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1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 725 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,530,226 ratings — published 1948
To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 657 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.26 — 6,937,560 ratings — published 1960
The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 479 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,901,389 ratings — published 2005
Pride and Prejudice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 459 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,851,606 ratings — published 1813
Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 418 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.02 — 4,608,317 ratings — published 1945
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 375 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.35 — 9,993,037 ratings — published 2008
Crime and Punishment (Paperback)
by (shelved 356 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,096,998 ratings — published 1866
The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 356 times as must-read)
avg rating 3.93 — 5,966,037 ratings — published 1925
The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 353 times as must-read)
avg rating 3.80 — 3,918,548 ratings — published 1951
The Fault in Our Stars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 347 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.12 — 5,759,345 ratings — published 2012
Fahrenheit 451 (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 342 times as must-read)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,870,651 ratings — published 1953
Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
by (shelved 335 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.37 — 891,057 ratings — published 1946
Taming Flame (Paperback)
by (shelved 321 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.28 — 16,714 ratings — published 2022
The Alchemist (Paperback)
by (shelved 317 times as must-read)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,608,011 ratings — published 1988
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Paperback)
by (shelved 314 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,276,295 ratings — published 2011
The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 313 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.36 — 3,518,258 ratings — published 2003
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 312 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,114,564 ratings — published 1967
Brave New World (Paperback)
by (shelved 311 times as must-read)
avg rating 3.98 — 2,093,812 ratings — published 1932
Jane Eyre (Paperback)
by (shelved 309 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,343,047 ratings — published 1847
The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 302 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,221,815 ratings — published 1947
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
by (shelved 297 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.14 — 1,905,744 ratings — published 1890
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by (shelved 293 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.47 — 11,501,269 ratings — published 1997
Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 292 times as must-read)
avg rating 3.70 — 3,224,126 ratings — published 1954
The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 290 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,454,545 ratings — published 1985
Wuthering Heights (Paperback)
by (shelved 281 times as must-read)
avg rating 3.90 — 2,159,138 ratings — published 1847
The Little Prince (Hardcover)
by (shelved 279 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.33 — 2,506,696 ratings — published 1943
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 269 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,328,750 ratings — published 2018
The Count of Monte Cristo (Paperback)
by (shelved 266 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,034,629 ratings — published 1844
Anna Karenina (Paperback)
by (shelved 261 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.10 — 939,535 ratings — published 1878
The Zombie Room (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 254 times as must-read)
avg rating 3.93 — 41,840 ratings — published 2012
Thinking, Fast and Slow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 254 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.17 — 594,603 ratings — published 2011
The Brothers Karamazov (Paperback)
by (shelved 246 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.39 — 392,231 ratings — published 1880
Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)
by (shelved 246 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,165,812 ratings — published 2015
Lolita (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 246 times as must-read)
avg rating 3.87 — 953,158 ratings — published 1955
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 242 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.24 — 2,015,850 ratings — published 1999
The Bell Jar (Paperback)
by (shelved 237 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,241,325 ratings — published 1963
The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 236 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,029,556 ratings — published 2011
How to Win Friends & Influence People (Paperback)
by (shelved 235 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,158,919 ratings — published 1936
The Elephant Tree (Paperback)
by (shelved 234 times as must-read)
avg rating 3.91 — 41,976 ratings — published 2010
The Secret History (Paperback)
by (shelved 233 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,048,351 ratings — published 1992
Little Women (Little Women, #1)
by (shelved 232 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.17 — 2,479,746 ratings — published 1868
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 232 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.39 — 4,167,044 ratings — published 2017
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 229 times as must-read)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,918,710 ratings — published 1818
The Stranger (Paperback)
by (shelved 227 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,426,328 ratings — published 1942
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (Paperback)
by (shelved 218 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,488,368 ratings — published 1937
War and Peace (Paperback)
by (shelved 217 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.17 — 368,382 ratings — published 1869
Catch-22 (Paperback)
by (shelved 217 times as must-read)
avg rating 3.99 — 890,565 ratings — published 1961
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Hardcover)
by (shelved 212 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,752,686 ratings — published 2007
Dune (Dune, #1)
by (shelved 209 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,642,791 ratings — published 1965
A Little Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 208 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.28 — 945,563 ratings — published 2015
“The point is, Jenna, no one is normal or perfect like that house you see across the street. Everyone suffers from their own struggles, whether they’re big or small.”
― Perfectly Damaged
― Perfectly Damaged
“Because sometimes, even when you can’t see their face…
you can still feel them watching.”
― TOXIC OBSESSION
you can still feel them watching.”
― TOXIC OBSESSION












