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avg rating 4.20 — 5,387,603 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 — 6,817,269 ratings — published 1960
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Animal Farm Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 818 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.02 — 4,488,255 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 — 3,863,943 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 — 5,852,944 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 — 2,391,950 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 — 1,201,933 ratings — published 1963
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Fahrenheit 451 Fahrenheit 451 (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 641 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,799,134 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 — 3,173,038 ratings — published 1954
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Lolita Lolita (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 551 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.87 — 938,031 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 — 2,807,583 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 — 2,059,000 ratings — published 1932
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Slaughterhouse-Five Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
by (shelved 474 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,473,934 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 — 765,065 ratings — published 1962
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The Stranger The Stranger (Paperback)
by (shelved 444 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,375,304 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 — 1,094,601 ratings — published 1967
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Catch-22 Catch-22 (Paperback)
by (shelved 420 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.99 — 883,086 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 — 1,007,642 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 — 776,806 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 — 1,298,668 ratings — published 1952
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Rebecca Rebecca (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 329 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.25 — 712,816 ratings — published 1938
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The Grapes of Wrath The Grapes of Wrath (Hardcover)
by (shelved 317 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.03 — 987,757 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 — 748,286 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 — 2,853,321 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 — 445,704 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 — 627,988 ratings — published 1952
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Mrs. Dalloway Mrs. Dalloway (Hardcover)
by (shelved 300 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.78 — 353,205 ratings — published 1925
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The Alchemist The Alchemist (Paperback)
by (shelved 294 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,525,867 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 — 486,895 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 — 4,422,344 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 — 3,463,951 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 — 245,382 ratings — published 1956
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The Metamorphosis The Metamorphosis (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 244 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.90 — 1,399,789 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 — 723,814 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 — 290,970 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 — 212,965 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 — 250,543 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 — 355,779 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 — 543,832 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 — 4,152,509 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 — 415,283 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 — 2,002,320 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 — 410,011 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 — 388,900 ratings — published 1959
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The Outsiders The Outsiders (Paperback)
by (shelved 208 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.14 — 1,580,953 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 — 3,119,382 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 — 538,837 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 — 106,118 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 — 11,295,566 ratings — published 1997
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The Trial The Trial (Paperback)
by (shelved 190 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.94 — 390,175 ratings — published 1925
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Sylvia Plath
“In the infinitesimal glow of the stars,
the trees and flowers were strewing
their cool odos. There was no moon.”
Sylvia Plath

Harper Lee
“…some people have more opportunity because they’re born with it…”
Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

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