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1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 706 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,339,649 ratings — published 1949
To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 643 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.26 — 6,778,431 ratings — published 1960
The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 466 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,837,872 ratings — published 2005
Pride and Prejudice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 450 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.29 — 4,717,083 ratings — published 1813
Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 405 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.01 — 4,448,470 ratings — published 1945
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 369 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.35 — 9,738,860 ratings — published 2008
The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 350 times as must-read)
avg rating 3.80 — 3,845,368 ratings — published 1951
The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 346 times as must-read)
avg rating 3.93 — 5,816,394 ratings — published 1925
The Fault in Our Stars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 344 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.12 — 5,645,493 ratings — published 2012
Crime and Punishment (Paperback)
by (shelved 341 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,052,126 ratings — published 1866
Fahrenheit 451 (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 337 times as must-read)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,774,238 ratings — published 1953
Taming Flame (Paperback)
by (shelved 329 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.28 — 16,826 ratings — published 2022
Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
by (shelved 325 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.37 — 853,901 ratings — published 1946
The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 315 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.35 — 3,445,889 ratings — published 2003
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Paperback)
by (shelved 313 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.34 — 1,231,198 ratings — published 2011
The Alchemist (Paperback)
by (shelved 309 times as must-read)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,497,655 ratings — published 1988
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 308 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,087,482 ratings — published 1967
The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 304 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,129,616 ratings — published 1947
Jane Eyre (Paperback)
by (shelved 299 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,290,094 ratings — published 1847
Brave New World (Paperback)
by (shelved 298 times as must-read)
avg rating 3.99 — 2,046,663 ratings — published 1932
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by (shelved 296 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.47 — 11,224,786 ratings — published 1997
Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 288 times as must-read)
avg rating 3.70 — 3,156,238 ratings — published 1954
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
by (shelved 287 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,830,206 ratings — published 1890
The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 277 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,371,703 ratings — published 1985
The Little Prince (Hardcover)
by (shelved 277 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.33 — 2,422,575 ratings — published 1943
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 267 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,240,751 ratings — published 2018
Wuthering Heights (Paperback)
by (shelved 267 times as must-read)
avg rating 3.90 — 1,996,499 ratings — published 1847
Anna Karenina (Paperback)
by (shelved 261 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.10 — 918,873 ratings — published 1878
The Count of Monte Cristo (Paperback)
by (shelved 259 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,007,431 ratings — published 1846
The Zombie Room (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 257 times as must-read)
avg rating 3.92 — 39,222 ratings — published 2012
Thinking, Fast and Slow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 255 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.17 — 576,397 ratings — published 2011
Lolita (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 245 times as must-read)
avg rating 3.87 — 932,452 ratings — published 1955
Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)
by (shelved 241 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,128,503 ratings — published 2015
The Brothers Karamazov (Paperback)
by (shelved 239 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.39 — 378,423 ratings — published 1880
The Elephant Tree (Paperback)
by (shelved 239 times as must-read)
avg rating 3.90 — 39,419 ratings — published 2010
How to Win Friends & Influence People (Paperback)
by (shelved 235 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,129,487 ratings — published 1936
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 232 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.24 — 1,973,432 ratings — published 1999
The Bell Jar (Paperback)
by (shelved 231 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,188,081 ratings — published 1963
The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 230 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,924,329 ratings — published 2011
Chasing Headlines (Chasing Victory #1)
by (shelved 229 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.25 — 9,522 ratings — published 2025
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 227 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.40 — 3,963,804 ratings — published 2017
The Stranger (Paperback)
by (shelved 225 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,356,086 ratings — published 1942
Little Women (Little Women, #1)
by (shelved 223 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.17 — 2,423,098 ratings — published 1868
The Secret History (Paperback)
by (shelved 221 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.16 — 989,535 ratings — published 1992
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 220 times as must-read)
avg rating 3.90 — 1,815,631 ratings — published 1818
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (Paperback)
by (shelved 219 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,399,630 ratings — published 1937
Catch-22 (Paperback)
by (shelved 219 times as must-read)
avg rating 3.99 — 880,242 ratings — published 1961
War and Peace (Paperback)
by (shelved 211 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.17 — 361,233 ratings — published 1869
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)
by (shelved 208 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,992,358 ratings — published 1979
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Hardcover)
by (shelved 207 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,709,286 ratings — published 2007
“Grief was the counterpoint of love. The more a person loves something, the more painful sorrow became when that something disappeared. She loved Nash with every ounce of her being, so when he went away he took her entire soul with him." ~Lydia Michaels WAKE MY HEART (Jasper Falls 1)”
― Wake My Heart
― Wake My Heart
“True assertiveness isn’t about speaking the loudest—it’s about standing firmly in your truth, even when the world whispers doubt. Navigate your life with nerve, and you’ll never be overlooked again.”
― Navigating with Nerve: Assertive Strategies for Life
― Navigating with Nerve: Assertive Strategies for Life












