings — published 1987
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The Kite Runner The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 256 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.35 — 3,447,409 ratings — published 2003
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The Hobbit, or There and Back Again The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (Paperback)
by (shelved 252 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,401,504 ratings — published 1937
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Giovanni’s Room Giovanni’s Room (Paperback)
by (shelved 249 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.34 — 240,197 ratings — published 1956
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The Metamorphosis The Metamorphosis (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 248 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.90 — 1,382,259 ratings — published 1915
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We Have Always Lived in the Castle We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 239 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.91 — 286,102 ratings — published 1962
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In Cold Blood In Cold Blood (Paperback)
by (shelved 239 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.09 — 720,237 ratings — published 1966
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To the Lighthouse To the Lighthouse (Paperback)
by (shelved 237 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.81 — 211,479 ratings — published 1927
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Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 226 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.85 — 249,655 ratings — published 1958
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Love in the Time of Cholera Love in the Time of Cholera (Paperback)
by (shelved 222 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.94 — 541,804 ratings — published 1985
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The Remains of the Day The Remains of the Day (Paperback)
by (shelved 221 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.14 — 352,382 ratings — published 1989
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The Master and Margarita The Master and Margarita (Paperback)
by (shelved 221 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.28 — 411,384 ratings — published 1967
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The Diary of a Young Girl The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 220 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,131,499 ratings — published 1947
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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 217 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,993,171 ratings — published 1979
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Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1) Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 217 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.74 — 407,958 ratings — published 1958
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The Haunting of Hill House The Haunting of Hill House (Paperback)
by (shelved 211 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.81 — 382,564 ratings — published 1959
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The Outsiders The Outsiders (Paperback)
by (shelved 207 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.14 — 1,568,217 ratings — published 1967
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The Unbearable Lightness of Being The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Paperback)
by (shelved 205 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.11 — 535,100 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 4.40 — 3,100,379 ratings — published 1954
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Wide Sargasso Sea Wide Sargasso Sea (Paperback)
by (shelved 201 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.59 — 105,328 ratings — published 1966
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Harry Potter, #1) Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by (shelved 193 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.47 — 11,230,549 ratings — published 1997
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The Trial The Trial (Paperback)
by (shelved 188 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.94 — 386,318 ratings — published 1925
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Harper Lee
“…some people have more opportunity because they’re born with it…”
Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

Stars ink your fingers with a lexicon of flame blazing rare knowledge.
“Stars ink your fingers
with a lexicon of flame
blazing rare knowledge.”
Aberjhani, The River of Winged Dreams

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