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avg rating 4.20 — 5,334,777 ratings — published 1949
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To Kill a Mockingbird To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 873 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.26 — 6,774,797 ratings — published 1960
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Animal Farm Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 815 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.01 — 4,444,354 ratings — published 1945
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The Catcher in the Rye The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 790 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.80 — 3,843,661 ratings — published 1951
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The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 769 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.93 — 5,812,866 ratings — published 1925
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The Handmaid's Tale The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 675 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,369,424 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 — 1,186,674 ratings — published 1963
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Fahrenheit 451 Fahrenheit 451 (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 638 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,771,768 ratings — published 1953
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Lord of the Flies Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 602 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.70 — 3,154,429 ratings — published 1954
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Lolita Lolita (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 549 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.87 — 931,883 ratings — published 1955
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Of Mice and Men Of Mice and Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 547 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.89 — 2,788,515 ratings — published 1937
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Brave New World Brave New World (Paperback)
by (shelved 505 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.99 — 2,045,508 ratings — published 1932
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Slaughterhouse-Five Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
by (shelved 471 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,466,409 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 — 761,141 ratings — published 1962
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The Stranger The Stranger (Paperback)
by (shelved 440 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,354,245 ratings — published 1942
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One Hundred Years of Solitude One Hundred Years of Solitude (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 436 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,086,765 ratings — published 1967
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Catch-22 Catch-22 (Paperback)
by (shelved 417 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.99 — 879,936 ratings — published 1961
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Hardcover)
by (shelved 365 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.20 — 773,763 ratings — published 1962
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The Secret History The Secret History (Paperback)
by (shelved 365 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.16 — 987,329 ratings — published 1992
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The Old Man and the Sea The Old Man and the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 344 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,288,130 ratings — published 1952
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Rebecca Rebecca (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 334 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.25 — 712,873 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 — 982,324 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 — 2,836,424 ratings — published 2005
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The Color Purple The Color Purple (Paperback)
by (shelved 310 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.28 — 744,718 ratings — published 1982
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On the Road On the Road (Paperback)
by (shelved 310 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.61 — 443,576 ratings — published 1957
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East of Eden East of Eden (Paperback)
by (shelved 305 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.43 — 619,470 ratings — published 1952
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Mrs. Dalloway Mrs. Dalloway (Hardcover)
by (shelved 300 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.78 — 349,208 ratings — published 1925
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The Alchemist The Alchemist (Paperback)
by (shelved 291 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,494,801 ratings — published 1988
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Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1) Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 286 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.98 — 483,279 ratings — published 1987
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The Kite Runner The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 254 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.35 — 3,444,112 ratings — published 2003
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The Hobbit, or There and Back Again The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (Paperback)
by (shelved 253 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,397,245 ratings — published 1937
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The Metamorphosis The Metamorphosis (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 248 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.90 — 1,378,841 ratings — published 1915
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Giovanni’s Room Giovanni’s Room (Paperback)
by (shelved 246 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.34 — 239,231 ratings — published 1956
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In Cold Blood In Cold Blood (Paperback)
by (shelved 238 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.09 — 719,430 ratings — published 1966
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We Have Always Lived in the Castle We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 237 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.91 — 284,448 ratings — published 1962
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To the Lighthouse To the Lighthouse (Paperback)
by (shelved 236 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.81 — 211,128 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 — 249,508 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 — 541,350 ratings — published 1985
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The Remains of the Day The Remains of the Day (Paperback)
by (shelved 220 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.14 — 351,699 ratings — published 1989
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The Master and Margarita The Master and Margarita (Paperback)
by (shelved 219 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.28 — 410,580 ratings — published 1967
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The Diary of a Young Girl The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 218 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,127,474 ratings — published 1947
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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 — 407,554 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 213 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,991,334 ratings — published 1979
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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 — 379,776 ratings — published 1959
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The Outsiders The Outsiders (Paperback)
by (shelved 205 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.14 — 1,566,000 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 — 534,372 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 — 3,096,562 ratings — published 1954
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Wide Sargasso Sea Wide Sargasso Sea (Paperback)
by (shelved 199 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.59 — 105,113 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 — 11,217,558 ratings — published 1997
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The Little Prince The Little Prince (Hardcover)
by (shelved 187 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.33 — 2,420,576 ratings — published 1943
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Donna Tartt
“I prefer to think of it as redistribution of matter.”
Donna Tartt, The Secret History

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

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