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1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 747 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,701,785 ratings — published 1949
To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 673 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.26 — 7,076,660 ratings — published 1960
The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 489 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,959,696 ratings — published 2005
Pride and Prejudice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 473 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,969,889 ratings — published 1813
Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 429 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.03 — 4,762,655 ratings — published 1945
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 377 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.35 — 10,207,357 ratings — published 2008
Crime and Punishment (Paperback)
by (shelved 376 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,140,714 ratings — published 1866
The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 364 times as must-read)
avg rating 3.93 — 6,098,334 ratings — published 1925
The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 360 times as must-read)
avg rating 3.80 — 3,987,870 ratings — published 1951
Fahrenheit 451 (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 355 times as must-read)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,958,596 ratings — published 1963
The Fault in Our Stars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 352 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.12 — 5,851,839 ratings — published 2012
Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
by (shelved 348 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.37 — 926,345 ratings — published 1946
The Alchemist (Paperback)
by (shelved 329 times as must-read)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,715,471 ratings — published 1988
Brave New World (Paperback)
by (shelved 321 times as must-read)
avg rating 3.98 — 2,137,680 ratings — published 1932
Taming Flame (Paperback)
by (shelved 320 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.28 — 16,643 ratings — published 2022
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 320 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,139,965 ratings — published 1967
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Paperback)
by (shelved 317 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,315,000 ratings — published 2011
The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 316 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.36 — 3,586,415 ratings — published 2003
Jane Eyre (Paperback)
by (shelved 315 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,396,286 ratings — published 1847
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
by (shelved 309 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,976,296 ratings — published 1890
The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 302 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,303,408 ratings — published 1947
Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 295 times as must-read)
avg rating 3.70 — 3,293,192 ratings — published 1954
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by (shelved 294 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.47 — 11,729,034 ratings — published 1997
The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 290 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,534,303 ratings — published 1985
The Little Prince (Hardcover)
by (shelved 285 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.34 — 2,578,509 ratings — published 1943
The Count of Monte Cristo (Paperback)
by (shelved 279 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.34 — 1,070,185 ratings — published 1846
Wuthering Heights (Paperback)
by (shelved 277 times as must-read)
avg rating 3.89 — 2,269,994 ratings — published 1847
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 275 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,398,440 ratings — published 2018
Anna Karenina (Paperback)
by (shelved 266 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.11 — 960,292 ratings — published 1878
Thinking, Fast and Slow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 259 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.17 — 610,914 ratings — published 2011
The Brothers Karamazov (Paperback)
by (shelved 257 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.40 — 409,146 ratings — published 1879
The Zombie Room (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 254 times as must-read)
avg rating 3.95 — 45,253 ratings — published 2012
Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)
by (shelved 253 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,202,004 ratings — published 2015
Lolita (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 251 times as must-read)
avg rating 3.87 — 972,097 ratings — published 1955
The Bell Jar (Paperback)
by (shelved 248 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,294,827 ratings — published 1963
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 240 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.24 — 2,057,912 ratings — published 1999
The Secret History (Paperback)
by (shelved 240 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,104,377 ratings — published 1992
The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 238 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,136,077 ratings — published 2011
How to Win Friends & Influence People (Paperback)
by (shelved 238 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.21 — 1,184,936 ratings — published 1936
The Elephant Tree (Paperback)
by (shelved 236 times as must-read)
avg rating 3.92 — 45,099 ratings — published 2010
The Stranger (Paperback)
by (shelved 234 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,498,089 ratings — published 1942
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 230 times as must-read)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,982,313 ratings — published 1818
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 230 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.39 — 4,363,482 ratings — published 2017
Little Women (Little Women, #1)
by (shelved 229 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.18 — 2,526,584 ratings — published 1868
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (Paperback)
by (shelved 223 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,594,561 ratings — published 1937
Catch-22 (Paperback)
by (shelved 223 times as must-read)
avg rating 3.99 — 901,192 ratings — published 1961
War and Peace (Paperback)
by (shelved 221 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.17 — 375,589 ratings — published 1868
A Little Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 217 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.27 — 993,438 ratings — published 2015
Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master (Paperback)
by (shelved 214 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.30 — 34,065 ratings — published 2019
East of Eden (Paperback)
by (shelved 214 times as must-read)
avg rating 4.45 — 700,578 ratings — published 1952
“Every reflection felt like a delayed truth.”
― Echo Mind
― Echo Mind
“As a child, Michael never once heard anyone tell him “I love you.”
― The Lifer and the Lawyer: A Story of Punishment, Penitence, and Privilege
― The Lifer and the Lawyer: A Story of Punishment, Penitence, and Privilege
