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avg rating 4.20 — 5,281,774 ratings — published 1949
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To Kill a Mockingbird To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 870 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.26 — 6,732,324 ratings — published 1960
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Animal Farm Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 813 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.01 — 4,401,432 ratings — published 1945
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The Catcher in the Rye The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 789 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.80 — 3,822,692 ratings — published 1951
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The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 768 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.93 — 5,773,131 ratings — published 1925
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The Handmaid's Tale The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 668 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,347,097 ratings — published 1985
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The Bell Jar The Bell Jar (Paperback)
by (shelved 662 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,171,043 ratings — published 1963
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Fahrenheit 451 Fahrenheit 451 (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 637 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,745,933 ratings — published 1953
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Lord of the Flies Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 600 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.70 — 3,136,410 ratings — published 1954
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Lolita Lolita (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 549 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.87 — 925,388 ratings — published 1955
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Of Mice and Men Of Mice and Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 544 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.89 — 2,770,276 ratings — published 1937
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Brave New World Brave New World (Paperback)
by (shelved 499 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.88 — 1,260,581 ratings — published 1932
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Slaughterhouse-Five Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
by (shelved 468 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,458,826 ratings — published 1969
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A Clockwork Orange A Clockwork Orange (Paperback)
by (shelved 463 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.00 — 757,294 ratings — published 1962
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The Stranger The Stranger (Paperback)
by (shelved 438 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,335,140 ratings — published 1942
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One Hundred Years of Solitude One Hundred Years of Solitude (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 434 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,078,739 ratings — published 1967
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Catch-22 Catch-22 (Paperback)
by (shelved 418 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.99 — 876,608 ratings — published 1961
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Hardcover)
by (shelved 362 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.20 — 770,731 ratings — published 1962
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The Secret History The Secret History (Paperback)
by (shelved 361 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.16 — 966,986 ratings — published 1992
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The Old Man and the Sea The Old Man and the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 343 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,276,945 ratings — published 1952
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Rebecca Rebecca (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 331 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.25 — 703,973 ratings — published 1938
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The Grapes of Wrath The Grapes of Wrath (Hardcover)
by (shelved 315 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.02 — 976,758 ratings — published 1939
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The Book Thief The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 312 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,819,282 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 — 441,144 ratings — published 1957
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The Color Purple The Color Purple (Paperback)
by (shelved 308 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.28 — 740,971 ratings — published 1982
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East of Eden East of Eden (Paperback)
by (shelved 301 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.43 — 610,789 ratings — published 1952
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Mrs. Dalloway Mrs. Dalloway (Hardcover)
by (shelved 298 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.78 — 345,897 ratings — published 1923
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The Alchemist The Alchemist (Paperback)
by (shelved 290 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,462,810 ratings — published 1988
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Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1) Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 282 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.97 — 480,143 ratings — published 1987
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Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 255 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.83 — 288,061 ratings — published 1958
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The Hobbit, or There and Back Again The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (Paperback)
by (shelved 251 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,371,490 ratings — published 1937
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The Kite Runner The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 251 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.35 — 3,423,668 ratings — published 2003
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The Metamorphosis The Metamorphosis (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 245 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.90 — 1,358,846 ratings — published 1915
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Giovanni’s Room Giovanni’s Room (Paperback)
by (shelved 245 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.34 — 232,930 ratings — published 1956
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In Cold Blood In Cold Blood (Paperback)
by (shelved 237 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.09 — 714,687 ratings — published 1966
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We Have Always Lived in the Castle We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 234 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.92 — 277,482 ratings — published 1962
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To the Lighthouse To the Lighthouse (Paperback)
by (shelved 233 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.81 — 209,173 ratings — published 1927
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Love in the Time of Cholera Love in the Time of Cholera (Paperback)
by (shelved 221 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.94 — 538,676 ratings — published 1985
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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 — 4,100,493 ratings — published 1947
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The Remains of the Day The Remains of the Day (Paperback)
by (shelved 218 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.14 — 347,895 ratings — published 1989
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The Master and Margarita The Master and Margarita (Paperback)
by (shelved 217 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.28 — 405,847 ratings — published 1967
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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 — 405,244 ratings — published 1958
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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 209 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,980,633 ratings — published 1979
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The Haunting of Hill House The Haunting of Hill House (Paperback)
by (shelved 207 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.81 — 369,859 ratings — published 1959
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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 — 529,653 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 203 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.40 — 3,073,379 ratings — published 1954
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The Outsiders The Outsiders (Paperback)
by (shelved 202 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.14 — 1,552,709 ratings — published 1967
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Wide Sargasso Sea Wide Sargasso Sea (Paperback)
by (shelved 195 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.59 — 104,211 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 192 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.47 — 11,140,814 ratings — published 1997
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The Little Prince The Little Prince (Hardcover)
by (shelved 185 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.33 — 2,397,998 ratings — published 1943
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Donna Tartt
“I prefer to think of it as redistribution of matter.”
Donna Tartt, The Secret History

Sylvia Plath
“In the infinitesimal glow of the stars,
the trees and flowers were strewing
their cool odos. There was no moon.”
Sylvia Plath

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