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avg rating 4.20 — 5,284,448 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 — 6,734,508 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 — 4,403,614 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 — 3,823,782 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 — 5,775,259 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 — 2,348,302 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 — 1,171,869 ratings — published 1963
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Fahrenheit 451 Fahrenheit 451 (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 637 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,747,317 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 — 3,137,323 ratings — published 1954
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Lolita Lolita (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 549 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.87 — 925,702 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 — 2,771,204 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 — 1,261,380 ratings — published 1932
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Slaughterhouse-Five Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
by (shelved 468 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,459,216 ratings — published 1969
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A Clockwork Orange A Clockwork Orange (Paperback)
by (shelved 464 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.00 — 757,466 ratings — published 1962
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The Stranger The Stranger (Paperback)
by (shelved 438 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,336,115 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 — 1,079,223 ratings — published 1967
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Catch-22 Catch-22 (Paperback)
by (shelved 418 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.99 — 876,774 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 — 770,903 ratings — published 1962
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The Secret History The Secret History (Paperback)
by (shelved 362 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.16 — 967,888 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 — 1,277,480 ratings — published 1952
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Rebecca Rebecca (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 331 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.25 — 704,329 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 — 977,080 ratings — published 1939
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The Book Thief The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 313 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,820,148 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 — 441,275 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 — 741,177 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 — 611,233 ratings — published 1952
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Mrs. Dalloway Mrs. Dalloway (Hardcover)
by (shelved 298 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.78 — 346,067 ratings — published 1923
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The Alchemist The Alchemist (Paperback)
by (shelved 291 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,464,447 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 — 480,296 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 — 288,144 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 — 4,372,784 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 — 3,424,704 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 — 1,359,943 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 — 233,245 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 — 714,907 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 — 277,696 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 — 209,251 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 — 538,825 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 — 4,101,891 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 — 348,082 ratings — published 1989
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The Master and Margarita The Master and Margarita (Paperback)
by (shelved 218 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.28 — 406,092 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 — 405,370 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 — 1,981,123 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 — 370,158 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 — 529,928 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 — 3,074,555 ratings — published 1954
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The Outsiders The Outsiders (Paperback)
by (shelved 202 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.14 — 1,553,376 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 — 104,261 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 — 11,144,656 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 — 2,399,232 ratings — published 1943
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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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