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avg rating 4.20 — 5,386,121 ratings — published 1949
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To Kill a Mockingbird To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 876 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.26 — 6,816,047 ratings — published 1960
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Animal Farm Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 818 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.01 — 4,486,966 ratings — published 1945
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The Catcher in the Rye The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 795 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.80 — 3,863,383 ratings — published 1951
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The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 777 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.93 — 5,851,818 ratings — published 1925
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The Handmaid's Tale The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 680 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,391,357 ratings — published 1985
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The Bell Jar The Bell Jar (Paperback)
by (shelved 670 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,201,527 ratings — published 1963
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Fahrenheit 451 Fahrenheit 451 (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 641 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,798,410 ratings — published 1953
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Lord of the Flies Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 607 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.70 — 3,172,488 ratings — published 1954
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Lolita Lolita (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 551 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.87 — 937,875 ratings — published 1955
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Of Mice and Men Of Mice and Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 545 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.89 — 2,807,039 ratings — published 1937
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Brave New World Brave New World (Paperback)
by (shelved 507 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.99 — 2,058,637 ratings — published 1932
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Slaughterhouse-Five Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
by (shelved 474 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,473,745 ratings — published 1969
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A Clockwork Orange A Clockwork Orange (Paperback)
by (shelved 468 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.00 — 764,957 ratings — published 1962
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The Stranger The Stranger (Paperback)
by (shelved 444 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,374,719 ratings — published 1942
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One Hundred Years of Solitude One Hundred Years of Solitude (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 440 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,094,386 ratings — published 1967
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Catch-22 Catch-22 (Paperback)
by (shelved 420 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.99 — 883,014 ratings — published 1961
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The Secret History The Secret History (Paperback)
by (shelved 370 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,007,126 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 — 776,721 ratings — published 1962
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The Old Man and the Sea The Old Man and the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 345 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,298,368 ratings — published 1952
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Rebecca Rebecca (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 329 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.25 — 712,621 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 4.03 — 987,592 ratings — published 1939
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The Color Purple The Color Purple (Paperback)
by (shelved 314 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.28 — 748,194 ratings — published 1982
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The Book Thief The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 312 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,852,848 ratings — published 2005
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On the Road On the Road (Paperback)
by (shelved 309 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.61 — 445,646 ratings — published 1957
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East of Eden East of Eden (Paperback)
by (shelved 304 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.44 — 627,756 ratings — published 1952
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Mrs. Dalloway Mrs. Dalloway (Hardcover)
by (shelved 300 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.78 — 353,103 ratings — published 1925
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The Alchemist The Alchemist (Paperback)
by (shelved 294 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,524,945 ratings — published 1988
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Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1) Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 283 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.98 — 486,819 ratings — published 1987
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The Hobbit, or There and Back Again The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (Paperback)
by (shelved 255 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,421,583 ratings — published 1937
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The Kite Runner The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 255 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.36 — 3,463,417 ratings — published 2003
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Giovanni’s Room Giovanni’s Room (Paperback)
by (shelved 253 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.34 — 245,230 ratings — published 1956
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The Metamorphosis The Metamorphosis (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 249 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.90 — 1,399,153 ratings — published 1915
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In Cold Blood In Cold Blood (Paperback)
by (shelved 241 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.09 — 723,694 ratings — published 1966
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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 — 290,835 ratings — published 1962
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To the Lighthouse To the Lighthouse (Paperback)
by (shelved 238 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.81 — 212,930 ratings — published 1927
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Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 227 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.85 — 250,505 ratings — published 1958
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The Remains of the Day The Remains of the Day (Paperback)
by (shelved 223 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.14 — 355,662 ratings — published 1989
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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 — 543,765 ratings — published 1985
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The Diary of a Young Girl The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 221 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,151,796 ratings — published 1947
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The Master and Margarita The Master and Margarita (Paperback)
by (shelved 220 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.28 — 415,147 ratings — published 1967
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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 — 2,002,004 ratings — published 1979
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Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1) Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 218 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.74 — 409,955 ratings — published 1958
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The Haunting of Hill House The Haunting of Hill House (Paperback)
by (shelved 212 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.81 — 388,742 ratings — published 1959
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The Outsiders The Outsiders (Paperback)
by (shelved 208 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.14 — 1,580,553 ratings — published 1967
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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 206 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.40 — 3,118,700 ratings — published 1954
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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 — 538,718 ratings — published 1984
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Wide Sargasso Sea Wide Sargasso Sea (Paperback)
by (shelved 199 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.59 — 106,093 ratings — published 1966
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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 194 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.47 — 11,293,342 ratings — published 1997
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The Trial The Trial (Paperback)
by (shelved 190 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.94 — 390,043 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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